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3. for habits. For example,
• Martha brushes her teeth three times a day.

• I get up at 8:00 a.m. on Sundays.

4. for things that are generally true. For example,

• The sun rises in the east.
• Trees shed their leaves in winter.

Structure

♦ Affirmative sentences

For affirmative sentences in the simple present tense, we use the base form of the verb.

subject base form of verb rest of the sentence

• Birds fly. Note
• A mother loves her children. With singular nouns and third person
• He plays football every Sunday. singular pronouns (he, she and it),
we add s to the base form of the verb.
♦ Negative sentences

For negative sentences, we have the following structure.

subject auxiliary verb not main verb rest of the sentence

subject do/does not base form of verb rest of the sentence

• Penguins do not fly.

• I do not like to play football. Note
• He does not play football. If the subject of a sentence is in the third
person or is a singular noun, we use the
♦ Interrogative sentences auxiliary verb does. With we, I, you, they and
For interrogative sentences, we have a plural noun, the auxiliary verb do is used.
the following structure.

auxiliary verb subject main verb rest of the sentence

Do/Does subject base form of verb rest of the sentence

• Do you speak French?

• Do you need my help?
• Does he play football on Sundays?

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