2. • We use simple present tense to
talk about things in general.
Ex:
Nurses look after the patients in
hospitals.
Children like ice-cream
3. • We use it to say that something
happens repeatedly or for
habitual actions or daily activities
Example:
I usually go to the market at weekends.
Paul wakes up at 5 in the morning.
4. • We use it to say that something
is true in general.
Ex.
The earth goes around the sun.
10. Negative sentences
• We use do/does to make negative
sentences.
• Ex: I don’t go to the market in the
evening.
• Sally doesn’t take sugar in her
coffee. (She).
12. Interrogative form
Do/does Subject Verb
Do You Work?
Do We Work?
Do they Work?
Does *He/she Work ? Not works
Does *It Work? Not works
13. Negative form
Subject Do/doesn’t Verb
I Don’t Work.
we Don’t Work.
You Don’t Work.
They Don’t Work.
He/she Doesn’t Work. Not works
It Doesn’t Work. Not works
14. More examples:
More examples
I go to school every day.
I go to school every day.
She speaks English fluently.
She speaks English fluently.
The sun rises in theeast. (It)
The sun rises in the east. (It)
Paper burns easily. (It)
Paper burns easily. (It)
Water boils at 100 degrees celcius. (It)
Water boils work in a hospital (They) (It)
My parents
at 100 degrees celcius.
My parents work in a hospital (They)
15. Points to remember
• Remember that we say
I work, but he works.
They teach but my sister (She) teaches.
We sing but Rihanna (She) sings.
• Don’t forget the –s in 3rd person singular
(e.g., he, she, it, Peter, Jane, My father, etc)