1. How Can You Form the Present Simple?

 Add an ‘s’ (or ‘es’) to the verb in the third person singular (for example,
after ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’).
 Make negatives using don’t or doesn’t (use doesn’t for the 3rd person).
 Make questions with do or does.
2. Talking About a Regular Action
 She calls her parents every week.
 I don’t often go to the gym.
 Do you always eat so quickly?
3. Talking about General Truths
 The Moon goes around the Earth.
 The Nile is the longest river in the world.
 Elephants live for 60 or 70 years on average.
4. Talking about States and Situations
 You seem a bit quiet today.
 He has a lot of experience in his subject.
 Why does this one cost more than the others?
5. With Many Verbs of Sensing, Feeling, Thinking or Speaking
 This cheese smells a bit strange.
 I don’t like going shopping.
 Do you realise what you’re doing?
 I promise it won’t happen again.
6. Talking about Long-Lasting Situations
 She lives with her friend.
 He works for a small design company.
  I go to the gym every week.
7. Telling Stories or Jokes in Conversational English
 So, I see this guy who looks just like Johnny Depp, and I go up to talk to him,
but then I trip and throw my drink all over him! He gives me this look, like
I’m a complete idiot, and just walks away.

8. In Commentary
 He passes, he shoots… He hits the post!
 She serves, but Williams makes a great return.
 The prince waits at the altar, while the princess walks slowly up the aisle.
9. Talking About Future Schedules
 Class starts at 10.00.
 The plane arrives at 12.20 at night.
 What time does the meeting start?