Present Simple
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We use the present simple to talk about habits, routines and things that are generally true. Think of actions you repeat: every day, on Mondays, twice a week.
For I / you / we / they the verb keeps its base form: I work, you eat, we study. Time words like every day, usually, often and always are common signals that the present simple is the right tense.
Beispiele
I wake up at seven every day.
A daily habit — base form 'wake' after 'I'.
We study English on Mondays.
A regular, repeated action.
They sleep eight hours a night.
Something generally true.
wake up
/weɪk ʌp/
I wake up at seven every day.
eat
/iːt/
She eats breakfast at home.
work
/wɜːk/
He works in an office.
study
/ˈstʌdi/
We study English on Mondays.
sleep
/sliːp/
They sleep eight hours a night.
Choose the correct form: We ___ English on Mondays.
Complete with the present simple: They ___ eight hours a night. (sleep)
When the subject is he, she or it, we add -s to the verb: he works, she lives, it rains. This is the rule learners forget most often, so watch for it.
Spelling tweaks: verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -ss, -x or -o add -es (watch → watches, go → goes). Verbs ending in a consonant + y change y to ies (study → studies). The verb 'have' becomes 'has'.
Beispiele
She lives in Paris.
he/she/it → add -s: live → lives.
My dad watches the news every evening.
Ends in -ch, so add -es: watch → watches.
The bus goes to the station.
go → goes (-es after -o).
It has four wheels.
Irregular: have → has.
lives
/lɪvz/
She lives in Paris.
plays
/pleɪz/
He plays football on Sundays.
watches
/ˈwɒtʃɪz/
My dad watches the news every evening.
goes
/ɡoʊz/
The bus goes to the station.
has
/hæz/
It has four wheels.
Choose the correct form: She ___ breakfast at home.
Complete with the correct form: My dad ___ the news every evening. (watch)
To make a negative we use don't (do not) for I / you / we / they, and doesn't (does not) for he / she / it.
Important: after doesn't the main verb loses its -s, because doesn't already carries it. So we say 'She doesn't work' — not 'She doesn't works'.
Beispiele
I don't like coffee.
don't for I/you/we/they.
He doesn't work on Fridays.
doesn't + base verb (not 'works').
They don't understand the question.
don't keeps the verb in base form.
don't like
/doʊnt laɪk/
I don't like coffee.
don't speak
/doʊnt spiːk/
We don't speak French.
doesn't work
/ˈdʌzənt wɜːk/
He doesn't work on Fridays.
doesn't know
/ˈdʌzənt noʊ/
She doesn't know the answer.
don't understand
/doʊnt ˌʌndərˈstænd/
They don't understand the question.
Choose the correct negative: She ___ the answer.
Make it negative with the present simple: We ___ French. (not / speak)
To ask a yes/no question we start with Do (for I / you / we / they) or Does (for he / she / it), then the subject, then the base verb.
Just like negatives, after Does the verb has no -s: 'Does he speak English?' — not 'Does he speaks'. Short answers: Yes, I do. / No, she doesn't.
Beispiele
Do you live here?
Do + you + base verb.
Does he speak English?
Does + he + base verb (not 'speaks').
Do they have children?
Do for they; verb stays base.
Do you
/duː juː/
Do you live here?
Does he
/dʌz hiː/
Does he speak English?
Does she
/dʌz ʃiː/
Does she like tea?
Do they
/duː ðeɪ/
Do they have children?
Choose the correct question: ___ English?
Complete the question: ___ you live here? (do)
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