PRESENT TENSE
That's the way to express habits, facts, thoughts and feelings. It is used with general statements and actions that happen sometimes, always, usually,...
Key words: often, always, never, every day, month,..., usually , sometimes , generally , rarely, seldom , whenever , on Mondays, Tuesdays,... NEGATION: TO BE, CAN, MUST
I, YOU + PLURAL DON’T + VERB VERB + NOT
They go to school.
They don’t go to school.
They are not (aren't) at home.
I like oranges.
I don’t like oranges.
We are not (isn't) at school.
We peppermint.
We don’t peppermint.
I am not (I'm not) hungry.
You have a cold.
You don’t have a cold.
We can not (cannot) swim.
Monkeys (= They) eat bananas.
Monkeys don’t eat snakes.
I must not go out.
Fatima and I (= We) go shopping.
Taha and I don’t go shopping.
Rida and Ahmed (=They) sing a song.
Soumeya and Amira don’t sing a song.
HE, SHE, IT + S DOESN’T + VERB
VERB + NOT
He wants an ice-cream.
He doesn’t want an ice cream.
She is not (isn't) at school.
She likes hot dogs.
She doesn’t like hot dogs.
It is not (isn't) hungry.
It drinks milk.
It doesn’t drink milk.
He can not (can't) sing.
The dog (= It) s cats.
The dog doesn’t cats.
Zineb (= She) s chewing gums.
Rahma doesn’t chewing gum.
Ali (= He) speaks English.
Ali doesn’t speak German.
NOTE
- es after - s / - ch / - sh
Examples: passes - watches - finishes
- ies after - y
Examples: study - studies / carry - carries
also: do - does / go - goes / have - has
موضوع: Grammar: Present Simple 
الجمعة فبراير 29, 2008 9:45 am
