SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

PRESENT TENSE

•         Function

            1. To express daily activities/habits

                        e.g. I take an English course every                        Monday.

                               She usually goes to school by bus

            2. To express general statements/facts

                        e.g. The earth goes round the sun

                               Cats catch mice

•          Pattern

                (+)          S + V1 (-s/-ss)

                                e.g. She works every day

                                                I take a bus to go to school

                (-)  S + do/does + not + V1

                                e.g. She does not work every day

                                                I do not take a bus to go to school

                (?)  Do/Does + S + V1 ?

                                e.g. Does she work every day?

                                       Do I take a bus to go to school?

•          Spelling final –s vs-ss

                We add –s/-es to the verbs if the subjects are the third singular person (it, she, he).

• Rules

                1. –s is added to most verbs

                    e.g. visit                           visits

                                     answer                            answers

                2. –s is added if the verb ends in –e

                    e.g. write                         writes

                           see                              sees

                                     hope                hopes

                                3. –es is added if the verb ends in –ch, -sh, -s, -x or              –z

                                   e.g. catch                          catches

                                          wash                           washes

                                          piss                              pisses

                                4. –es is added in ‘go’ and ‘do’

                                   e.g. she goes to school

                                          she does the homework

                                5. If the verbs ends in consonant +y, change –y into

                                    –i and add –es

                                   e.g. study                         studies

                                          cry                                cries

                                6. If the verb ends in vowel +y, add –s into the verb

                                   e.g. pray                           prays

                                          pay                               pays

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