The Present Simple
Use
Unchanging situations
e.g. He works in London.
We live in Brașov.
General truths
Repeated events
Habits
Fixed arrangements
e.g. She arrives tomorrow at noon.
Our holiday starts on the 15th of June.
Formation
Negative ❌
Interrogative ❓
Affirmative ✅
I/you/we/they + verb
e.g. I/you/we/they walk to school every day.
He/she/it + verb + s
e.g. He/she/it walks to school every day.
⚠ Exceptions for the 3rd person singular ⚠
Verbs ending in -ss, - sh, -ch, -x, -o: He/she/it + verb + es
e.g. go -> goes; teach -> teaches; relax -> relaxes; miss -> misses; brush -> brushes
Verbs ending in consonant + y, y -> i and we add -es
e.g. study -> studies; copy -> copies
Verbs ending in vowel + y, we add -s
e.g. play -> plays; buy -> buys; delay -> delays
I/you/we/they + don't + verb
e.g. I don't walk to school every day.
They don't teach English, they teach math.
He/she/it + doesn't + verb
e.g. She doesn't brush her hair every morning.
He doesn't play football anymore.
Do + I/you/we/they + verb?
e.g. Do you relax every afternoon after school?
Do we brush our teeth well enough?
Does + he/she/it + verb?
e.g. Does she miss her old job?
Does he copy his homework all the time?
Signal words
seldom
rarely
always
never
every day/week/month/year/morning/evening
usually
sometimes
often