Lesson 4 - Studing English Grammar. The Present Simple (Indefinite) Tense. HD

The Present Simple (Indefinite Tense). There are 3 basic or general tenses in English language Past Present Future Each of them is divided into 4 groups Simple Continuous Perfect Perfect continuous But we do not need all of them now We will talk about The Present Simple today. Lets see how is it formed!!!!!!! We take a verb V and then add to it endings S or Es (in the 3 person singular he she it) Let’s take for example a verb To work and make some simple sentences for you to understand better Firstly, we need to get rid of the particle To that stands before a verb. So we have now only work let’s take a word combination to work in an office. In this case we have ending S. Smt a verb has an ending ES, it happens when the last letter of a verb is a vowel, let’s see some examples: I work in an office I go to the shop You work in an office You go to the shop He works in an office He goes to the shop She works in an office She goes to the shop It works in an office It goes to the shop We work in an office We go to the shop You work in an office You go to the shop They work in an office They go to the shop Another rule: is when a verb has the last vowel letter Y, with a preceding consonant, in this case Y is changed into I end has an ending Es Examples I study at the university You study at the university He studies at the university She studies at the university It studies at the university We study at the university You study at the university They study at the university Then we need to know how to make questions in The Present Simple Tense. And here are two auxiliary verbs that will help us Do and Does (the 3 person singular He She It). To make a question you need to put one of these verbs at the first place and to get rid of the endings s or es. Let us look how does it work: I work in an office Do I work in an office? You work in an office Do you work in an office? He works in an office Does he work in an office? She works in an office Does she work in an office? It works in an office Does it work in an office? We work in an office Do we work in an office? You work in an office Do you work in an office? They work in an office Do they work in an office? Another question arises: How to make a negative form?? Auxiliary verbs will also help. If we want to make a negative statement we need to use Do not (don’t) or Does not (doesn’t)(for the 3 person singular He She It) and the main verb doesn’t have any endings. Let’s look at the sentences: I