Professora: Driele Andrade Breves (driele@ymail.

com)
Present Simple (Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative):
Affirmative sentences do not show any kind of change in their structure.
I like dogs
They live in a flat
We speak English
However, Negative sentences need a dont if they are not a To Be sentence.
Im not a teacher
They arent students
She isnt Spanish

I dont like dogs

They dont live in a flat
We dont speak English

Third person singular: - s

In English, verbs suffer inflexions in the 3rd person singular (S/He, It).
Verbs with regular endings: + s
She likes dogs
He lives in a flat
She speaks English
Verbs ending in o, ch, sh, ss, x and z: + es
He does housework
She watches movies alone very often
He washes his clothes on Sunday
The wind hisses loudly at night
She fixes computers for a living
This bee buzzes like a cell phone!
Verbs ending in y after a consonant: - y + ies
My brother cries in all romantic movies since he broke up with his girlfriend
Our dog cries every night
My mother flies a lot because of her job
Have becomes has:
My mother has a lot of headaches because she is addicted to coffee
My cat has a lot of toys

Interrogative sentences require the auxiliary verb to come before the subject.
I like to eat chocolate
I dont like to eat chocolate
Do I like to eat chocolate?

They want to eat some cookies

They dont want to eat some cookies
Do they want to eat some cookies?

She loves to sleep

She doesnt love to sleep
Does she love to sleep?

I do my nails every week

I dont do my nails every week
Do I do my nails every week?