GRAMMAR THE PRESENT SIMPLE FORM Affirmative Negative Interrogative I live I don’t live Do I live? you live you don’t live Do you live? he/she/it lives^ he/she/it live doesn’t he/she/it live? Does we live we don’t live Do we live? you live you don’t live Do you live? they live they don’t live Do they live? for the negative and interrogative forms. Look at some spelling rules for the 3rd person singular: Notice: 3 person singular + , does rd s Verb ending Rule Examples -ch, -s, -ss, -sh, -x, -z, -o + es he/she/it watches, focuses, kisses, washes, faxes, buzzes, goes -y after a consonant + ies she studies he plays BUT USE ➤ ➤ To state general truths or facts. The stomach digests food. The arteries and veins transport blood. To describe routines. Every day we eat, digest food and eliminate waste. every day/week/month ... Keywords: ➤ ➤ To talk about habits. I always take an aspirin when I have the flu. I am lucky, I only go to the doctor twice a year. frequency adverbs ( ) and expressions of frequency ( , etc.). Keywords: always, often, sometimes, hardly ever, never once/twice/three times a day/week/month/year, on Sundays The stomach digests food. 22 Put the following text into the 3rd person singular. Remember to change the pronouns when necessary. Start like this: Michael hardly ever has... I hardly ever have a cough or the flu. I know I’m lucky. My stomach, my heart and my lungs work well. They don’t give me any problems. Every day I check my blood pressure in the morning and take my temperature before I go to bed. I watch documentaries on the human body and read magazines about healthcare. I wash my hands well before every meal. I want to become a doctor one day and take care of my patients.