Present Simple for Routines

• We use the present simple to talk about habits, routines and things that happen every day. In positive sentences with he, she and it, we add -s or -es to the verb.
• Pronoun
• Verb (to work)
• Negative
• Question
• I / You / We / They
• work in Boston
• do not work
• Do you work?
• He / She / It
• works in Seattle
• does not work
• Does she work?
• Remember
• Use base verbs for I, you, we and they.
• Add -s or -es to the verb for he, she and it.
• Use do / does for questions and negative sentences.
• Examples
• Lauren wakes up early in Boston.
• Sean commutes to work by train in Chicago.
• Do you start work at nine in New York?
• Common mistakes
• He work in London.
• He works in London.
• She doesn't works here.
• She doesn't work here.

Complete the sentences

• Every morning, Jason (wake up) ____ at six in Dallas.
• My friends (not live) ____ in Oxford.
• Emily (have) ____ a cup of tea in Manchester.
• When (you / start) ____ work in Bristol?
• The train (arrive) ____ in Brighton at noon.
• We (not cook) ____ dinner on Fridays in Leeds.

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