- Base of the verb
- Base + -s / -es (see spelling rules)
- Habitual actions:
"I always go to school by bus"
- Permanent situations or states:
"I live in Madrid"
- General truths:
"Two and two make four"
- Future (for example when talking about timetables):
"The train leaves at 2.00 tomorrow"
Subject + Lexical Verb + Objects (if necessary)
"I walk to school every day."
"She speaks English very well"
Subject + Auxiliary Verb (do/does) + Not + Lexical Verb + Objects
"I do not walk to school every day".
"She does not speak English very well"
- Yes-No questions: Auxiliary verb (do/does) + Subject + Lexical Verb + Objects?
"Do you walk to school every day?"
"Does she speak English very well?"
- Wh-word questions: Wh-word + Auxiliary verb (do/does) + Subject + Lexical Verb + Objects?
"What time do you go to
school?"
"How does she speak English?"
Yes, + Subject + Do / Does.
"Yes, I do.
Yes, she does.
No, + Subject + Don't / Doesn't.
No, I don't.
No, she doesn't.
To add the -s of the 3rd.p.sg., follow these rules:
You always add -s except in the cases mentioned below.
play plays
stop stops
You add -es when the ending is -s / -ss / -ch/ -sh / -x / -o:
miss misses
match matches
go goes
When the ending is consonant + -y, change the -y into -i and add -es.
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