Simple Present

Descreve um fato ou estado permanente, ou uma ação que acontece com freqüência no presente. A forma básica do presente dos verbos principais na afirmativa é a mesma do infinitivo (aquela forma que você encontra no dicionário) sem o to (to smoke ® smoke) com exceção das 3^as pessoas do singular (he/she/it) que levam um “s”:

I get up at 7 everyday.

She gets up at 7 everyday.

Nas frases negativas do presente usa-se do not = don’t, para I, You, We, They e does not = doesn’t, para He, She, It. O verbo principal seguido do auxiliar sempre fica no infinitivo sem o to:

I don’t like coffee.

She doesn’t like coffee.

Mary and John don’t eat meat. They’re vegetarian.

As frases interrogativas são formadas colocando-se do ou does no início das perguntas sendo precedidos apenas por pronomes interrogativos. O verbo principal sempre fica no infinitivo sem o to. Nas respostas curtas, do-don’t, does-doesn’t substituem o verbo principal:

Do you like hamburguers?

Does it often rain in Bahamas?

What time do you usually go to work?

Where do you go to school?

Do you speak English? Yes, I do.

Does she enjoy parties? Yes, she does.

Does he take the 10:00 am train? No, he doesn’t.

Modelo de conjugação do verbo to work no simple present em inglês
Positive	Negative	Interrogative
I work	I don’t work	Do I work?
You work	You don’t work	Do you work?
He works	He doesn’t work	Does he work?
She works	She doesn’t work	Does she work?
It works	It doesn’t work	Does it work?
We work	We don’t work	Do we work?
You work	You don’t work	Do you work?
They work	They don’t work	Do they work?