SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE is used to express habits or usual activities.

In positive sentence, infinitive is used for the subject I, you, we, and they, and infinitive + s/es is used for the
subject he, she, and it. In negative sentence, do not (don’t) + infinitive is used for the subject I, you, we, and
they, and does not (doesn’t) + infinitive is used for the subject he, she, and it. In interrogative sentence, put
Do before I, you, we, and they followed by infinitive, and put Does before he, she, and it followed by infinitive.

Adverb of time and adverb of frequency used as follows: every day, every week, every month, every Sunday,
every morning, once a week, twice a day, three times a day, four times a month, etc.

Example:

(+) I eat bread every morning. ( - ) I don’t eat rice every morning.

We sleep every night. We don’t sleep every afternoon.

Brandon speaks English every day. He doesn’t speak Chinese every day.

Suzanne has twenty dolls. She doesn’t have twenty balls.

( ? ) Do you eat bread every morning? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

Do you eat bread every morning? Yes, we do. / No, we don’t.

Do we sleep every night? Yes, we do. / No, we don’t.

Do we sleep every night? Yes, you do. / No, you don’t.

Does he speak Chinese every day? Yes, he does. / No, he doesn’t.

Does she have twenty balls? Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.