Grammar
Who are they? Where are they? What do they do?
Stacy is a singer. She loves to sing. She is in a band. She sings in the band. She is the lead singer. Sometimes she plays the piano.
Chad is Stacy's boyfriend. He is also in the band. He stands next to Stacy. He plays the electric guitar. Sometimes Chad sings with Stacy.
Dean is Chad and Stacy's friend. He is also in the band. He stands next to Chad. He plays bass guitar. Dean does not sing. He does not like to sing.
The band practices three times a week. They mostly perform at nightclubs. Sometimes they sing at weddings. They are a very good band.
Chad is Stacy's boyfriend. He is also in the band. He stands next to Stacy. He plays the electric guitar. Sometimes Chad sings with Stacy.
Dean is Chad and Stacy's friend. He is also in the band. He stands next to Chad. He plays bass guitar. Dean does not sing. He does not like to sing.
The band practices three times a week. They mostly perform at nightclubs. Sometimes they sing at weddings. They are a very good band.
¿Can you identify the simple present?
Read again and try to identify the sentences with the simple present.
In the next charts we have some rules and the examples in positive, negative and question sentences. After reading the charts, read again the story and try to identify the simple present. Now should be easier.
Positive Sentences
| ¿Who? | Form of verb | Examples |
| I | Verb | I run every day |
| He/She/It | Verb + s | He runs every day She runs every day It runs every day |
| You | Verb | You run every day |
| We | Verb | We run every day |
| They | Verb | They run every day |
Negative Sentences
| ¿Who? | Form of verb | Examples | |
| I | do not / don't | Verb | I don't run every day |
| He/She/It | does not / doesn't | Verb | He does not run every day He doesn't run every day She does not run every day She doesn't run every day It does not run every day It doesn't run every day |
| You | do not / don't | Verb | You do not run every day You don't run every day |
| We | do not / don't | Verb | We don't run every day |
| They | do not / don't | Verb | They don't run every day |
Question Sentences
| ¿Who? | Form of verb | Examples | |
| Do | I | Verb | Do I run every day? |
| Does | He/She/It | Verb | Does he run every day? Does she run every day? Does it run every day? |
| Do | You | Verb | Do you run every day? |
| Do | We | Verb | Do we run every day? |
| Do | They | Verb | Do they run every day? |