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VISUAL EXPLAINER · SIMPLE PRESENT
A small verb change carries important meaning.
The simple present is commonly used for habits, facts and repeated actions. Watch what changes with the subject and when do or does enters the sentence.
01 · WHEN TO USE IT
Describe habits, facts and regular events.
The simple present is useful for routines, general truths, schedules and states that are presented as current.
EXAMPLEThe sun rises in the east. She walks to work every day.
02 · SUBJECT AGREEMENT
Watch the third-person singular.
With he, she, it or a singular noun, ordinary verbs usually add -s or -es in affirmative simple-present sentences.
EXAMPLEI work. She works. He watches.
03 · NEGATIVE
Use do not or does not.
For most main verbs, form negatives with do not or does not and keep the main verb in its base form.
EXAMPLEShe does not work on Sundays.
04 · QUESTION
Place do or does before the subject.
Use do or does to form many simple-present questions. The main verb stays in its base form after the auxiliary.
EXAMPLEDoes she work here?
05 · CHECK THE FORM
Do not add the ending twice.
When does carries the agreement, the main verb does not take -s. Some verbs describe states and are not normally used in continuous forms for the same meaning.
EXAMPLECorrect: Does she work? · Not: Does she works?
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Original EnglishLamp lesson•Reference learning mode
In this tense verb shows the present time without telling about completion of action but tells simply.
For simplicity we will take one example with three persons of singular as well as plural number.
Sentence of third person and singular number takes the verb with addition of s. It means in present tense if we take third person and singular numbered noun as subject, we should use the verb with addition of s or es.
