BY CARLOS ALBERTO MALAQUIAS

VIDAL
 WHEN DO WE USE SIMPLE PRESENT?

• WE USE SIMPLE PRESENT WHEN

WE TALK ABOUT ROUTINES
AND PERMANENT SITUATIONS. Watch out! When we use
simple present to give
• WE ALSO USE IT TO directions.
GIVE DIRECTIONS BUT IN AN We don't conjugate the
IMPERATIVE FORM verb or include a
subject
 SIMPLE PRESENT STRUCTURE 
• AFFIRMATIVE:

I
YOU 
THEY 
WE 

Verb in simple
form Complement 
Adverb of frequency
3RD SINGULAR PERSON (HE, SHE, IT)
- S​> If the verb ends in consonant and "e" , you add
"S"
HE 
- ES​>  If the verb ends in s, o,ss, sh, ch, x, z , you add
SHE "ES"
IT -IES > If the verb ends in consonant and "y" , you add
"IES"
- If the verb ends in vowel and "y" ,
you add "S"
 (?) (S.A) (-)
 I HE 
WE SHE  DOES
DO 
YOU
IT 
THEY 
 (MAKE A SENTENCE QUESTIONS ?)
AXU
DO YOU LIKE ITALIAN FOOD?

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SUBJECT
VERB IN SIMPLE FORM COMPLEMENT

AXU DOES SUSAN WORK ON WEEKENDS? 

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SUBJECT VERB IN SIMPLE FORM COMPLEMENT
• SHORT ANSWER:
• YES, I DO.
• YES, YOU DO
• YES, HE DOES
• YES, SHE DOES
• NEGATIVE:
• NO, SHE DOES NOT 
• NO, HE DOES NOT 
• NO, I DO NOT 
• NO, I DON`T
• NO, HE DOESN`T 
EXAMPLE OF ROUTINE