Simple present

Simple present is used to talk about:

Simple statements of fact

Repeated actions/habits

To refer to the future

I live in Frankfurt.
She plays football but she
doesn't play tennis.
For breakfast he eats rice and
drinks cold milk.
The sun sets in the West.
My
friend
speaks
four
languages.
Water boils at 100C
I always come to school by car.
She frequently arrives here
before me.
He never forgets to do his
homework.
I often catch the late bus
home.
I play football on Saturdays.
Once a year I fly back to visit
my family in Korea.
The classrooms are cleaned
every evening after school.

Hurry up! The train departs in

10 minutes.

I leave Frankfurt at 5 o'clock in

the morning and arrive in New
York at midnight the next day.

She has a piano lesson after

school today.

There's no need to hurry. The

train doesn't leave for another
30 minutes.

When does the meeting begin?

Sentence Structure
Affirmative form
Subject + main verb (without to)

I go to work by bike everyday.

She drives her parents car to school.

There is no auxiliary verb (do).

We conjugate the main verb by adding s to the third person

singular.

Verbs that end in ch, sh, ss, x, o, are followed by es

Pinch pinches

Fish fishes

Kiss kisses

Fix Fixes

Do does / Go goes

Verbs that end in y, when preceded by a consonant, drop the y and

are followed by ies
o

Study Studies

Fly- flies

Dry dries

Play Plays

I do not like to dance (I dont like to

Negative form
dance).
Subject + auxiliary verb + not +
Anna does not talk to the students at
main verb
her new school (Anna doesnt talk to
the students at her new school).
The auxiliary verb (do) is conjugated in the Simple Present: do, does
The main verb is invariable in base form: infinitive form without to
Q: Do you like to play sports?
A: Yes, I do. / No, I dont.
Interrogative form
Q: Does Bradly eats vegetables for
Auxiliary verb + subject + main verb
lunch?
A: Yes, he does. / No, he doesnt.
Adverbs of frequency
The Repeated actions/habits are very often used with adverbs of repeated
time, such as always usually, frequently, often, sometimes, hardly ever, rarely,

seldom, never, every day/week/month, once/twice a day/week/month and so

on
Placement of adverbs
After the verb to be:
I am always hungry when I
first wake up.
Mohamed is usually late to
class.
You are often the first to arrive
at work.
Before other verbs:
Carlos rarely misses school.
They seldom fail a test.
I never eat a big breakfast.
The word sometimes scan occur in
all three places: in front of a
sentence, in the
middle of a sentence, or at the end of
a sentence.
Sometimes
we
practice
together.
We
sometimes
practice
together.
We
practice
together
sometimes
We are sometimes late for
school.