This document discusses grammatical structures and signal words used to express habits, routines, and general truths using the present simple tense in English. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures using the present simple tense with different subjects like I, you, we, he/she/it. It also describes rules for forming the third person singular form, like adding -s or -ies depending on whether the verb ends in a consonant or vowel.
This document discusses grammatical structures and signal words used to express habits, routines, and general truths using the present simple tense in English. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures using the present simple tense with different subjects like I, you, we, he/she/it. It also describes rules for forming the third person singular form, like adding -s or -ies depending on whether the verb ends in a consonant or vowel.
This document discusses grammatical structures and signal words used to express habits, routines, and general truths using the present simple tense in English. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures using the present simple tense with different subjects like I, you, we, he/she/it. It also describes rules for forming the third person singular form, like adding -s or -ies depending on whether the verb ends in a consonant or vowel.
Describing routines, regular events or facts, feelings or states
To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging
situations, emotions and wishes: I smoke (habit); I work in Surabaya (unchanging situation); Surabaya is a large city (general truth) To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until: He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday. I/you/we/they always, never, often, + Infinitive seldom, rarely, he/she/it + Infinitive + sometimes, usually, s normally, regularly, etc. every day, every week, every month, …
STRUCTURE SIGNAL WORDS
• In the third person singular the verb always ends in -s: he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks. • Verbs ending in -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies: fly --> flies, cry --> cries Exception: if there is a vowel before the -y: play --> plays, pray --> prays • Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch: he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes Positive Negative Question I run. I do not run. Do I run?