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Present Simple Affirmative

Introduction
The present simple is the tense used to express permanent situations or events that regularly
repeat or always occur.

When expressed in its affirmative form, the verb confirms something about the subject.

Form
The present simple in affirmative uses the base form of the verb and it has the following
structure:
Subject + verb + …

For the third person singular, we add -s at the end of the verb.
Exceptions:
verbs with suffixes -ch, -s, -sh, -x, -z: add -es (watch ⇒ watches; kiss ⇒ kisses; crush ⇒
crushes; tax ⇒ taxes; buzz ⇒ buzzes);
verbs ending with a consonant followed by -y: change -y to -i and add -es (cry ⇒ cries);
irregular verbs such as do, go, be and have do not follow any rule: do ⇒ does, go ⇒ goes, be
⇒ is, have ⇒ has.
Present simple
affirmative
Subject Verb
I work
You work
He works
She works
It works
We work
You work
They work

Example
The taxi driver disappears.
Teachers perform an important role in society.
I go to the gym twice a week.

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The housewife transforms into a princess.

Go straight and turn left.
I live in Russia.
Emily’s plane lands in two hours.
I promise to buy you a new mobile phone.
The train leaves at 7 o’clock.

Use
Present simple, in its affirmative form, is used to confirm:

completed actions that happen as we speak (commentaries);

facts (things that are generally true, stated);
habits/routines (something that happens repeatedly in the present);
informal narrative (when telling a story).
instructions (orders);
permanent situations (that have been happening for a while and will be happening in the future);
planned future (planned events with a given exact date);
promises;
timetables (planned events with given exact time).

Related
The present simple in its affirmative form confirms something often repeats or happen all
the time. It can also be used to deny something in Negative form [1] and ask something in
Interrogative form [2].

If you want to speak about something that is happening now, you can use the present continuous
[3].

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