Present Simple Affirmative Interrogative I sleep … You sleep … He sleeps… She sleeps… It sleeps… We sleep… You sleep… They sleep… Do I Do you Does he Does she Does it Do we Do you Do they Present Simple Affirmative Interrogative I sleep … You sleep … He sleeps… She sleeps… It sleeps… We sleep… You sleep… They sleep… Do I Do you Does he Does she Does it Do we Do you Do they Present Simple Affirmative Interrogative I sleep … You sleep … He sleeps… She sleeps… It sleeps… We sleep… You sleep… They sleep… Do I Do you Does he Does she Does it Do we Do you Do they Present Simple Affirmative Interrogative I sleep … You sleep … He sleeps… She sleeps… It sleeps… We sleep… You sleep… They sleep… Do I Do you Does he Does she Does it Do we Do you Do they Present Simple Affirmative Interrogative I sleep … You sleep … He sleeps… She sleeps… It sleeps… We sleep… You sleep… They sleep… Do I Do you Does he Does she Does it Do we Do you Do they Present Simple Affirmative Interrogative I sleep … You sleep … He sleeps… She sleeps… It sleeps… We sleep… You sleep… They sleep… Do I Do you Does he Does she Does it Do we Do you Do they Spelling: 3rd person singular affirmative.Most verbs take –s in the third person singular. He sits. Verbs ending in –ss, -sh, -ch, -x or –o take –es. I kiss – he kisses, I crash – he crashes, I catch – he catches, I fix – he fixes, I go – he goes. Verbs ending in a consonant + y drop the -y and take –ies. I try – he tries but I say -he says
Negative Long Form Short Form I} do not sleep… You} do not sleep… He} does not sleep… She} does not sleep… It} does not sleep… We} do not sleep... You} do not sleep… They} do not sleep… I} dont sleep… You} dont sleep… He} doesnt sleep… She} doesnt sleep… It } doesnt sleep… We} dont sleep… You} dont sleep… They} dont sleep…
Form. We form the third person singular in the negative with does not/ doesnt + main verb. He doesnt dance well. We form all other persons in the negative with do not/ dont + main verb. They dont dance well.
Short Answers Do you sleep..? < Yes, I/ we do. < No, I/ we dont. Does he/ she / it sleep…? < Yes, he/she/ it does. < No, he/she/ it doesnt. Do they sleep…? < Yes, they do. < No, they dont.
Affirmative I sleep … You sleep … He sleeps… She sleeps… It sleeps… We sleep… You sleep… They sleep…
Interrogative Do I Do you Does he Does she Does it Do we Do you Do they
Form. We form the affirmative in the present simple with the subject ( noun or personal pronoun ) and the main verb. I dance, I play
. The third person singular takes –s or –es in the affirmative. He plays, he dances
. We use do + subject + main verb in all persons except the third person singular to form the interrogative. In the third person singular we use does + subject + verb. Do you play tennis? Does he play tennis?