• To tell about regular actions.

• To tell about facts which are always true.

• To tell about habits.

For example: The sun always rises in the east.

For example: I drink coffee every morning.

For example: Tamar washes her teeth 3 times a day.

We divide all pronouns and subjects into 2 groups:

Singular (יחיד)

I + Plural (רבים)

He

TheyIt

I

WeShe

You

The boy

Mother

Tomer

The children

Tamar and I

We divide the verbs into 2 groups:

Verb + s, es, ies Verb

goes go

watches watch

cries cry

plays play

1. In general, the third person singular is formed by adding an s to the base verb. I work He works

2. Verbs ending in ss,x,ch,sh,o add “es” to the third person singular.

I dress She dresses You fix He fixes We watch She watches T.V. They wash She washes The boys go It goes !

3. Verbs ending in consonant + y, changes the y to i and add “es”:

I cry – He cries, We fly – She flies, You terrify - It terrifies

Subject

VerbRest of Sentence

HeShe

It

goescriesrains

to work every day.

whenever she’s hungry.

in the winter.

I YouWe

They

drinkgo

Visittalk

coffee every morning.

to work every day.

them on holidays.

very politely .

Some sentences in the Present Simple must be written with

the use of helping verbs. These verbs are: do / does

We use the helping verbs :

• In negative sentences: do not does not

• In yes /no questions: Do they…? Does she…?

• In wh questions: Why do you…? Where does she…?Very Important!

When we use do / does the verb comes in the base form:

He works He doesn’t work

She washes She doesn’t wash

In order to form negative sentences we use the helping verbs: does not (doesn’t) or do not (don’t)

Subject

VerbRest of Sentence

HeShe

It

doesn’t godoesn’t crydoesn’t rain

to work every day.

whenever she’s hungry.

in the summer.

I YouWe

They

don’t drinkdon’t go

don’t visit don’t talk

coffee every morning.

to work every day.

them on holidays.

very politely .

Helping Verb

SubjectVerbRest of Sentence

DoesDoesDoes

hesheit

go cryrain

to work everyday?when she is hungry?

in the winter?

DoDoDoDo

Iyouwe

they

drinkgo

visittalk

coffee every morning?

work every day?them on holidays?

Politely?

WhWord

Helping Verb

SubjectVerbRest of Sentence

WhereWhenWhen

doesdoesdoes

hesheit

go cryrain

every day???

WhatWhenWhoHow

dodododo

Iyouwe

they

drinkgo

visittalk

every morning?to work?on the

holidays??

This is the only type of question in which:

• We do not use the helping verb do / does• The verb will come with the s, es, ies

For example:

• Who goes to work every day? Mother goes to work every day.

• What makes so much noise? The fridge makes so much noise.

• One - word time expressions such as:always, often, generally, usually, normally, never,

sometimes Will always come between the subject and the verb.

He always gets to school on time.

• More-than-one –word time expressions such as:every day, once a week, on Sundays, in the summer

Will come at the beginning or the end of the sentence

Dvir visits his grandma on Saturdays.