PRESENT SIMPLEShort revision

What is Present Simple?

• The present tense is the base (or simple) form of the verb.

For example:

I work in London.

She plays the piano.

When do we use Present Simple?

We use the present tense to talk about:

• something that is true in the present

• something that happens again and again in the present

• something that is fixed in the future

We use words like sometimes, often, always, and never with the present tense.

How do we form Present Simple?

• In sentences:

I, you, we, they + verb but: he,she,it + verb + s

Examples:

I like milk. He likes milk.

You play football every Monday. She sings well.

We live in Sweden. It moves fast.

They go to school every week.

Do/don’t and Does/doesn’t

• In questions:

Do + I,you,we,they + verb +…? but: Does + he,she,it + verb(utan –s!) +...?

Examples:

Do you like coffee? Does he play hockey?

Do they speak Spanish?

• We can also use do and does with question words like where, what and why.

Where/what/why + do + I,you,we,they + verb?

Where/what/why + does + he,she,it + verb?

Examples:

Where do you live?

What does she do for living?

• In negatives:

I,you,we,they + don’t + verb. but: He,she,it + doesn’t + verb.

Examples:

I don’t like rainy weather.Jenny doesn’t play the piano.

They don’t drive to work.