The simple present, present simple or present indefinite tense, is a verb tense which is

used to show repetition, describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and talk
about fixed arrangements in the future. The simple present express the idea that an
action is repeated or usual.
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Uses
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To give instructions or directions. We often
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To express habits, routines or things that we use ordering words, such as and, first and
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regularly. We often use adverbs of frequency then with this use of the present simple
(such as 'often', 'always' and 'sometimes')
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• You walk for two hundred meters,
• I play tennis every Tuesday. then you turn left.
• I don't travel very often. • Open the packet and pour the
• He drinks tea at breakfast contents into hot water.
To talk about general truths, repeated actions
or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes: To express a timetable or a fixed plan

• I work in London (unchanging situation) • Your exam starts at 09.00

• London is a large city (general truth) • Our holiday starts on the 26th
March

The spelling for the verb in the third person

differs depending on the ending of that verb:
1. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -
Z we add -ES in the third person.

• go – goes
• catch – catches
• wash – washes
• kiss – kisses
• fix – fixes
• buzz – buzzes

2. For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we 3. For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just
remove the Y and add -IES. add -S.

• marry – marries • play – plays

• study – studies • enjoy – enjoys
• carry – carries • say – says
• worry – worries
 Affirmative
Negative
(Subject + verb)
I Contractio
You start Watch cry play ns
We I
They You Do not Watch don´t Watch
He We
She Starts watches cries plays They
It He Doesn’t
She Does watch Watch
It not
Note: Verbs never take an "s" in the the negative
and interrogative forms

Interrogative Short answers

Do I
You Play? Yes, I/you/we/they do
We Yes, he/she/it does
They
Does He Play? No, I/ you/ we/ they do not
She
No, he/she/it doesn’t
It

Verb to be

Subject Affirmative Negative Interrogative Short answers

I Am Am not / I’m Am I …? Yes, I am / No, I am
not I’m not / I’m
not
You Are Are not/ aren’t Are you…? Yes, you are / No, you are
you’re not/ aren’t
He
She Is Is not/ isn’t Is he/she/ it Yes, he/ she/ No, he/ she/
It …? it is it isn’t
We Are Are not/ aren’t Are we/ they Yes, we/ they No, we/ they
They …? are aren’t