The Simple Present

Tense
 A. Uses

The Simple Present can be used to refer to:

1. Habits/ everyday activities: I brush my

teeth every day.

2. Permanent states: I love my mom very

much.

3. General truths: The Earth goes around

the Sun.
 B. Forms

1. Affirmative: S + V + s/es (third person

singular ONLY)
example:
I drink
You drink
He/ She/ It drinks tea.
We drink
You drink
They drink
2. Negative: S + DON’T/ DOESN’T (third
person singular ONLY) + V
example:
I don’t drink
You don’t drink
He/ She/ It doesn’t drink tea.
We don’t drink
You don’t drink
They don’t drink
3. Interrogative: DO/ DOES (third person
singular ONLY) + S + V?
example:
Do I drink
Do you drink
Does he/ she/ it drink tea?
Do we drink
Do you drink
Do they drink
 C. Spelling rules for the third
person singular

1. General rule: verb + -s

Run - It runs Smile - It smiles

Read - He reads Write - He writes

2. Verbs ending in vowel + y =>
add -s

Play He plays

Pay He pays
 3. Verbs ending in consonant +
y => change the y into i and add
-es

Study He studies

Cry He cries
 4. Verbs ending –o –ss –sh –ch –x
=> add -es

Go She goes Watch He watches

Kiss She kisses Relax He relaxes

Wash He washes
 D. Adverbs of Frequency
They tell us how frequently something
happens:
always (mereu) 100%
usually (de obicei) 75%
often (des) 50%
sometimes (câteodată) 25%
never (niciodată) 0%

They are used before the main verb,

but after the verb ”to be”.
Examples: He often flies to Paris.
He is sometimes late.
CHOOSE
THE
RIGHT
ANSWER
My teddy_______every day.
a) run
b) runs
c) runes
My teddy runs every day.
My teddy _______ every day.
a) don’t run
b) doesn’t runs
c) doesn’t run
My teddy doesn’t run every
day.
___ my teddy____every day?
a) Does…..run
b) Do…..runs
c) Does…runs
Does my teddy run every day?
My brother_______a book.
a) reads
b) read
c) reades
My brother reads a book.
My brother_______a book.
a) don’t reads
b) doesn’t read
c) doesn’t reads
My brother doesn’t read a
book.
___ my brother ____a book?
a) Do…read
b) Do…reads
c) Does…read
Does my brother read a book?
I_______a letter.
a) write
b) writes
c) writees
I write a letter.
 I_______a letter.
a) doesn’t write
b) don’t writes
c) don’t write
I don’t write a letter.
 ___ I ____a letter?
a) Does…..writes
b) Do…..write
c) Does…write
Do I write a letter?
Danny ____with his toy truck.
a) playes
b) play
c) plays
Danny plays with his toy truck.
Danny ____with his toy truck.
a) don’t playes
b) doesn’t play
c) doesn’t plays
Danny doesn’t play with his toy
truck.
__Danny___with his toy truck?
a) Does…plays
b) Do…play
c) Does…play
Does Danny play with his toy
truck?
You_______with money.
a) pay
b) pays
c) payes
You pay with money.
You_______with money.
a) doesn’t pays
b) doesn’t pay
c) don’t pay
You don’t pay with money.
___ you ____with money?
a) Does…pay
b) Do…pays
c) Do…pay
Do you pay with money?
Sam_______a lot.

a) study
b) studys
c) studies
Sam studies a lot.
 Sam_______a lot.

a) doesn’t study
b) don’t studys
c) doesn’t studies
Sam doesn’t study a lot.
 ___ Sam____a lot?
a) Does…studies
b) Do…study
c) Does…study
Does Sam study a lot?
Sarah __to school every day.

a) go
b) goes
c) gos
Sarah goes to school every
day.
Sarah __to school every day.
a) don’t go
b) doesn’t goes
c) doesn’t go
Sarah doesn’t go to school
every day.
__Sarah__ to school every
day?
a) Does…go
b) Do…goes
c) Does…goes
Does Sarah go to school every
day?
They_____T.V. on Sundays.
a) watches
b) watch
c) watchs
They watch T.V. on Sundays.
They_____T.V. on Sundays.
a) don’t watches
b) don’t watch
c) doesn’t watchs
They don’t watch T.V. on
Sundays.
__ they____T.V. on Sundays?
a) Does…watch
b) Do…watch
c) Does…watches