Present Simple: He, She, It

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A. Present simple: positive and negative (he, she and it)

1.     In the  he/ she/ it positive form of the Present simple, we add 's' to the verb.

He loves chocolate.               She hates dogs.                   It opens at five o'clock.

The spelling rules for he, she, and it:

Verb	Rule
La mayoría de verbos	se agrega s	Beth comes from the USA. Paul wants a new car.
Verbos que terminan en consonante + y	se cambia la y por ies	This airline flies to Slovenia.
Verbos que terminan en: ch, sh, s, x, z	se agrega es	Andrew watches a lot of videos. Fran finishes work at six.
do - go	se agrega es	My manager goes home at eleven! Pat does all the housework.
have	has	He has breakfast at seven.

2.     We form the negative with doesn't (= does + not) + verb.

He doesn't eat meat.            NOT: He doesn't eats.

She doesn't like coffee.        It doesn't open on Sunday.

Positive form	he/she/it	likes dogs. loves chocolates.
Negative form	he/she/it	doesn't like (= does not like) cats. doesn't eat (= does not eat) fish.

B. Present simple: questions and short answers (he, she and it)

1.     We form he / she / it Present simple questions with does + verb.

Does he live with his parents?   NOT: Does he lives?

Does she like London?        Does it open late?

Question form	Does	he she it		live  with you? rain a lot in Brazil?
Short answers	Yes, he/she/it     + No, he/she/it       +		does. doesn't.