Present simple

Presente simple.

La tercera persona del singular en los verbos regulares en inglés generalmente llevan el sufijo ‘s’. Este sufijo se añade al final de la forma infinitiva del verbo: eat = eats,write-writes.

Si el verbo termina en un sonido sibilante como ‘s’, ‘z’, ‘sh’, ‘ch’ que no esté seguido de una ‘e’ muda, se le añade el sufijo ‘-es’: rush – rushes. Teach- teaches.

Si el verbotermina en una consonante más ‘y’, la ‘y’ cambia a ‘I’ y se añade ‘-es’: cry – cries, fry- fries.

Los verbos que acaban en ‘o’ suelen añadir ‘-es’: go – goes, do - does

Hay verbos que nunca toman la‘s’ para la tercera persona, por ejemplo can, may, must.
USE 2 Facts or Generalizations

The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, andwill be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.

Examples:

* Cats like milk.
*Birds do not like milk.
* Do pigs like milk?
* California is in America.
* California is not in the United Kingdom.
* Windows are made of glass.
* Windows are not made of wood.* New York is a small city. It is not important that this fact is untrue.

USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near Future

Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events inthe near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.

Examples:

* The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.* The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.
* When do we board the plane?
* The party starts at 8 o'clock.
* When does class begin tomorrow?

USE 4 Now (Non-ContinuousVerbs)

Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-Continuous Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs....