Present Simple

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How you should use the simple present

Definition

The simple present is a verbal time of the present that is used to talk about general facts or truths that constitute habits, schedules or programs customs and routines of daily life.

As you should use the simple present:

This part is important I'II show you how to use the simple present is English , and for what it Turns Out that the simple present speaks of two things:

1) habits

2) Things that are true all the time or that see as permanents

To form verbs in simple present you must do the following:

How to form verbs in simple present

Verbal forms are very simple- it only puts one-s in singular third person. Otherwise, the conjugation is equal to the infinitive:

I work

You work

He Works

She Works

It Works

We work

They work

As I said...

It only changes the shape of the verb in the third person, putting a-s at the end. Spanish has many more ways for verbs, but English is easy.

How to write verbs in simple present:

There are some verbs that take a- it is in third person singular also. Tipically, they are verbs that in infinitive end wich O, CH, SH, SS, X or Z

So we have...

Do-Does

Go- Goes

Watch-Watches

Wahs- Washes

Fix- Fixes

Pass- Passes

Buzz-Buzzes

And Finally, is the verbal form of the 3rd people of the singular ( he, she, it), there are certain rules.

1.- in affirmative sentences it should be added to the verb in its simple form an "s"; hile to the negative and the interrogative not, because this implies that it implicit in the use of the auxiliary for 3rd people "does"

2.- When the verb ends in either "s", or in a sound like "ss", "sh", "ch" o "x" the termination "es" is added.

3.- When the verb ends in "o", it is also added "es"

4.- When the verb ends in "y", and it precedes a consonant, it must be repleced by "I", then add "es".

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