Learn English Grammar - Lesson One - Using THE PRESENT SIMPLE with easy examples

lesson one sentences part one the

present simple the present simple is

used to make simple statements of fact

to talk about things that happen

repeatedly and to describe things that

are always true to make the present

simple of most verbs use the base form

that is to say you use the infinitive

without to for example I eat lunch at

noon every day she eats lunch at 2 p.m.

every day further examples we drink

coffee every morning we start work at

9:00 a.m. they leave work at 5:00 p.m.

she drinks coffee every morning he

starts work at 11:00 a.m.

Rob leaves work at 7:00 p.m. how to form

the present simple

you have the subject i you we they then

you have the verb eat and then the rest

of the sentence I eat lunch at 2 p.m.

every day you eat lunch at 2 p.m. every

day we eat lunch at 2 p.m. every day

they eat lunch at 2 p.m. every day with

he she and it you add s to the end of

the word

he eats lunch at 2 p.m. every day she

eats lunch at 2 p.m. every day it eats

lunch at 2 p.m. every day verbs ending

with s and es with some verbs es is

added in sentences using he she and it

these include verbs ending with SH CH o

s s X and Z for example I go to bed he

goes to bed

finish work he finishes work i watch TV

she watches TV i cross the road she

crosses the road i fix cars she fix his

cars their phones buzz all day his phone

buzzes all day further examples include

Tom does the dishes every evening she

teaches English to six students he

washes the windows on Friday he blushes

when he's embarrassed common mistakes

forming the present simple when the

present simple is used with he/she/it

or one person's name it always ends in S

or ES he starts work at 11 a.m.

correct he start work at 11 a.m.

incorrect there is no need to add the

auxiliary verb do when forming the

present simple it is only used to form

questions and negatives I eat lunch at

noon every day correct I do eat lunch at

noon every day incorrect

do is only used as an auxiliary verb

when forming negatives or questions

using B in the present simple

B is an important verb with an irregular

present simple form I am 25 years old

you are a chef he is happy I am you are

he is how to form these sentences you

have the subject you have B in various

forms I am happy you are happy he she it

is happy we they are happy the subject I

you he she it we they the forms of B am

R is R and the rest of the sentence

happy further examples I am a doctor

they are students my grandma is 92 years

old we're late for work

he's American Ruby's 7 years old

using have in the present simple have is

an irregular verb the third person

singular form is has not haves I have a

garage she has a yard I have she has he

has

how to form these sentences the subject

i you we they I have you have we have

they have he has she has it has and of

course the object I have a garage you

have a garage we have a garage they have

a garage he has a garage she has a

garage it has a garage further examples

I have a car you have a sister I have a

painfull back they have the same dress

they have a new baby the cat has a new

collar he has a cold Thomas has a

driving lesson today Jack has a bad

headache sarah has coffee with Tom every

Tuesday

part-2 the present simple negative to

make negative sentences using be in the

present simple knot is added after the

verb for other verbs the auxiliary verb

do not or does not is used negatives

with the verb be the verb be takes the

same form in positive and negative

sentences the only difference is adding

not for example I am a farmer I am NOT a

doctor how to form the present simple

negative you have the subject I am she

is

we are you have the negative not and

then the rest of the sentence I am not a

doctor

she is not a doctor we are not doctors

negative contractions is not and are not

can be contracted in two ways the

subject and verb can be contracted or

the verb and not they mean the same

thing you are not a doctor you're not a

doctor

you aren't a doctor not you're not you

aren't other examples I'm not a teacher

he's not a farmer he isn't a farmer

they're not American they aren't

American negatives with other verbs in

the present simple for example I work

outside I do not work outside he works

inside he does not work inside how to

form this sentence you have the subject

I you

we they you express the negative do not

you have the base form work and the rest

of the sentence outside I do not work

outside you do not work outside we do

not work outside they do not work

outside he/she it does not work outside

further examples you do not have a

computer he does not live in Los Angeles

we don't start work at 8 a.m. he doesn't

have a car common mistakes when forming

negative sentences the main verb in a

negative sentence always stays in its

base form even if the subject is he she

or it he does not work outside correct

he does not works outside in correct

that is all for today see you next time

when I will be asking once more

how's your grammar?