Present Simple Tense
We use the Present Simple Tense to talk about regular activities, habits, or facts.
<---x---x--- now ---x---x--->
I play tennis on Saturday.
I played tennis on Saturday in the past.
I will play tennis on Saturday in the future.
I wake up at 7:00am.
I wake up a 7:00am everyday. This is a habit.It rains in June.
This is a fact. It rains in June every year.Making the Present Simple Tense
+ I play tennis on Saturday. s=‘I’ + v=‘play’
- I don’t play tennis on Saturday. s=‘I’ + ‘don’t’ + v=‘play’
? Do you play tennis on Saturday? ‘do’ + s=‘you’ + v=‘play’
The verbs change when the subject is “he”, “she”, or “it”. For most verbs we add -s to the end.
The verbs change like this:
| subject | verb | verb |
|---|---|---|
| I | play | do |
| we | play | do |
| you | play | do |
| they | play | do |
| subject | verb -s | verb -s |
| he | plays | does |
| she | plays | does |
| it | plays | does |
Present simple verbs
+ He plays tennis on Saturday. s=‘he’ + vs=‘plays’
- He doesn’t play tennis on Saturday. =‘he’ + ‘doesn’t’ + v=‘play’
? Does he play tennis on Saturday? ‘does’ + s=‘he’ + v=‘play’
Pronunciation
He plays tennis on Saturday.
He doesn’t play tennis on Saturday.
Does he play tennis on Saturday?