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
