Remember some forms of verbs.

Base form (American English) Eat

Infinitive (British English) Play
Drive

Infinitive (American English) To eat

Infinitive with to (British English) To play
To drive

Gerund (American and British English) Eating

Playing
Driving
 Simple present tense
• We use the simple present tense when we talk about.

• Routines
• Habits
• Facts – Things that are true in general
• Schedules
PRONOUNS VERBS EXAMPLES

HE Base form of the verb + s Henry eats a lot.

SHE The dog barks at night.
IT She works in a bank
Robert plays soccer on weekends

Base form of the verb + es Mary studies at UAC.

She watches news in the mornings

Haves = mistake
He has tree dogs and six cats.
Loise has tree children.
I I eat a lot.
WE Base form of the verb We work in a bank.
YOU You play soccer on weekends.
THEY They have tree children.
Auxiliary verb
• An auxiliary verb (abbreviated aux) is a verb that adds functional or
grammatical meaning to the clause in which it appears, so as to
express tense.
• An auxiliary verb is the word which tells us about the tense.
• An auxiliary doesn`t have a meaning.
PRONOUNS and Auxiliary verb VERBS EXAMPLES

HE Does not Does not +Base form of the verb Henry doesn’t eat a lot.
SHE = The dog doesn’t bark at night.
IT Doesn’t = She doesn’t work in a bank
Robert doesn’t play soccer on
Doesn’t + Base form of the verb weekends.
Mary doesn’t do her homework.
She doesn’t watch news in the
mornings
Loise doesn’t have any children.
I I don’t eat a lot.
WE Do not Do not + Base form of the verb We don’t work in a bank.
YOU = You don’t play soccer on weekends.
THEY Don’t Don’t + Base form of the verb They don’t have tree children.
I don’t do my homework
• Let's close
• Let's watch
• Let's stop
• Let's have
• Let's go
• Let's listen
Pronouns and auxiliary verb verbs Yes, no - questions Wh – questions
Information questions

HE Does + base form of the Does Mary work in a bank? What does she do?
SHE DOES verb. Yes, she does. She Works in a bank.
IT No, she doesn’t.
Does he play soccer on When does he play soccer?
saturdays? Yes, he does. He plays soccer on weekends.
No, he doesn’t.
Does it work well?
Yes, it does.
No, it doesn’t

I Do + Base form of the verb Do you do your homework in What do they do in the
WE DO the afternoons? Yes, I do afternoons? They study at
YOU No, I don’t the University.
THEY Do they work hard? Where do they work?
Yes, they do They work in a factory
No, they don’t
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