THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IN

ENGLISH

 THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (SPT) TALKS ABOUT HABITS, FACTS AND ROUTINES.
 SIMPLE PRESENT USES AUXILIARY VERBS (DO, DOES).
 SIMPLE PRESENT APPLIES THE (S) FORM TO THE VERBS.

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AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT

 THE FORMULA FOR BUILDING AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS IN ENGLISH IS AS FOLLOWS:

 SUBJECT + VERB (S) + COMPLEMENT.
 (NOUN/PRONOUN ) (S FORM OF VERB) (ANY GRAMMATICAL FEATURE)
 EXAMPLES:
 SOFIA WRITES GOOD POEMS.
 SOME OF THEM LIKE CLASSICAL MUSIC.
 I USUALLY GO HOME BY 4:30 P.M.
 HE WAKES UP LATE ON SUNDAYS.
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AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT (CONTINUATION)

TO WRITE THE (S) FORM OF VERBS, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING RULES:
 1. MOST VERBS (S) FORMS ARE MADE JUST BY ADDING (S) TO THE VERBS;
 EXAMPLES: WRITE-WRITES, SPEAK-SPEAKS, DECIDE-DECIDES, THINK-THINKS.
 2. WHEN THE VERB ENDS IN Y PRECEDED BY A CONSONANT SOUND, ELIMINATE THE Y AND ADD
 –IES. EXAMPLES: STUDY-STUDIES, TRY-TRIES, FLY-FLIES, APPLY-APPLIES, HURRY-HURRIES.
 3. WHEN THE VERB ENDS IN A SIBILLANT SOUND LIKE –S, -Z, -SS, -ZZ, CH, SH, X, OR O; ADD –ES.
 EX.: GAS-GASES, QUIZ-QUIZES, WHIZ-WHIZES, LOSS-LOSSES, PASS-PASSES, BUZZ-BUZZES, CATCH-
CATCHES, WATCH-WATCHES, BRUSH-BRUSHES, RUSH-RUSHES, FIX-FIXES, MIX-MIXES, ECHO-
ECHOES, GO-GOES.
 THERE ARE TWO IRREGULAR (S) FORMS: BE- IS, AND HAVE-HAS.
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NEGATIVE STATEMENT
 NEGATIVE STATEMENTS IN THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE USE AUXILIARY VERBS DO OR DOES.
 AUXILIARY DO IS USED WITH PRONOUNS I, YOU, WE AND THEY OR THEIR NOUN EQUIVALENTS.
 AUXILIARY DOES IS USED WITH PRONOUNS HE, SHE AND IT OR THEIR NOUN EQUIVALENTS.
 THE STRUCTURE IS: SUBJECT + DO/DOES + NOT + VERB + COMPLEMENT ?
 NOTICE: IN THE QUESTION THE MAIN VERB SHOULD BE IN ITS BASE FORM.
 EXAMPLES:
 GINA DOES NOT EAT PASTA.
 FRIENDS DO NOT HURT EACH OTHER.
 I DO NOT LIKE ROCK MUSIC.
 THE CAR DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY.
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INTERROGATIVE STATEMENT

 QUESTIONS WITH THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE ARE MADE BY FOLLOWING THE NEXT WORD ORDER:
 DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT ?
 NOTICE: THERE IS AN INVERSION OF THE SUBJECT AND THE AUXIARY VERB, IN THIS TYPE OF
SENTENCE YOU HAVE TO WRITE THE AUXILIARY FIRST AND THEN THE SUBJECT NOUN OR PRONOUN.
 EXAMPLES:
 DO YOU COME TO THE CONFERENCE?
 DOES HELEN EAT EARLY IN THE MORNING?
 DO YOUR COLLEAGUES SHARE THEIR OPINIONS?
 DOES THE DOG SLEEP ON THE RUG?
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PRESENT TENSE

 THE SHORT ANSWERS IN THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE ARE MADE AS SHOWN:
 EXAMPLES:
 1- DOES SALLY KNOW HOW TO DRIVE PLANES?
 YES. SHE DOES.
 NO. SHE DOESN’T.
 2- DO YOUR CO-WORKERS COME THE TRAINNING?
 YES. THEY DO.
 NO. THEY DON’T.