PRESENT SIMPLE TENSEFORM, USES AND SPELLING

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE - FORM

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I drink

You drink

He drinks

She drinks

It drinks

We drink

You drink

They drink

I don't drink

You don't drink

He doesn't drink

She doesn't drink

It doesn't drink

We don't drink

You don't drink

They don't drink

Do I drink?

Do you drink?

Does he drink?

Does she drink?

Does it drink?

Do we drink?

Do you drink?

Do they drink?

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE - USES

Habitual actions

Acciones habituales

(normalmente

acompañados de

adverbios de frecuencia)

i.e. I go to the gym on

Monday and Friday.

Permanent states

Estados permanentes

(hechos que no cambian

nunca) I like your T-shirt. I

want a blue one. i.e. The

Sun rises in the morning.

Feelings and emotions

(like, hate, want, hope, etc.)

i.e. I like your T-shirt. i.e. I

want a blue one

Sentimientos y emociones

Verb of senses (hear, taste,

see, smell, sound and

taste)

Verbos de sentidos. i.e. I

like your T-shirt. I want a

blue one. i.e. Listen! I hear

some music in the house.

SPELLING RULES FOR THE SIMPLE

PRESENT TENSE

Add –s for most verbs

work works buy buys ride rides return returns

Add –es for words that end in –ch, -s , -sh, -x, or –z.

watch watches pass passes rush rushes relax

relaxes buzz buzzes

Change the –y to –i and add –es when the base form

ends in a consonant +y.

study studies hurry hurries dry dries

Do not change the –y when the base form ends in a

vowel +y. Add –s

play plays enjoy enjoys A FEW VERBS HAVE IRREGULAR FORMS.

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