The present tense of be
| I am | We/ my parents and I are |
| You are | You are |
| He/John/my brother is | They/John and Jane/ my parents are |
| She/Jane/ my sister is | |
| It/the dog/ his book is |
| Negative statements | |
| I am not | We are not |
| You are not | You are not |
| He/she/ it is not | They are not |
| Questions | |
| Am I? | Are we? |
| Are you? | Are you? |
| Is he/she/it ? | They are notAre they? |
| The present tense of have (got) | |
| I have (got) | We have (got) |
| You have (got) | You have (got) |
| He/she/it has (got) | They have (got) |
| Negative statements | |
| I have not got | We have not got |
| You have not got | You have not got |
| He/she/it has not got | They have not got |
| Negative statements | |
| I do not have |
We do not have |
| You do not have | You do not have |
| He/she it does not have | They do not have |
| Questions | |
| Have I got? |
Have we got? |
| Have you got? | Have you got? |
| Has he/she / it got? | Have they got? |
| Questions | |
| Do I have? |
Do we have? |
| Do you have? | Do you have? |
| Does he/she/it have? | Do they have? |
The third person singular of verbs ending in "ch",
"sh", "x", "s" and "o" ends "es",
e.g. watch - he watches, brush - she brushes, box - she boxes, miss - it misses,
go - it goes.
The third person singular of verbs ending in "y" preceded by a consonant
ends in "es" and the "y" changes to "i"
e.g. try - tries .
The third person singular of all other verbs ends in "s",
e.g. live - he lives, read - she reads, eat - it eats.
The question and negative form of all verbs in the simple present, with the
exception of the verb "be" and "have got" is the same
as the verb "have".
