Simple Present

Grammar: Simple Present Tense
Simple present tense is used to describe regular activities (e.g., I eat breakfast in the car.) or things that are true “all thetime” (e.g., I don’t like mornings. She loves movies.)
*Affirmative statements (I, You, We, They)
Subject + base form of the verb + complement. *Negativestatements (I, You, We, They)
Subject + don’t + base form of the verb
Examples:
I have a car.
You go to the university.
We take the bus.
They ride a motorcycle.You watch TV.
We study English. Examples:
I don’t have a car.
You don’t go to the university.
We don’t take the bus.
They don’t ride a motorcycle.You don’t watch TV.
We don’t study English.
*Affirmative statements (He, She, It)
Subject + base form of the verb + -s / -es / -ies *Negative statements (He,She, It)
Subject + doesn’t + base form of the verb
Examples:
He has a car.
She goes to the university.
He takes the bus.
She rides a motorcycle.
Hewatches TV.
He studies English. Examples:
He doesn’t have a car.
She doesn’t go to the university.
He doesn’t take the bus.
She doesn’t ride a motorcycle.
Hedoesn’t watch TV.
He doesn’t study English.


Spelling rules (he, she, it)
*For most verbs: add –s
Examples:
drive-drives, eat-eats, work- workstake-takes

*For verbs ending in s, ss, sh, ch, x, or z: add –es
Examples:
watch– watches,
dress-dresses,
brush- brushes

*For verbs ending in a consonantand y: change y to i and add -es
Examples:
study – studies, cry- cries

*For verbs ending in a vowel and y: add -s
Examples:
play – plays, buy- buys