PRESENT SIMPLE
Subject Positive (+) Negative (-) Question (?)
I play don’t play (do not play) Do I play?
You play don’t play Do you play?
He/She/It playsdoesn’t play (does not
play)
Does he play?
We play don’t play Do we play?
They play don’t play Do they play?
The verbs “to go”, “to do” and most verbs that end in : -ch, -ss, -sh, -x or -zz,
e form their third-person singular by adding -es instead of -s. The same way,
verbs that end in consonant + y form their third-person singular by adding -
ies. For example:
I wash my hair every day
Maria washes her hair every day
The bees buzz around the flower
The bee buzzes around the flower
I usually go swimming at the pool
He usually goes swimming at the pool
I try to do my best all the time
He tries to do his best all the time
The present simple is used:
–To express habits and repeated actions: He drinks tea for breakfast
every day. I read regularly.
– To express general truths or unchanging situations : Water boils at one
hundred degrees. I work in a bank.
–To give instructions or directions: You read the questions first and then
you write down your answers in the box. You take the train into the city
center and then you take a number five bus.
