Present Simple

FORM
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Positive statements Negative statements
I walk I don’t walk We don’t
walk
You walk
You don’t walk You don’t
He/She/It walks
walk
We walk ?
Questions
You walk
Do I walk?
They walk
+ Do you walk?
Does he/she/it
walk?
Third person singular: spelling
Do We walk?
We add -es to verbs that end in -ss, -sh, -ch, -x
and -o. Do You walk?
Examples: watch → watches kiss → kisses Do They walk?
go → goes ax → axes

!
Verbs ending in consonant + y → -y becomes
-ies.

USE
We use the Present Simple for …
Habits and actions that we do regularly.
Examples: He visits his friends every Sunday.
She goes to school by bus.
Facts.
Examples: The sun rises in the east.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
Schedules.
Examples: The bus leaves at six o’clock.
The train departs from platform two.