1. Tenses (I) – Simple
present

2. Use
 General actions, events and states.
E.g:
- I have lunch with Peter every Saturday.
- Ice melts at 0º.
- I believe in you.
 Negative and interrogative sentences  auxiliary “do” (do/does)
 Signal words:
• always
• every (...)
• often
• normally
• usually
• sometimes
• never
• first
• then
• (...)

3. Use
 be
 have got

4. Affirmative form
I travel  Verbs ending in ch / s /
you travel sh / z / x  add –es.
he/she/it travels E.g: watch – watches / kiss
we travel – kisses / wish – wishes
you travel
 Verbs ending in
they travel
“consonant + y” 
remove –y and add –ies.
E.g: worry – worries
 For can, might, may, must
don’t add –s.

5. Negative form
 don’t / doesn’t. (subject + don’t / doesn’t + verb infinitive + ...)
E.g:
- I don’t travel very often.
- He doesn’t travel very often (he/she/it  doesn’t)

6. Interrogative form
 Do / Does. (Aux. do or does + subject + verb infinitive + ...)
E.g:
- Do they travel alone?
- Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.
- Does she travel alone?  (he/she/it  Does)
- Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.