I have/work/eat (present simple)

POSITIVE: 

I work.

You work. 

They work. 

We work.

He works. 

She works. 

It works.

NEGATIVE:

I don’t work.

You don’t work. 

They don’t work.

We don’t work.

She doesn’t work. 

He doesn’t work.

It doesn’t work.

QUESTION: 

Do I study? 

Do you study? 

Do we study? 

Do they study?

Does she work? 

Does he work? 

Does it work?

For Example,

I study Economics at the university. 

She works in an English academy. 

They eat vegetables every day. 

Do they drink wine every Sunday? 

Does she have a sister working at the hospital? 

She has two apples in the refrigerator. 

Special Notes:

For verbs that end in consonant /y/, we change /y/ to /i/ and add /es/: 

She tries to study English hard. 

Yonatan studies English English hard. 

For verbs that end in -o, - sh, -s, -ss, -ch, -x, we add -es

Pass   — Passes Finish  — Finishes   watch   —  watches

Go  — Goes Fix    —    Fixes Do    —     Does 

In the present simple negative and questions with a singular subject, we do not add -s, -ies, -es: 

Yonatan doesn’t studies English. (INCORRECT) 

Yonatan doesn’t study English. (CORRECT) 

Does Yonathan studies English? (INCORRECT) 

Does Yonatan study English? (CORRECT) 

SHORT ANSWERS

Yes, I/we/you/they do. 

Yes, He/she/it does. 

No, I/we/you/they don’t. 

No, He/she/it doesn’t. 

ADVERB OF FREQUENCY

always/never/often/usually/sometimes + simple present 

Yoni always gets to work early. 

She never eats lunch. 

Mark often plays soccer with his friends. 

I sometimes walk to work, but not very often. 

They often study together. 

USES:  We use the present simple when something is generally or always true. 

For example 

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. 

It snows in winter here. 

Your English is good. You speak very well. 

The earth goes around the sun. 

I do a lot of different things on my vacation. 

We use this tense for habits or things that we do regularly. 

For example 

I cook pasta every Sunday. 

I don’t travel alone often. 

My father cleans his car every morning. 

Our company always has an annual party. 

My cousins always visit us every summer vacation.