PRESENT SIMPLE

Expresses:

- General facts (un adevar general)

- Repetitive actions (actiuni repetitive)
Forms

La persoana a treia singular (he/she/it), forma afirmativa, verbul primeste la sfarsit “S” sau
“ES” pentru a se realiza acordul dintre subiect si predicat.

Ex: I LOVE chocolate.

He/she/ it LOVES icecream.

Pentru a forma negatia, apare structura DON’T + verb la persoanele I,II SINGULAR si
PLURAL si III PLURAL.

La PERS. A III-A SINGULAR, apare structura DOESN’T + verb.

Ex: I DON’T LIKE popcorn.

He/she/it DOESN’T LIKE chips.

Forma interogativa: DO + I/YOU/WE/THEY + VERB ?

DOES + HE/SHE/IT + VERB ?

+ I /you /we/they drink milk every day.

+ / he/she/it drinks milk every day.

- I/ you/we/they don’t drink milk every day.

- He/she it/ doesn’t drink milk every day.

? Do I/you/we/they drink milk every day?

? Does he/she/it drink milk every day?

!! pers.a III-a sg: verb+ es doar atunci cand verbul se termina in SS, S, SH, CH, X,
O, Z sau CONSOANA + Y:

KISS > KISSES

FLY + ES = IES

P. III SG: HE FLIES

TIME MARKERS;

- ALWAYS= MEREU, INTOTDEAUNA

- OFTEN= ADESEA, DES
- SOMETIMES= UNEORI
- RARELY= RAR
- NEVER= NICIODATA