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�Simple present tense �

Forms :

Affirmative (+) : S + V/ Vs,es + O

Negative (-) : S + don’t/ doesn’t + V1 + O

Interrogative (?) : Do/Does + S + V1 + O ?

Notes : V no s/es 🡪 S (I/ we/ you/ they/ Ns/es)

Vs/es 🡪 S (he/ she/ it/ N no s/es)

don’t 🡪 S (I/ we/ you/ they/ Ns/es)

doesn’t 🡪 S (he/ she/ it/ N no s/es)

Vs 🡪 learns, speaks, eats, plays, buys ….

Ves 🡪 watches, washes, misses, mixes, studies, goes

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Using Do/ Does/ don’t/ doesn’t 🡪 V1 = V (origin)

V1 (present) : go

V2 (past) : went

V3 (past participle) : gone

Keywords : never, seldom, rarely, every, often, also,

usually, sometimes, always, generally, frequently ….

Eg : (+) : He sometimes goes to the fitness center with his friends.

(-) : He doesn’t sometimes go to the fitness center with his friends.

(?) : Does he sometimes go to the fitness center with his friends ?

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