¿Qué es el present simple?

Usa el present simple para hábitos, rutinas y hechos generales: cosas que son ciertas una y otra vez, no solo ahora mismo. I play football every Saturday. The sun rises in the east. El verbo cambia con he/she/it: se añade -s.

La regla

Con I, you, we, they se usa la forma base del verbo: I play, you play, we play, they play. Con he, she, it se añade -s (o -es después de algunas terminaciones): he plays, she watches, it opens.

En la negativa se usa don't con I/you/we/they y doesn't con he/she/it, seguido del verbo en forma base: I don't like coffee. She doesn't like coffee. En la pregunta se usa Do o Does: Do you like coffee? Does she like coffee? Después de does, el verbo nunca lleva -s.

Forma

Ejemplos

• She plays tennis every weekend.
• I drink coffee every morning.
• He doesn't like spicy food.
• We don't have any homework today.
• Does she speak French?

Errores frecuentes

• ❌ She play tennis. → ✅ She plays tennis. He, she e it siempre añaden -s al verbo.
• ❌ I plays football. → ✅ I play football. I, you, we y they nunca añaden -s.
• ❌ She don't like it. → ✅ She doesn't like it. He, she e it necesitan doesn't, nunca don't.
• ❌ Does she likes tennis? → ✅ Does she like tennis? Después de does, el verbo se queda en forma base.