Present Simple - Thì Hiện tại thường FORM of Present Simple S + V-s/es I learn English. He swims well. They watch TV. S + do/does not+ V I don't learn English. He doesn't swim well. They don't watch TV. Do/Does + S + V? Do you learn English? Does he swim well? Do they watch TV? The simple present expresses an action in the present taking place once, never, always or several times. It is also used for actions that take place one after another and for actions that are set by a timetable or schedule. The simple present also expresses facts in the present. Note: We don't add -s after negative and question sentences. USEs of Present Simple 1. Present Simple expresses truths, habits, repeated actions, unchanging situations, emotions, and wishes. The sun rises in the east. (a truth) I wake up at seven o'clock. (a habit) She meets me every Sunday. (a repeated actions) I work in New York. (an unchanging situation) I love blue flowers. (an emotion) He wants to pass his last exam (a wish) 2. to express fixed arrangements, schedules or timetables: Your flight takes off at 09.00 My exams start on Monday. His mother arrives tomorrow. Our holiday starts on the 26th March 3. to express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until: It will be ready as soon as you arrive this evening. I will meet you when you come on Sunday. She'll see you before she leaves. We'll give it to her after she arrives. 4. to give instructions or directions: You walk for two hundred metres, then you turn left. Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water. You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford. Forms of Negatives and Questions Negative sentences and questions are formed with the auxiliary verb 'do'. The 3rd person singular of 'do' is 'does'. This means that in negative sentences and questions, we have to add '-es' behind 'do'. Simple present, Third Person Singular 1. he, she, it are the third person singulars that the verb always ends in -s: He wants She needs He gives She thinks. 2. Negative and question forms use DOES (=the third person of the auxiliary 'DO') + the infinitive of the verb. He wants. Does he want? He does not want. 3. Verbs ending in -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies: fly - flies cry - cries Exception: if there is a vowel before the -y: play - plays pray - prays destroy - destroys 4. Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch: He passes She catches He fixes It pushes Examples: 1. Third person singular with -s or -es a. He goes to school every morning. b. She understands English. c. It mixes the sand and the water. d. He tries very hard. e. She enjoys playing the piano. . Present Simple - Thì Hiện tại thường FORM of Present Simple S + V-s/es I learn English. He swims well. They watch TV. S + do/does. in -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies: fly - flies cry - cries Exception: if there is a vowel before the -y: play - plays pray - prays destroy - destroys 4. Add -es. or schedule. The simple present also expresses facts in the present. Note: We don't add -s after negative and question sentences. USEs of Present Simple 1. Present Simple expresses