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Let's review

Present Simple

Simple present tense with 'be

The verb 'be' is different from the other verbs in this tense. Let's look at 'be' first. Here's the positive form (positive means a normal sentence, not a negative or a question. This is sometimes called 'affirmative'). Next, here's the negative. You only add 'not'.

Negative

Positive

  • I am not - I'm not
  • You are not - You aren't
  • He is not - He isn't
  • She is not - She isn't
  • It is not - It isn't
  • We are not - We aren't
  • You are not - You aren't
  • They are not - They aren't
  • I am - I'm
  • You are - You're
  • He is - He's
  • She is - She's
  • It is - It's
  • We are - We're
  • You are - You're
  • They are - They're

For example: • I'm Scottish. • She's hungry. • They're always late.

For example: • I'm not cold. • He isn't from Spain. • We aren't at home

Present simple tense with other verbs

With all other verbs, we make the present simple in the same way. The positive is really easy. It's just the verb, with an extra 's' if the subject is 'he', 'she', or 'it'. Let's take the verb 'play' as an example.

Positive

For example: • I play tennis every week. • He likes chocolate. • They usually go to the cinema on Fridays.

  • I play
  • You play
  • He plays
  • She plays
  • It plays
  • We play
  • You play
  • They play

Don't forget the 's'! Even really advanced students do this. For a few verbs, there is a spelling change with 'he', 'she' and 'it' before the 's'. For example, 'study' becomes 'studies'. There are also few verbs which are irregular in the present simple.: Have / Do / Go

To make the negative form, you need to use 'do not' (don't) or 'does not' (doesn't).

Positive

  • I do not play - I don't play
  • You do not play - You don't play
  • He does not play - He doesn't play
  • She does not play - She doesn't play
  • It does not play - It doesn't play
  • We do not play - We don't play
  • You do not play - You don't play
  • They do not play - They don't play

For example: • You don't study very much. • Julie doesn't like sport. • We don't live in London.

WHEN SHOULD I USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE?

Click here to extra pactrice the Present simple and how to use it correctly.

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