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PRESENT SIMPLE
How to use

To describe permanent
actions or situations
Rome is the capital of Italy
How to use

To communicate actions or
situations that repeat over time
Every four years is a leap year
How to use

To transmit routines, continuous

events that are repeated daily or
with determined periodicity
Every morning i walk to my work
How to use

To give instructions or directions

Turn to the left and then drive straight
How to use
To mention facts, commitments or
appointments that will occur in
the future at a given time and day
Next Sunday is my birthday
 A common mistake is to believe
that the present simple serves to
talk about the actions or situations
TIP that occur at the precise moment
in which it is spoken. This is
incorrect. For these situations the
present continuous is used
STRUCTURE
 Affirmative

SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT

I eat a lot of vegetables
 Negative

SUBJECT Auxiliary VERB COMPLEMENT

DO/DOES NOT
They do not usually run
 Interrogative

Auxiliary SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT

DO/DOES
Does she know how to read?
Some rules
With the third person singular (she/he/it),
we add an –s
With verbs whose ending is –o, -sh, -ch, -
ss, -x, -z, –es is added

TO DO HE DOES
TO FISH SHE FISHES

TO TEACH HE TEACHES
TO EXPRESS SHE EXPRESSES

TO RELAX HE RELAXES
Verbs ending in –y the last letter is
changed to –i + -es

TO STUDY HE STUDIES
TO NOTIFY SHE NOTIFIES
 Verbs ending in –y have another
exception. If before that last letter there is
a vowel, the –y is preserved and at the
end is added –s

TO BUY HE BUYS
TO ENJOY SHE ENJOYS
The auxiliary of the third person is DOES.
First and second persons of the singular
and plural use DO
Affirmative
HE/SHE/IT DOES

Negative
HE/SHE/IT DOES NOT/DOESN'T

Interrogative
DOES HE/SHE/IT
The verb to be is irregular, so being one of the
most used it's advisable to learn all its forms
Pronoun
I AM
YOU ARE
HE/SHE/IT IS
WE ARE
THEY ARE
Modal verbs (can, must, may) have two
exceptions
 WE DON'T ADD -S OR -ES

Wrong: Your cat cans jump between trees

Correct: Your cat can jump between trees

Wrong: She musts be in her office

Correct: She must be in her office

Wrong: He mays help you tomorrow

Correct: He may help you tomorrow
Negative and interrogative forms do not use
auxiliary do/does, but themselves

CAN

Negative: Your cat can not jump between trees

Interrogative: Can your cat jump between trees?
 MUST

Negative: She must not be in her office

Interrogative: Must she be in her office?
 MAY

Negative: He may not help you tomorrow

Interrogative: May he help you tomorrow?
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