Simple Present

🧠 1. EXPLANATION: When do we use the Simple Present?

✅ We use the Simple Present to talk about:

1. Habits and routines
   • 🕘 “I wake up at 7 a.m.”
2. Facts or general truths
   • 🌎 “The Earth orbits the Sun.”
3. Scheduled events (like classes or buses)
   • 🚌 “The bus arrives at 8 o’clock.”
4. States and feelings (non-action verbs)
   • ❤️ “She loves chocolate.”

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🧱 2. STRUCTURE

➤ Affirmative:

Subject + base verb (+ s/es for he/she/it)

• I play soccer.
• She plays soccer.

➤ Negative:

Subject + do/does not + base verb

• I don’t like tea.
• He doesn’t like tea.

➤ Question:

Do/Does + subject + base verb?

• Do you like coffee?
• Does she work here?

📌 RULE: Add -ES for verbs ending in O, SH, CH, X, or S

➤ Why?

It makes pronunciation easier (e.g. go → goes, watch → watches).

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✅ Examples:

Verb	He/She/It Form
go	goes
do	does
watch	watches
wash	washes
fix	fixes
kiss	kisses

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🧠 Tip for Students:

“For he, she, it — add S, but for special endings, add ES.”

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⚠️ EXCEPTION: Verbs ending in -Y

Only if there’s a consonant + Y, change Y → IES

• study → studies
• try → tries

But:

• play → plays ✅ (because it ends in a vowel + Y)

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✏️ Mini Exercise (Fill in the blanks):

1. He ______ (watch) TV every night.
2. My mom ______ (go) to work at 8 a.m.
3. She ______ (wash) her hands often.
4. The teacher ______ (fix) the computer.
5. He ______ (do) his homework every day.

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🗣 3. EXAMPLES

Person	Affirmative	Negative	Question
I/You/We/They	I eat breakfast.	I don’t eat breakfast.	Do you eat breakfast?
He/She/It	He eats breakfast.	He doesn’t eat breakfast.	Does she eat breakfast?

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🧩 4. EXERCISES

✏️ A. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.

1. She ______ (like) pizza.
2. They ______ (play) soccer on Sundays.
3. He ______ (not/go) to school by car.
4. ______ you ______ (live) in Brazil?
5. My father ______ (work) at the hospital.

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✏️ B. Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

1. He go to work every day.
2. I doesn’t like fish.
3. Does she cooks dinner?
4. They works in an office.
5. We doesn’t study French.

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✏️ C. Make questions from the following statements.

1. She speaks English. → ______________________________________?
2. They watch TV at night. → __________________________________?
3. He goes to the gym. → ______________________________________?

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✏️ D. Write about your daily routine (3–5 sentences) using the Simple Present.

Example:

I wake up at 6:30. I have coffee and read the news. Then I go to work by bus.