Essential Grammar in Use(Third Edition)--Present Unit5

I do/work/like etc. (present simple 一般现在时）

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A

They read a lot. 

He likes ice-cream.

 

They read / he likes / I work etc. = the present simple:

I/we/you/they	read	like	work	live	watch	do	have
he/she/it	reads	likes	works	lives	watches	does	has

Remember:

he works / she lives / it rains etc.

• I work in a shop. My brother works in a bank.(not My brother work)
• Lucy lives in London. Her parents live in Scotland.
• It rains a lot in winter.

I have  he/she/it has:

• John has a shower every day.

Spelling

-es after -s / -sh / -ch: pass  passes   finish  finishes   watch  watches

                    -y  -ies: study  studies   try  tries

                            also: do  does    go  goes

B

We use the present simple for things that are true in general, or for things that happen sometimes or all the time:

• I like big cities.
• Your English is good. You speak very well.
• Tim works very hard. He starts at 7.30 and finishes at 8 o'clock in the evening.
• The earth goes round the sun
• We do a lot of different things in our free time.
• It costs a lot of money to build a hospital.

C

always /never /often /usually /sometimes + present simple 

• Sue always gets to work early.(not Sue gets always)
• I never eat breakfast.
• We often go away at weekends.
• Mark usually plays football on Sundays.
• I sometimes walk to work, but not very often.