USAGE

We use the simple present tense: 1. FREQUENCY ADVERBS

1. to describe actions that happen regularly or are habitual (habits or
2. TIME ADVERBS:
routine ).
I always get up at 6 on weekdays Everyday, every week/end ; once a day/month ,twice a
2. to express general facts:
day/year, three times a week/month
The sun rises in the East
3. in timetables : trains , buses and planes In the morning/evening/afternoon ,

4. with stative verbs: On Sundays/Mondays etc

Preference: like, love, hate, prefer At weekends /at Christmas /at Easter
Senses: hear, see, taste, smell
In spring/summer
Ownership: have, own, belong
Of the mind: understand, believe, think, realize, remember

REMEMBER SPELLING!
Affirmative
Subject + INFINITIVE form of the main verb
Subject (3rd person singular) + INFINITIVE form of the main verb + -s / -es*
Negative VERBS ENDING in
Subject + DO NOT + INFINITIVE form of the main verb
ss, sh,ch,x,o + -ES
Subject (3 person singular) + DOES NOT + INFINITIVE form of the main verb
rd

FORM Interrogative VERBS ENDING in

a consonant +Y : -IES
DO + subject + INFINITIVE form of the main verb?
DOES + subject (3rd person singular) + INFINITIVE form of the main verb?

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INTERROGATIVE

NEGATIVE DO/DOES + S + INFINITIVE?

The interrogative is made by putting the auxiliary before

S + DO/DOES + NOT + INFINITIVE subject:

The negative is formed by putting: DO + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE +?

DO + NOT + INFINITIVE 3rd person singular : DOES + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE +?

3rd person singular : DOES + NOT + INFINITIVE - Do you listen to music ?

- Does he listen to music?
- I do not listen to music
- He does not listen to music

HE

CONTRACTIONS SHE

IT
DO NOT = DONT

DOES NOT = DOESNT Nombre en Nombre

singular propio
3rd singular

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