October 17th 2017

 Affirmative – the same form as the infinitive

but adds “s” for the 3rd person singular
 I work; you work; he/she/it works
 We work; you work; they work
 Negative – we use te auxiliary verb
“do/does” and a negation “not” (usually
contracted: don’t, doesn’t)
 I do not work. You do not work. He/she/it does
not work.
 We/you/they do not work.
 Interrogative – we also use auxiliary verb
“do/does” and inversion
 Do I work? Do you work? Does he/she/it
work?
 Do we/you/they work?
 Negative interrogative – we add “not”
 Do I not work? or Don’t I work?
 Wh-questions have the same form
 Where/when/how/why do I work?
 Where/when/how/why does he/she/it work?
 Verbs ending in ss, sh, ch, x and o add es
to form the 3rd person singular
 I kiss/rush/watch/box/do
 He kisses/rushes/watches/boxes/does
 When y follows a consonant we change it
into i and add es: I copy, he copies; I try,
he tries
 When y follows a vowel it doesn’t change:
I obey, he obeys; I say, he says
 Habits and routines: I go to the tennis club
every Monday.
 Facts: You become a teenager when you
are thirteen.
 Generaliations: Lots of young people are
sports fans.
 State verbs (seem, like, feel) re usually in
the Present simple: You seem interested in
music.
 Adverbs of frequency (occasionally, always,
often, rarely, never) with the Present Simple
show how often things happen
 Before a main verb: He often goes to rock
concerts.
 After to be: She is usually home on Sunday
evenings.
 Between aux. verb (can, do, have) and main
verbs: You can always get a taxi here.
 Otheruses: newspaper headlines,
planned future action or series of actions,
conditional sentences type 1, in time
clauses, book quotations etc.