SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE I

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE 1

Simple Present Tense is used when we talk about:
* Personal Facts
          Liz plays on the school basketball team. 
* Facts that are always true
          The sun rises in the East. 
* Routines or Habits (Habitual actions)
           I usually get up at 4:30

For the Affirmative sentences in Simple Present, the verb remains in the simple form, for most of the Personasl Pronouns but Third person Singular, which uses the "verb agreement rules"

Example:

SINGULAR

I come to the Rodeo.
You read the Bible.

He lives in Santa Ana.
She works everyday.
It brings good news.

PLURAL

We study every day.
You write a letter.
They give us permission.


*  PRESENT SIMPLE FORMATION RULES

• The Present simple is formed with the bare infinitive for of the verb
• I like.
• You like.
• We like. 
• They like                                

• We add "s" in the third person singular "he / She / It.  
• Verbs ending in o, s, ch, sh, x,  add  "-es"
• miss     -   misses
• wish     -   wishes
• watch   -   watches
• relax     -   relaxes
• do         -   does
• Verbs ending in consonant + y   change "y" for "i" and add "-es" 
• Study    -   studies
• Verbs enfing in vowel + y   add "s"
• Say       -    says

PRONUNCIATION

Verbs that end in /z/, /s/, /sh/, /tsh/ and /ks/ make an extra syllabe in the third person, pronounced /IZ/

Examples: Watches       misses        relaxes

After /f/, /k/, /p/, /t/, the third person sound is /s/    Ex.   hits    /hIts/

Other third person "s" are pronounced as /z/.          Ex.   sees  /si:z/

Does is normally pronounced /dʌz/  and  says /sez/.