Present Simple for Facts and Routines

• We use the present simple to talk about daily routines, habits, and general facts in medicine. It helps us describe what doctors normally do every day.
• Subject
• Verb (Positive)
• Verb (Negative)
• I / You / We / They
• work in Boston
• do not work in London
• He / She / It
• works in Chicago
• does not work in Seattle
• Remember
• Use the base form of the verb with I, you, we, and they.
• Add -s or -es to the verb for he, she, and it.
• Use do not (don't) or does not (doesn't) to make negative sentences.
• Always use does not for he, she, and it with the base verb.
• Examples
• Dr. Mark works at a large hospital in New York.
• Pediatricians treat young children every single day.
• I do not examine patients in the operating room.
• Common mistakes
• She work in a busy clinic in Boston.
• She works in a busy clinic in Boston.
• He don't diagnose heart conditions.
• He doesn't diagnose heart conditions.

Complete the sentences

• Dr. Sarah (work) ____ at a hospital in Chicago.
• Cardiologists (treat) ____ patients with heart disease.
• My brother (not / be) ____ a surgeon in London.
• Where (do) ____ Dr. Miller practice medicine?
• We (not / like) ____ night shifts in the emergency room.
• An anesthetist (help) ____ patients during surgery.

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