Basic English

STUDY GUIDE
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
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Function:
• We use the Simple Present to talk about things in general:
EXAMPLE: The earth goes around the sun.

• We use the Simple Present to say that something happens all the time in the present (routines):
EXAMPLE: I play football every weekend.

• We use the Simple Present to say a general true:

EXAMPLE: Fire is hot.

I
HE
YOU speaks
speak German.
WE German.
SHE
THEY

TIP:

REMEMBER!!
We say he/she/it + verb (-s).
Don´t forget the s.

• I work/ study/ teach …

• She works/studies/teaches…
What do Steve, Tina, and Richard do?
Steve … Tina and Steve … I…
- … speaks English. - … speak Dutch. - … speak French and
Dutch.
- … lives in New York - … live in Tokyo.
- … live in Tokyo.
- … works at The Wall Street - … work in an office building.
- … work at a call
Journal. center. In an office
- … writes newspaper articles. - They are sales managers. building.

- … -use a computer.

STRUCTURE
We use do/does to make questions and negative sentences.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION

(DO/DOES + NOT)
I work I don´t work. Do I work?
You work You don´t work. Do you work?
He/She/It works He/she/it doesn´t work. Does he work?
We work We don´t work. Do we work?
They work They don’t work. Do they work?

SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I do. – No, I don´t.
Yes, she does. - No, she
doesn´t
Who speaks French?

Do you speak Japanese?

Yes, I do. / No, I don´t.

Does Cindy speak German?

Yes, she does. / No, she doesn´t.