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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

HOW TO FORM AFFIRMATIVE


SENTENCES?

I / you / we / they + VERB + complement

He / She / It + VERB (S, ES, IES) +


complement
Examples:
We go to school by car.

He goes to school by car.


HOW TO FORM INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCES?

DO + I / you / we / they + VERB + complement.

DOES + he / she / it + VERB + complement.

Examples:

DO I / you / we / they eat lunch at 12 o'clock?

DOES he / she / it eat lunch at 12 o'clock?


HOW TO FORM NEGATIVE
SENTENCES?
I / you / we / they + DO NOT + VERB + complement

He / she / it + DOES NOT + VERB + complement

Contraction: do not = don't / does not = doesn't

Examples:

I / you / we / they DO NOT work at 7 o'clock every day.

He / she / it DOES NOT work at 7 o'clock every day.


SIMPLE PRESENT ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Every (day, month, year...) = todos os dias, meses, anos.


I go to school by car every day.

Always = He always has lunch at midday.

Usually = I usually stay home on the weekends.

Sometimes = alg
They sometimes watch tv programs.

First = I wanna go first, then you go.


Then =
Simple Present Tense -
Form:
+ ? -
I work Do I work ? I don’t work
You work Do you work? You don’t work
He works Does he work? He doesn’t work
She works Does she work? She doesn’t work
It works Does it work? It doesn’t work
We work Do we work? We don’t work
You work Do you work? You don’t work
They work Do they work? They don’t work

Affirmative: HE/SHE/IT verb + s :


• ch, sh, s, z, o and x add es : watches, relaxes, goes
• Consonant +y add ies : study – studies, fly – flies
• have = has

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