PRESENT SIMPLE We use the present simple when we talk abour facts and routines



Affirmative:
He, she and it forms end with -s:
1) Add -s to most verbs: play- plays
2) Add-es when a verb ends with -o, -sh,
-ch or -x: go- goes, finish- finishes
3) Remove-y and add -ies when a verb ends consonant + y: study- studies
4) The third person of have is has.

Adverbs of frequency
Rules of the adverbs of frequency. Adverb of frequency come:
1) After the verb be: He is always late for work
2) Before other verbs: I usually watch TV after school.
Adverbs of frequency in negative form:
1) the adverb of frequency goes between the auxiliary and the main verb: We don't usually watch TV after lunch
2) It goes after the verb be: They aren't never late

Interrogative and short answers

Negative

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Always

Normally

Never

Usually

Often

Hardly Ever

Rarely

I hardly ever swim

I usually swim

I always swim

I never swim

I normally swim

I often swim

I rarely swim

I, You, We, They play football

He, She,It plays football

To be: to give personal information: ages, names, jobs and nationalities.

You, We They are thriteen

I am thirteen

He, She, It is thirteen

Have got: to talk about possesion and families

I, You, We, They have got a pen

He, She, It has got a pen

Have got

To be

I, You, We, They haven't got a pen

He, She,It hasn't got a pen

You, We, They aren't thirteen

He, She, It isn't thirteen

I am not thirteen

Sometimes

I sometimes swim

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He, She, It doesn't play football

I, You, We, They don't play football

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Have got

To be

Are you, we, they thirteen?

Is He, She, It thirteen?

Am I thirteen?

Have I, you, we, they got a pen?

Has he, she, it got a pen?

Do I, you, we, they play football?

Does he, she, it play football?

Yes, he, she, it has

No, he, she, it hasn't

Yes, I, you, we, they have

No, I, you, we, they haven't

No, I am not

Yes, I am

Yes, you, we, they are

No, you, we, they aren't

Yes, he, she, it is

No, he, she, it isn't

No, I, you, we,they don't

Yes, I, you, we, they do

Yes, he, she, it does

No, he, she, it doesn't

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Can: To talk about ability.

I, You, He, She, It, We, They can play guitar.

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Can

Can

I, You, He, She, It, We, They can't play guitar

Can I, you, he, she, it, we, they play guitar?

Yes, I, you, he, she, it, we, they can

No, I, you, he, she, it, we, they can't

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