present+simple

PRESENT SIMPLE

 * FORM **


 * AFFIRMATIVE FORM ** **(e.g. verb //like//)**

I **//like//** you **//like//** he **//likes//** she **//likes//** it **//likes//** we **//like//** you **//like//** they **//like//**


 * NEGATIVE FORM ** **(e.g. verb //like//)**

I **//don’t like//** you **//don’t like//** he **//doesn’t like//** she **//doesn’t like//** it **//doesn’t like//** we **//don’t like//** you **//don’t like//** they **//don’t like//**


 * INTERROGATIVE FORM ** **(e.g. verb //like//)**


 * //Do//** I **//like//**?
 * //Do//** you **//like//**?
 * //Does//** he **//like//**?
 * //Does//** she **//like//**?
 * //Does//** it **//like//**?
 * //Do//** we **//like//**?
 * //Do//** you **//like//**?
 * //Do//** they **//like//**?


 * SHORT ANSWERS **

Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. Yes, you do. / No, you don’t. Yes, he does. / No, he doesn’t. Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t. Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t. Yes, we do. / No, we don’t. Yes, you do. / No, you don’t. Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.


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[|downloadable explanation of the construction of the present simple] (in Spanish)


 * USES **

1. Habitual actions, routines. You can click here to review vocabulary related to @daily routines and to @free time activities. e.g. //I get up at 7 o’clock every morning.//

2. Facts. Something that is generally known to be true. e.g. //The sun rises in the east and sets in the west//.

3. Action set by a timetable or schedule. e.g. //The train leaves at 9pm//.

The present simple is normally used with frequency adverbs like //always, usually, sometimes// and //never//. To learn or review frequency adverbs and other time expressions used in the present simple (//every day, once a week//, etc.) clink here.
 * ADVERBS AND TIME EXPRESSIONS USED IN THE PRESENT SIMPLE **

Verbs expressing state (//be, remain//), possession (//belong//), senses (//hear, see, smell//), emotions (//hate, like, love, seem, want, wish//) and mental activity (//believe, mean, prefer, realize, think, understand//) must be used in the simple form. They are seldom used in the progressive or continuous form.
 * NOTE **

[|exercise 1] (on the construction of the present simple) [|exercise 2] (affirmative sentences) [|exercise 3] (affirmative sentences) [|exercise 4] (affirmative sentences) [|exercise 5] (affirmative sentences) [|exercise 6] (affirmative sentences) [|exercise 7] (affirmative sentences) [|exercise 8] (affirmative sentences) [|exercise 9] (negative sentences) [|exercise 10] (negative sentences) [|exercise 11] (negative sentences) [|exercise 12] (negative sentences) [|exercise 13] (negative sentences and questions) [|exercise 14] (questions) [|exercise 15] (all types of sentences) [|exercise 16] (all ypes of sentences) [|exercise 17] (all types of sentences) [|exercise 18] (all types of sentences) [|exercise 19] (all types of sentences) [|exercise 20] (all types of sentences) [|exercise 21] (present simple to express facts) [|exercise 22] (present simple to express habits) [|exercise 23] (present simple to express successive events) [|exercise 24] (present simple to express future) [|exercise 25] (present simple with stative verbs) [|test]
 * EXERCISES**

[|simple present - form] [|simple present - use]
 * USEFUL LINKS**