USE: We use the Present simple tense to talk about habits and

routines. Example: I go to the gym twice a week

I PLAY
YOU PLAY
HE
SHE PLAYS

IT FOOTBALL

WE PLAY
YOU PLAY
THEY PLAY

Note: We add –s to the third person singular (he, she, it)

1. As a general rule, we add –s to the end of
the verbs in the third person singular.
Examples: eat →eats; sit→sits;
talk→talks
2. If the verb ends in –s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -z,
-o →we add –es
Examples: miss →misses; push
→pushes; watch →watches; fix →fixes;
do → does; go → goes; buzz → buzzes.
3. If the verbs end in consonante + -y →
change –y to –i and add –es.
Examples: study → studies; fly →flies

4. If the verbs end in vocal + y →we only add

–s (do not change the –y)
Examples: play →plays

A few verbs have irregular forms:

be → is have → has
 I DO NOT (DON’T) PLAY
YOU DO NOT (DON’T) PLAY
HE
SHE DOES NOT PLAY
(DOESN’T) FOOTBALL
IT
WE DO NOT (DON’T) PLAY
YOU DO NOT (DON’T) PLAY
THEY DO NOT (DON’T) PLAY
DO I
DO YOU
DOES HE
DOES SHE
DOES IT PLAY FOOTBALL

DO WE
DO YOU
DO THEY

Interrogative form structure:

AUXILIARY VERB + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB?
 I I
YOU DO YOU DON’T

HE HE
YES, SHE DOES NO, SHE DOESN’T

IT IT
WE WE
YOU DO YOU DON’T

THEY THEY
 ADVERB OF EXAMPLE
FREQUENCY
ALWAYS I always go to bed before 11pm
USUALLY I usually go to the gym
OFTEN I often surf the internet
SOMETIMES I sometimes read the newspaper
HARDLY EVER I hardly ever swim in the sea
NEVER I never drink alcohol

-Adverbs of frequency are placed between the subject and the main
verb. (verbs ≉ to be) Example: We often go to the cinema.
-However, they are placed after the verb “to be”. Example:
I am always tired.

Other frequency expressions

Every day (week, month…); once/twice/three times a (week, month, year..)
In the morning, in the evening, in the afternoon…at night.