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What is the correct formation of present simple?
What is the correct formation of present simple?
- subject + verb + object (correct)
- verb + subject + object
- object + subject + verb
- subject + object + verb
Which of the following is an affirmative example of present simple?
Which of the following is an affirmative example of present simple?
- "She doesn't sing in the shower."
- "I don't like ice cream."
- "He never eats pizza)"
- "They play basketball every Saturday." (correct)
How is the negative form of present simple conjugated?
How is the negative form of present simple conjugated?
- subject + have not + verb + object
- subject + does not + verb + object (correct)
- subject + verb + object
- subject + is not + verb + object
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Study Notes
- The present simple is formed by subject + verb + object.
- Affirmative examples: "I drink coffee" and "They play the piano."
- Negative examples: subject + do not + verb + object. "Adrian doesn't like the doctor."
- Negative form can be contracted with auxiliary verb "do."
- Interrogative form is formed by do + subject + verb + object.
- Example interrogative: "Do elephants eat grass?"
- Affirmative conjugation: "I play the piano," "You play the piano," etc.
- Negative conjugation: "I do not play the piano," "He doesn't play the piano," etc.
- Interrogative conjugation: "Do I play the piano?" "Does she play the piano?"
- The present simple is used to describe habitual actions or general truths.
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