Grammar

 Simple Present Tense

A. Form

---

	I/ you/ we/ they	He/ she/ it/ James
Positive	I/ you/ we/ they + bare infinitive We go to bed early.	He/ she/ it/ James + Verb – s/ es  She goes to bed early.
Negative	I/ you/ we/ they + do not + bare infinitive Do not = don’t They don’t go to bed early.	He/ she/ it/ James + does not + bare infinitive Does not = doesn’t James doesn’t go to bed early.
Question	Do + I/ you/ we/ they + bare infinitive? Do they go to bed early?	Does + he/ she/ it/ James + bare infinitive? Does she go to bed early?

B. Usages

•  To describe habits, timetables, repeated actions or events

• She usually wakes up at 6 o’clock.

• To talk about general truths

• The Sun rises in the East

• To give instructions or directions

• Don’t open that box. Throw it away.

• To talk about something that is fixed in the future

• The bus leaves at 8 pm. Hurry up!

C. Signal words

Always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never, every day, every week, every month, every year, on Sundays, after school, before school