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GRAMMAR My daily routine

Language Summary

Present simple

• You use the present simple to talk about facts, events, or habits. You can use these
time expressions with the present simple:
every morning/afternoon/day/night/week/month/year; once a day/week/month; three
times a day/week/ month; at 6 o’clock, on Tuesdays, on weekends, etc.

Affirmative:
I/You/We/They go He/She/It goes
Negative:
I/You/We/They don’t go (do not go) He/She/It doesn’t go (does not go)
Brenda goes to work at 7 o’clock every morning.
Lyle doesn’t go to work on Saturdays or Sundays.
They don’t go to the office on weekends.

Question + short answers:

Do I/you/we/they have…? Does he/she/it have…?
Yes, I/you/we/they do. Yes, he/she/it does.
No, I/you/we/they don’t (do not). No, he/she/it doesn’t (does not).
Do you have breakfast every morning? Yes, I do./No, I don’t.
Does she wear nice clothes to work? Yes, she does./No, she doesn’t.
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GRAMMAR My daily routine

Language Summary

Present simple cont.

Third person singular form:

• You form the third person singular form of many present simple verbs by adding -s:
work ➝ works, run ➝ runs, eat ➝ eats, swim ➝ swims, dance ➝ dances, jumps ➝ jumps,
drive ➝ drives, make ➝ makes, walk ➝ walks, etc.
• When the verb ends in -sh, -ch, -x, or -ss, you add -es:
watch ➝ watches, brush ➝ brushes, fix ➝ fixes, cross ➝ crosses, push ➝ pushes, etc.
• When the verb ends in a consonant + -y, you change the -y to -i and add -es:
study ➝ studies, hurry ➝ hurries
• When the verb ends in a vowel + -y, you add -s:
play ➝ plays, say ➝ says, pay ➝ pays
• These third person singular forms are irregular:
have ➝ has, do ➝ does, go ➝ goes.

Wh-questions:
• You can use Wh-questions with present simple verbs. For example:
who/what/where/why/when/how much/etc.
When do you leave the office?
Where does Jason usually have lunch?