Explicação Simple Present

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Read:
William generally wakes up at 6:00 A.M. He has breakfast at 6:30, hurries to the bus stop and goes to work at 7 o’clock. After a tiring day, he usually comes back home at 6:00 p.m. He eats dinner at 8:00 p.m. and never watches TV after dinner because he goes to bed early. O Simple Present se forma a partir do infinitivo sem -to. A 3ª pessoa do singular (he, she it), em regra geral, recebe o –S.

Examples:
She likes oranges and apples.
The dog barks every night.

Particularidades:

1) Os verbos terminados em CH, SH, O, X, S, Z recebem -ES:

Mary brushes her hair every morning.
That student goes to school in the morning.

2) Os verbos terminados em Y precedidos de consoante trocam o Y por -IES:

Rose studies with me.
Douglas carries the books with him. 3) Os verbos terminados em Y precedidos de vogal recebem apenas -S.

Susy plays the piano very well.

4) Com as demais pessoas (I, You, We, They) o verbo não sofre alterações.

We like to watch TV.
They go to the club on Sundays.

Importante: As ações habituais são sempre acompanhadas de advérbios de frequência: always, Sometimes, never, often, frequently, seldom, every... , once a ... , twice a ... , Rarely, usually.

NEGATIVE FORM:

Usa-se o auxiliar doesn’t (does not) para a 3ª pessoa do singular antes do verbo, que volta a sua forma normal.

He goes to school every day. / He doesn’t go to school every day.

Usa-se o auxiliar don’t (do not) para as demais pessoas.

I know that man. / I don’t know that man.

INTERROGATIVE FORM:

Usa-se o auxiliar does para as terceiras pessoas do singular, antes do sujeito da frase e o verbo volta à sua forma normal.

He goes to school every day. / Does he go to school every day?

Usa-se o auxiliar do para as demais pessoas, antes do sujeito da frase.

You know that man. / Do you know that man?

WORD QUESTIONS
As wh-questions são perguntas que começam