Forms

Present Simple Tense is formed in the way presented below. Notice that the same verb form is used for all the persons
except for the third person singular. For it we have to add endings -es or -s. It is one of the most common mistakes made
by learners of English who tend to forget about adding -es or -s in the third person singular. We don't use any contracted
forms in affirmative sentences.

Affirmative sentences

I I / you write a letter every day.

he / she / ig He writes a letter every day.

we / you / they We write a letter every day.

In the case of negative sentences in Present Simple Tense we should remember that the third person singular takes
DOES NOT and the other persons take DO NOT. We can use contracted forms for these: DOESN'T and DON'T. The full
forms are mainly used in official documents, but in everyday speech only the contracted forms are used.

Negative sentences Short forms

I / You I / You do not write a letter every day. I don't

he / she / it He / Shedoes not write a letter every day. He doesn't

 we / you / they We / You / They do not write a letter every day. We doesn't

As for questions in Present Simple Tense we bear in mind that we need to use auxiliary verb DOES in the third person
singular and in the other persons DO should be used.

Questions

I / You Do I / you write a letter every day?

he / she / it Does he / she write a letter every day?

we / you / they Do we / you / they write a letter every day?