THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

USAGE

Facts which do not change

Repeated actions

TIME EXPRESSIONS

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Always

Usually

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

EVERY

Day

Morning, evening...

Month

Year

IN THE

Morning

Night

VERB ENDINGS

-ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o + ES

go - goes

watch - watches

wash - washes

kiss - kisses

consonant + Y IES

study - studies

hurry - hurries

vowel A,E,I,O,U + Y S

buy - buys

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

I, you, we, you, they EATS

He, she, it EAT

NEGATIVE FORM

I, you, we, you, they DO NOT EAT

He, she, it DOES NOT EAT

INTERROGATIVE

DO I,you,we, you, they EAT?

DOES he,she, it EAT?