PRESENT SIMPLEI eat, you eat, he eats…
EXAMPLESBritish people like animals.
They live in houses with gardens.
My husband works from 9 to 5 pm
Ann has three children.
AFFIRMATIVEUse the infinitive verb:
I play tennis / We live in Spain
For HE / SHE / IT we use infinitive verb + -s / -es / -ies
He works / he plays/ he lives
She watches / she finishes / she goes / she does
She studies
The spelling rules are the same as for the plurals.
NEGATIVEUse DON’T or DOESN’T + infinitive
verb
Don’t = do not
Doesn’t = does not
REMEMBER!!!
He doesn’t work (right)
NOT “He doesn’t works” (wrong)
EXCEPTIONS3rd person singular:
I have He has
I do He does
I say He says