Monday, October 1, 2007

Present or Present Simple

Signal words

Use

Form

Examples
affirmative

Examples
negative

Examples
interrogative

every day

sometimes

always

often

usually

seldom

never

first ... then

something happens repeatedly

how often something happens

one action follows another

things in general

after the following verbs (to love, to hate, to think, etc.)

future meaning: timetables, programmes

infinitive he/she/it + -s

I work.

I don't work.

Do I work?

He works.

He doesn't work.

Does he work?

I go.

I don't go.

Do I go?

He goes.

He doesn't go.

Does he go?

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