SIMPLE PRESENT

FORMS
Affirmative: S + V + O Negative: S + V + NOT + O (to be, to have, and modal verbs)
I, you, we, they eat some rice S + don’t / doesn’t + V + O (ordinary verbs)
He, she, it eats some rice I, you, we, they don’t eat any rice.
I am a pupil. He, she, it doesn’t eat any rice.
We can go home. I am not a pupil. We can’t go home.
Interrogative: V + S + O? (to be, to have, modal verbs)
Do / Does + S + V + O?
Am I a pupil? Can we go home?
Do I, you, we, they eat any rice? Does she, he, it eat any rice?
Interro-negative:
Don’t I, you, we, they eat any rice? Doesn’t he, she, it eat any rice?
Am I not a pupil? Mustn’t they speak English?
USE
We use the simple present to talk about:
General truth (changeable)
Ex: Sadio Camara leads the Defense department.
Scientific truth (unchangeable)
The water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
State, profession, sex, nationality…
She is sick.
Routine and habit action with the adverbs of frequency: every, usually, always, generally,
seldom, often, sometimes, ….
My mum goes to market every day.
Timetable or schedules for future action
The flight leaves at 6 o’clock.
N.B: All the verbs take “s” at the third personal pronoun except the modal verbs
When the verb ends with “o, ss, ch, sh, x, z” we add “es” to it.
Ex: he teaches. She washes. It passes. He goes ….
When the verb ends with “y” preceded by a consonant, we change “y” into “I” then add “es”.
But if it is preceded by a vowel, we just add “s”.
Ex: he plays. She studies. It tries. He stays ……