SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
FORMS
AFFIRMATIVE
I drink
You drink
He drinks
She drinks
It drinks
We drink
You drink
They drink
NEGATIVE
I don't drink
You don't drink
He doesn’t drink
She doesn't drink
It doesn't drink
We don't drink
You don't drink
They don't drink
INTERROGATIVE
Do I drink?
Do you drink?
Does he drink?
Does she drink?
Does it drink?
Do we drink?
Do you drink?
Do they drink?
AUXILIARY VERBS
DO
I
YOU
WE
YOU
THEY
DOES
HE
SHE
IT
Affirmative form
Subject + verb (S/ES/IES)
Carol drinks milk
• Contraction: do + not = don’t / does + not = doesn’t
Negative form
Interrogative form
Subject +auxiliary verb + not+ verb
Carol doesn’t drink milk
Auxiliary verb +Subject + verb?
Does Carol drink milk ?
SPELLING
 Acrescenta-se S ao final do verbo
Exemplo: He walks
 Acrescenta-se ES quando os verbos terminarem em: O, X, SS, CH,
SH.
Exemplos: She goes
He fixes
He kisses
Carol watches TV
Peter washes the dishes
 Acrescenta-se IES ao verbo terminado em Y precedido de consoante.
Exemplo: Douglas studies
O simple present é usado para descrever ações habituais e
também para expressar verdades gerais:
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A regra do S/ES/IES serve apenas para os verbos no
presente simples, na forma afirmativa na terceira pessoa
do singular HE/SHE/IT.
Na forma negativa utiliza-se o verbo auxiliar DO / DOES
mais a partícula negativa NOT e o verbo principal volta
para a forma infinitiva sem o TO.
Na forma interrogativa utiliza-se o verbo auxiliar DO /
DOES antes do sujeito da oração e o verbo principal volta
para a forma infinitiva sem o TO.
EXERCISES
A) John.......with his parents in a country town.(Live)
B) That guy........a lot of important information.(Have)
C) Our great grandfather........a pension.(Get)
D) She.......English well but her brother.........it.(Know/hate)
E) Ronaldo..........goals when he´s in good shape.(Score)
F) We.......control of our lives due to bad habits.(Lose)
G) Mary and Anna.........to college in the evening.(Go)