Zusammenfassung der Ressource
2. Present Simple (I do)
- 2.1. MAIN STRUCTURE: AFFIRMATIVE
- SUBJ + ((❌to) VERB (➕s/OR NOT))
- I/We/You/They + drive/work/do
- He/She/It + drives/works/does
- 2.2. USES
- IN
- 1. Things that happens all the time or repeatedly
- 2. True in general
- 3. How often we do things ; to describe habits and routines.
- 4. For permanent situations
- 5. to refer to the future for the times of transport, meetings or events. "Our train leaves at 3pm"
- WITH
- ADJ: every morning, very often, two or three times a year
- VERBS: "I promise...", "I suggest that...", "I apologise...", "I advise...", "I insist...", "I agree...", "I refuse..."
- VERBS: see, hear, smell, taste
- They are not used in Present Continuous, just in Present Simple
- Often used with "can": Can you hear it?
- 2.3. INTERROGATIVE
- RELATIVE ADJ (OR NOT) + do/does + SUBJ + ( (to❌) VERB) ?
- Where + do + I/We/You/They + come from ?
- What + does + It/He/She + mean ?
- 2.4. NEGATIVE
- SUBJ + do/does + not + ( (to❌) VERB)
- DO NOT = DON'T; DOES NOT = DOESN'T
- I + do + not + go ...away very often
- Rise + does + not + grow ...in cold climates
- 2.5. IMPORTANT THINGS
- How does it change? VERB + s?
- 1. __s/ss/sh/ch/x ➡️ ➕ es ::: miss - misses; search - searches; wash - washes
- Exception: do - does; go - goes
- 2. __(consonant) + y = __by/ry/sy/vy ➡️ (y❌) ➡️ ➕ ie ➡️ ➕ s ::: study - studies; try - tries; apply - applies
- NOT CHANGE IF:
- __(vowel) + y = __ay/ey/oy/uy ::: play - plays; buy - buys
- 2.5. INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE
- Do/does + SUBJ + not + ((❌to) VERB) ?
- Do + we + not + dance ...in the pub?