Simple Present Tense Adverbs of frequency

Every day actions

Simple Present Tense: Main Uses

Everyday activities: What do you do every day? How often? Routines, habits and costumes General truths: nature related mostly.

Adverbs of frequency:
We use adverbs to describe how frequently we do an activity.

Adverb Always Usually Generally Often sometimes

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Example Mary always does her bed at 7 oclock in the morning. I usually take a shower at 6: 30 in the morning. Henry generally takes the bus at 8: 15 in the evening. They often have lunch at noon. He sometimes drinks milk. I ocasionally go to the cafeteria around 7: 45 I seldom go to the movies. I hardly ever go dancing. She never cuts the grass.

Ocasionally
Seldom/ rarely Hardly ever Never

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What do these people do? Third Person

He/ She/ It

Get up study

Eat work

Verb + s

Go

clean

He walks

She reads the book

It eats all day.

He wakes up at 6 am

He goes to the bathroom early in the morning.

He has breakfast at 7 am.

Verb: Have

Exception to the rule.

Have I have lunch at noon. Has He/she/it has lunch at noon.

Negatives in Simple Present Tense

1. I / you / we / they

Plural subject (the workers, the people)

+ do not (dont) + verb Example: I do not work at night. 2. He / she / it Singular subject + does not (doesnt) + verb (no s) Example: He does not work on weekends.

Yes/ No questions
Do + I / you / we
/ they + verb + ? Yes, I/you we/they do. No, I/you we/they do not.

Does he / she / it

+ verb + ?

Yes, He/ She/ It does.

No, He/ She/ It does not.

 Wh questions Wh word+ do/ does+ subject+main verb+complement?

Ex.
Where does she work? She works in New York. What do you do on weekends? I study music.