Present simple

Paula Pujol Pl

AfirmativeTO BEPLAY

I amI play

You areYou play

He isHe plays

She isShe plays

It isIt plays

We areWe play

You areYou play

They areThey play

RULE:I: amYou, we, they: areHe, she, it: isRULE:I, you, we, they: verb normalHe, she, it: verb + s/es

NegativeTO BEPLAY

I'm not / am notI don't play

You aren't / are notYou don't play

He isn't / is notHe doesn't play

She isn't / is notShe doesn't play

It isn't / is notIt does't play

We aren't / are notWe don't play

You aren' / are notYou don't play

They aren't / are notThey don't play

RULE:I: am not/ 'm notYou, we, they: are not / aren'tHe, she, it: is not / isnt'RULE:I, you, we, they: don't + verbHe, she, it: doesn't + verb

InterrogativeTO BEPLAY

Am I?Do I play?

Are you?Do you play?

Is he?Does he play?

Is she?Does she play?

Is it?Does it play?

Are we?Do we play?

Are you?Do you play?

Are they?Do they play?

RULE:You change the position, you put the verb first.RULE:I, you, we, they: Do+ person + verbHe, she, it: Does+ person + verb

When do we use the present simple?

Habbits Mary always drinks coke and eats pizza.

RoutinesI play tennis every Sunday.

TruthsFire burns

Adverbs of frequencyAlwaysSempre

Almost alwaysGaireb sempre

OftenFreqentment

SometimesAvegades

Hardly ever Gaireb mai

Never Mai

Once/twice a day/ a weekUn/dos dias/ setmanes

DailyDiariament

Every day/week/month...Cada dia/ setmana/ mes...

Examples:Once a week I play volleyball.She always does her homework.Sometimes we go to the cinema to watch a film.Hardly ever they eat vegetables.

Adverbs of frequency: To beAdverbs of frequency normally go between subject and the verb except in verb to be, they go after.

Examples:It is always the same.They are hardly ever in the caf.She is every year the winner.