The Simple Present

• AFFIRMATIVE
I, You, We, They,
verb in (rest of the
People, Animals or
Objects
base Form sentence) .
We have an
I sing very bad. idea. My parents like old
music.
 The Simple Present
• AFFIRMATIVE
He, She, It,
verb
(rest of the
Person, Animal
or Object
in base +s
sentence) .
form

He comes from Mars.

The spacecraft
goes to the moon
Alexis lives in Spain.
every month.
 The Simple Present
• INTERROGATIVE
I, you, we, they,
verb in (rest of the
Do people, animals or
objects
base Form sentence) ?
Do I sing bad? Do they
have a good Do my parents like
idea? old music?
No, you don’t.
Yes, you do. No, they don’t.
No, they don’t.
Yes, they do.
Yes, they do.
 The Simple Present
• INTERROGATIVE
he, she, it,
verb in (rest of the
Does person, animal
or object
base Form sentence) ?
Does your mother Does your
love you? father Does Christine get
come for up early?
Yes, she does. you
No, she doesn’t. everyday?
Yes, he does.
Yes, she does.
No, she doesn’t.
No, he doesn’t.
 The Simple Present
• NEGATIVE
I, You, We,
They, don’t verb in (rest of the

People, Animals (do not) base Form sentence) .

or Objects

We don’t
I don’t write listen to the My parents don’t
e-mails. news. go for a walk.
 The Simple Present
• NEGATIVE
He, She, It
doesn’t verb in (rest of the
Person, Animal
or Object (does not) base Form sentence) .

My mother doesn’t He doesn’t

work as a Leonardo Dicaprio
teach math.
doctor. doesn’t act in that
movie.
• AFFIRMATIVE
I, You, We, They, verb in (rest of the
People, Animals or
Things
base Form sentence) .
He, She, It verb
(rest of the
Person, Animal
or Thing
in base + s
Form
sentence) .
• INTERROGATIVE
I, you, we, they, verb in (rest of the
Do people, animals or
things
base Form sentence) ?
he, she, it verb in (rest of the
Does person, animal or
thing
base Form sentence) ?
• NEGATIVE
I, You, We, They, don’t verb in (rest of the
People, Animals or
Things (do not) base Form sentence) .
He, She, It
doesn’t verb in (rest of the
Person, Animal
or Thing (does not) base Form sentence) .