Present Simple Tense

​The Present Simple Tense is used when we talk about actions that happen with certain regularity. It means habits and routines, some general or true facts are also expresed using this tense.

Auxiliary Verb:

• In 3rd persons (She, He, It) in affirmative sentences we must add "s" to the main verb of the sentence. There are some exeptions which will be analized later.

  Mark lives in New York

• Negative sentences are made with DON'T & DOESN'T which is the negative form of the auxiliary verb.

  I don't drink coffee in the mornings/ She doesn't eat meat.

• Questions are formed by placing the auxiliary verb at the begining of the interrogative sentence: Do you like hamburguers? Do you live in Medellin?

1. Routines: Things most of people do everyday or all the time.

• We take a bath everyday

• You cook the dinner every night

2. Habit: Actions that certain people realize in an particualr way

• Sara visits his family every year

• We go to the gym every nigth

• I go to school on weekends

3. General Facts: Used to state fact, how things exist or behave (always/ permanently). Irrefutable actions.

• Earth moves around the sun/ The sun raises in the east/The sky is blue/Water boils at 100C°/ A dog has four legs/ It rains a lot in winter.

1. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person.

• go – goes

• catch – catches

• wash – washes

• kiss – kisses

• fix – fixes

• buzz – buzzes

2. For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.

• marry – marries

• study – studies

• carry – carries

• worry – worries

NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.

• play – plays/ enjoy – enjoys/ say – says

• ​Do you smoke?

• Do you eat meat?

​I. Yes/No

• Do you speak italian?

+ Yes I do. I speak italian.

• Do you speak chinese?

- No, I don't. I don't speak chinese. I speak italian.

3rd Person

• Does he/she speak german?

No, he doesn't. He doesn't speak german. He speaks italian.

• Does he/she speak italian?

Yes, he does. He speaks italian.

• ​Luis lives in Los Angeles in a big apartment and he likes to drive his car in the afternoons by the city.

• Maria studies french in the university because she wants to travel to France to live there and

• Mark watches T.V in the living room everyday because he likes reality shows.

• Sara learns french in the language academy on the weekends because she wants to go to Paris

• Reading Comprehension-WH Questions​

• Verbs Routines (

• Present Simple Word Order

• The Mistery Of Okinawa

• SP Review-Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative Stcs

• Adverbs Of Frequency Review I and II.

• Verbs Quiz