📅 Rule 1 — When do we use Present Simple?
Habits and routines: things that happen regularly.
I go to school every day. She always drinks tea.
Facts and scientific truths:
Water boils at 100°C. The Earth moves around the Sun.
Time words to remember:
always
usually
often
sometimes
never
every day
on Mondays
⚠️ NOT for things happening right now → use Present Continuous:
now
right now
at the moment
✅ Rule 2 — Affirmative (positive sentences)
Use the base verb. For
He / She / It — add
-S to the verb.
| Subject | Verb form | Example |
|---|
| I / You / We / They | base verb | I play. They eat. |
| He / She / It | verb + S | He plays. She eats. |
Special endings:
•
-ch / -sh / -ss / -x / -o →
+ ES: watch→
watches, finish→
finishes, go→
goes
• consonant
+ Y →
IES: fly→
flies, study→
studies
•
have →
has,
do →
does (irregular!)
❌ Rule 3 — Negative sentences
| Subject | Helper | Example |
|---|
| I / You / We / They | DON'T + verb | I don't like fish. |
| He / She / It | DOESN'T + verb | She doesn't like fish. |
⚠️ After
doesn't / don't the verb has
NO -S!
✅ She doesn't
like. ❌ She doesn't
likes.
❓ Rule 4 — Questions
| Subject | Helper | Example |
|---|
| I / You / We / They | DO + subject + verb | Do you play tennis? |
| He / She / It | DOES + subject + verb | Does she play tennis? |
⚠️ After
does / do the verb has
NO -S!
✅ Does he
play? ❌ Does he
plays?
🔵 Rule 5 — Verb TO BE (am / is / are)
| Subject | To be | Example |
|---|
| I | am | I am happy. |
| He / She / It | is | She is tall. |
| You / We / They | are | They are friends. |