Present simple

• What it is

  • A tense for usual things

  • Facts and truths

  • Daily routines

  • Present simple is the grammar tense we use for things that are always true, happen regularly, or are facts. It is used for routines, habits, schedules, and general truths. Example: "I go to school every day" or "The sun rises in the east".

  • Describes habits and routines

  • Describes general facts and truths

  • Used for schedules and timetables

  • Example: I go to school every day

  • Example: Water boils at 100°C

• Use

  • Habits

  • Repeated actions

  • General facts

  • Permanent situations

  • habits and routines

  • general truths

  • facts

  • feelings and states

  • scheduled future events

• Form

  • I/you/we/they + base verb

  • He/she/it + verb + s

  • Negative: do not / does not

  • Question: do / does + subject + verb

• Examples

  • I work every day

  • She likes tea

  • They play football on Sundays

  • The sun rises in the east

  • I work every day.

  • She likes tea.

  • They play football on Sundays.

  • The sun rises in the east.

• Time words

  • always

  • usually

  • often

  • sometimes

  • every day

  • We use time words to show when something happens in the present simple. Common words are always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every day, every week, on Mondays, in the morning, and at night.

  • These words help us understand that the action is regular, repeated, or true in general. They often go before the main verb, but after the verb to be.

• Spelling

  • Add s to most verbs

  • Add es after -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o

  • Change y to ies after a consonant

  • Add -s / -es to the base form of the verb in the third person singular

  • Use -es after -o, -ch, -sh, -x, -s, -z

  • Change -y to -ies after a consonant

  • Use the base form for I, you, we, they

• Question words

  • What

  • Where

  • When

  • Why

  • How

• Short answers

  • In Present Simple, short answers use do/does or don’t/doesn’t. We use Yes, I do / No, I don’t for I, you, we, they. We use Yes, he/she/it does / No, he/she/it doesn’t for he, she, it.

    • Yes, I do

    • No, I don't

    • Yes, he does

    • No, he doesn't