Simple present

The Present Simple is a verb tense that is used to describe habitual actions that happen with
certain frequency and does not make reference to if it is happening in the present moment.

 We use the simple present tense to talk about the present.

 something that is true in the present:

I’m nineteen years old.

He lives in London.
I’m a student.

 something that happens again and again in the present:

I play football every weekend.

We use words like sometimes, often. always, and never (adverbs of

frequency) with the present tense:

I sometimes go to the cinema.

She never plays football.

 something that is always true:

The adult human body contains 206 bones.

Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second.

 something that is fixed in the future.

The school term starts next week.

The train leaves at 1945 this evening.
We fly to Paris next week.

 Positive statements of simple present tense

Subject Verb complement

I/You/We/They like music
He/She/It buys music

Spelling rules for third person singular (He/She/It)

 Most verbs, add –s:e.g. like – like say-says meet.meets
 Verbs that end in consonant +y, take off the –y and add –ies:
e.g. study-studies try-tries
 Verbs that end in –s, -z, -ch, -sh, -x, -o, add –es:
e.g. watch-watches relax-relaxes do-does go-goes
 Irregular verbs: have- has
  Negative statements of simple present tense

Subject Auxiliar verb negative verb complement

auxiliary
I/You/We/They do not drink beer
He/She/It does not get up early

Contractions
I/You/We/They do not=I I/You/We/They don’t
He/She/It does not = He/She/It doesn’t

 Yes /no questions of Present Continuous tense

Auxiliar verb Subject verb complement

Do I/You/We/They play the piano?
Does He/She/It runs In the park?

Positive Negative
Yes,I/We/they do No,I/We/they don’t
Yes,He/She/It does No,He/She/It doesn’t

 Wh-questions of Present Continuous

Wh-word Auxiliar Subject verb complement

verb
What/Where/When do I/You/We/They watch/ on TV?
/why/Who does He/She/It work on weekday?