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    This document provides information about using the simple present tense in English to talk about facts, regular routines, and schedules. It discusses the affirmative and negative forms of the simple present tense for the first person (I/we), second person (you), and third person (he/she/it). Examples are given to illustrate forming the affirmative with the base verb form and forming the negative with don't/doesn't + the base verb form. Spelling rules are provided for making the third person singular form.

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    This document provides information about using the simple present tense in English to talk about facts, regular routines, and schedules. It discusses the affirmative and negative forms of the simple present tense for the first person (I/we), second person (you), and third person (he/she/it). Examples are given to illustrate forming the affirmative with the base verb form and forming the negative with don't/doesn't + the base verb form. Spelling rules are provided for making the third person singular form.

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    This document provides information about using the simple present tense in English to talk about facts, regular routines, and schedules. It discusses the affirmative and negative forms of the simple present tense for the first person (I/we), second person (you), and third person (he/she/it). Examples are given to illustrate forming the affirmative with the base verb form and forming the negative with don't/doesn't + the base verb form. Spelling rules are provided for making the third person singular form.

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    2A Simple present: affirmative and negative

    We use the simple present to talk about 1 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
    • facl:i 1 Adam have I has a job in a garage.
    I'm ftdlian. 2 Dean likes Mexico, but he don 't I doesn 't tike Mexico
    live in ~ York. City.
    He doesn't work at a restaurant. 3 Tyler speak I speaks French. but he doesn't speak German.
    • regular routines. 4 Carla works in the evening. but she doesn't work I
    I work e-very day. works on the weekend.
    We fJO to the movies on the weekend.
    They get up at 10 on Sundays.
    s Barbara and Fatima teach I teaches Spanish at a college_
    6 We doesn't have I don't have an office in New York.
    l
    We form negatives with don ·t1doesn 't + the base form of the verb. 2 Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative
    form of the verbs in the box.
    @ 2.3 I / you I we / they he/ she/ it
    ---- watch serve start cut help finish work
    + We work in a hospital. Laura works in an office. go live
    I teKh English. He teaches Japanese.
    1 I _ _ _ in an apartment in Rio de Janeiro.
    They hive a new car. She has a beautiful apartment.
    2 He's a waiter. He ____ the food.
    You make great coffee. Simon makes good tea. 3 My sister is a hairdresser. She _ _ _ people's hair.
    We don't wortc in a school. Paul doesn't work in a store. 4 They ____ for a bank in the city.
    I don't teach French. He doesn't teach in a school. s Elena _ _ __ tourists. She gives them information.
    They don't have a yard. 6 We ____ to work every morning by bus.
    She doesn't have a dog.
    7 Karl ____ TV every evening.
    Yoo don't love your job. Damian doesn't love his girlfriend.
    8 Sara ____ work at 9 a.m. and she _ __
    at 5 p.m.
    We usually a-dd -s to the verb to make the third person singular (he/she/it) form.
    He s~n,es food in the restaurant 3 Look at the information and complete the affirmative
    She loves her job. and negative sentences about Emma.
    Ivan sings at festivals. work: ift a hospital in a store
    Camilla helps her parents on the weekend. go to work: by-btt:; by car
    finish work: at 4 p.m. at 5:30 p.m.
    Spelling rules for third person singular (he/she/it) help: customers

    We usually add -s to the base form.


    work ¢ worl<:s
    When the verb ends in a consonant +y, we change the y to i
    alld then we add --es.
    SlUdy studies
    Wh.e-n the verb ends in -sh, -ch, -x or -s, we add -es.
    finish~ finishes watch watches
    Sanle fflbs are ITTegular.
    ~¢goes do ~ does have c:> has

    1 Emma _______ __ in a hospital.


    She _ _ __ _ _ __ in a store.
    2 She _ _ ____ _ __ by bus.
    She _____ bycar.
    3She _________ - · - ___ at 4 pm
    She _ _ __ __ at 5:30 p.m.
    4 She ___ • touri~ts.
    Sho customers.

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