GRAMMAR EXPLANATION

WHEN WE CAN USE  THE SIMPLE PRESENT

1.       FOR HABITS

I get up early every day.

Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.                        

2.        FOR THINGS THAT ARE ALWAYS / GENERALLY TRUE.

It rains a lot in winter.

The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.

They speak English at work.

VERB CONJUGATION & SPELLING

We form the present tense using the base form of the infinitive (without the TO).

In general, in the third person we add 'S' in the third person.

HOW TO MAKE SENTENCES?

GRAMMAR EXPLANATION

SUBJECT              VERB     THE REST OF THE SENTENCE

I / you / we / they          speak / learn     English at home

he / she / it        speaks / learns English at home

The spelling for the verb in the third person differs depending on the ending of that verb:

1.       For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person.

go – goes

catch – catches

wash – washes

kiss – kisses

fix – fixes

buzz – buzzes

3.       For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.

marry – marries

study – studies

carry – carries

worry – worries

  

4.       For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.

play – plays

enjoy – enjoys

say – says