SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

1. NEGATIVE

1.1. Estructure: subject + auxiliary verb + not + verb + complement.

1.2. Example: I do not / don´t play tennis

1.3. Example: I does not / doesn´t play tennis.

2. AUXILIARY (DO-DOES)

2.1. DO - ( I - YOU - WE - THEY )

2.2. DOES ( SHE - HE - IT )

3. INTERROGATIVE

3.1. Estructure: auxiliary verb + subject + verb + complement +?

3.2. Example: Do you wash the car?

3.3. Example: Does he wash the car?

4. USED

4.1. To express habits, general truths, repeated actions, situations, emotions and wishes.

5. AFFIRMATIVE

5.1. Estructure: subject + verb + complement.

5.2. example: I play tennis.

5.3. example 3rd person: she plays tennis.

6. 3RD PERSON

6.1. If the verb ends in -y preceded by a consonant, the -y is replaced by -ies.

6.1.1. Example: TO CRY = SHE CRIES

6.2. If the ending -y is preceded by a vowel, as we have seen before as the verb "to play", only one -s will be added to it.

6.2.1. Example: TO PLAY = HE PLAYS

6.3. If the verb ends in -ch, -sh, -ss, -x or -o, -es is added.

6.3.1. Example: SHE CATCHES, HE WASHES, SHE PASSES, HE FIXES, SHE GOES.