Present simple

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

[I you] walk [I you] don’t walk Do [I you] walk?
[she he it] walks [she he it] doesn’t walk Does [she he it] walk?
[we you they] walk [we you they] don’t walk Do [we you they] walk?

We use the present simple  State verbs (she likes making

snowmen)
 For habits and actions that we do
regularly Short answers
 For general truths (datos universales)
 Yes, [I you we they] do
 For permanent situations
 Yes, [she he it] does
 Future (actividad programada)
 No, [I you we they] don’t
 No, [she he it] doesn’t

Frequency adverbs and time expressions

 Always-usually, normally, generally-often-sometimes-not very often-occasionally-hardly ever-
never
 Every day/week, on Mondays, at the weekend…

Third person singular

We add -s to the verb to form the third person singular [she he it]
Example: I drink - He drinks
We add -es to verbs that end -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o
Example: I watch -he watches
With verbs ending in consonant +y, we change the -y to -ies
Example: I cry – he cries