Antonia Temisqueño Tepequillo (grammar)

PRESENT SIMPLE

DEFINITION
The present simple is a tense of the present that is used to talk about facts or general truths that meet habits, schedules or programs, customs and routines of everyday life.

STRUCTURE
Pronouns I, you, we and they
the verb does not change its spelling
AFIRMATIVE

Subject + infinitive verb + complement
NEGATIVE

Subject + do not / don´t + infinitive verb + complement
INTERROGATIVE

Do + Subject + verb infinitive + complement + ?

Pronouns She, He and It
. In the third person singular, the verb always ends in -s
. Verbs that end in -y: in the third person of the singular, the -y is changed by -ies
. We add -es to the verbs that end in: -ss, -x, -sh, -ch
AFIRMATIVE

Subject + infinitive verb (s/es/ies) + complement
NEGATIVE

Subject + does not/doesn´t + infinitive verb +complement
INTERROGATIVE
Does + Subject + verb infinitive + complement + ?

Adverbs commonly used with the simple present tense are: always, usually, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely and never, the adverbs of frequency usually go before the verb.

EXAMPLES
  • Alicia always eats in her house
  • The boys don't play football on fridays
  • Does he cook in the morning?
  • Matias works very much
  • My mom sometimes shops caramels



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