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Present Simple
We use the Present Simple to talk about things
that always or usually happen, like facts and habits.
For Example: I always do my homework.
He writes every week.
We also use the the Present Simple to tell stories or jokes.
We use the base form of the verb and add s or es to he, she or it.

Present Simple
facts and habits

I I eat pizza every week.

You Verb You go to Spain every summer.
We We swim every summer.
They They never sleep outside.

He He eats pizza every week.

She Verb + s/es She goes to Spain every summer.
It It never sleeps outside.

The Present Simple often comes with words that show how often
something happens.

For example: always, often, sometimes, usually, never, every day,

once a month

How often Place in the sentence

One word only: Before the verb in the sentence.

always, usually, often, For example: I always do my homework.
sometimes, seldom, never
Except when the verb is be.
For example: She is never sick.

Two (or more) words: Usually at the end of the sentence.

every month, in the morning, For example: We swim a lot every summer.
every summer She has a bath in the morning.

Spelling Changes
He / She / It take s, es or ies at the end of the verb.

Spelling Examples

Usually add s Mike swims every day.

Ben likes Moby.

Add es if the verb ends in: He usually watches TV.

ch / sh / ss / x / o / z She washes every day.
He misses his friends.
She does all her homework.

When the verb ends in y, drop I try to play the guitar every day. He tries to play the
the y and add ies. piano.

If there's a vowel before the y, We always play together, but Joe never plays with us.
leave the y and just add s. He carries everything she buys.