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Created on September 1, 2020

How to form the present simple tense in its different forms

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Transcript

ENGLISH BY MJ

presents

VERB TENSES

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE

AFFIRMATIVE

ALWAYS START WITH THE BARE INFINITIVE OF THE VERB

I You It/She/He We You They

eateat eats * eat eat eat

* Exception: He, She & It always ends in 's'

STRUCTURE:

Subject + bare infinitive

PRESENT SIMPLE

Exceptions

  • a vowel
  • ch
  • sh
  • ss
  • zz
  • x
  1. Verbs ending in:
  • Do - DoES
  • Watch - WatchES
  • Wash - WashES
  • Kiss - KissES
  • Fizz - FizzES
  • Fix - FixES

Add 'ES' to the verb:

2. Verbs ending in a consonant and ' Y ': Replace the ' Y ' with ' I ' and the add ' ES '.

  • Cry - CrIES
  • Marry - MarrIES

He, She and It, always end is ' s ' but:

PRESENT SIMPLE

NEGATIVE

STRUCTURE:

Subject + aux.verb + not + bare infinitive

I You It/She/He We You They

do not eatdo not eat does not eat * do not eat do not eat do not eat

* Remember that 3rd person singular always ends in ' s '

PRESENT SIMPLE

NEGATIVE

SHORT FORM*

I You It/She/He We You They

don't eatdon't eat doesn't eat don't eat don't eat don't eat

I You It/She/He We You They

do not eatdo not eat does not eat do not eat do not eat do not eat

LONG FORM

*TO CREATE THE sHORT FORM, NOT IS CONTRACTED TO N'T AND ADDED TO THE AUXILIARY VERB: DO+N'T = DON'T

PRESENT SIMPLE

QUESTIONS

Aux.VERB + SUBJECT + bare infinitive

STRUCTURE:

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

* Remember that 3rd person singular always ends in ' s '

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