English — Present Simple Tense: Uses and Forms — 1st Year Middle School — Algerian Curriculum

Present Simple Tense: Uses and Forms

Uses

• Habits and routines: “I wake up at 6 o’clock every day.”
• General truths: “The sun rises in the east.”
• Permanent situations: “She lives in Algiers.”

Forms

Subject	Verb	Example
I/You/We/They	base verb	I play football.
He/She/It	verb + s/es	She plays football.

Spelling rules for 3rd person

• Add -s: play → plays, eat → eats
• Add -es after -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o: watch → watches, go → goes
• Consonant + y → -ies: study → studies, fly → flies

Negative form

Subject + don’t/doesn’t + base verb:

• “I don’t like coffee.”
• “She doesn’t eat meat.”

Question form

Do/Does + subject + base verb?

• “Do you like tea?”
• “Does he play tennis?”

Exercises

1) Complete: He (go) … to school. They (study) … English. She (not/like) … sports.
2) Make questions: You like reading. → … ? She speaks English. → … ?

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