Simple present
Used in:
- Regular activities.
- Routine.
- Things that are true all the time.
Affirmative
Subject + base form of the verb + complement
Examples:
I eat breakfast every morning.
I go to school all the time.
Gloria goes shopping every day.
They play soccer sometimes.
Negative
Subject + don't / doesn't + verb base form + complement
Examples:
I don't eat breakfast every morning.
I don't go to school all the time.
Gloria doesn't go shopping every day.
They sometimes don't play soccer.
Interrogative (Yes/No questions and short answers)
Do / Does + subject + verb base form + complement + ?
Examples:
Do yo go to a class in the evening? Yes I do. / No, I don't.
Does your mother work on the weekends? Yes, she does. / No, she doesn't.
Do you and your friends play sports after class? Yes, we do. / No, we don't.
Do your friends make phone calls at night? Yes, they do. / No, they don't.
