What I do every week
2. Grammar - Simple present
Simple Present Einfache Gegenwart
📝 rule:
You use simple present when you talk about habits and things that happen regularly.
Das Simple Present benutzt du, wenn du über Gewohnheiten sprichst oder wenn etwas regelmäßig stattfindet.
💡 form:
| I | verb |
| you | |
| we | |
| you | |
| they |
| he | verb | +s |
| she | ||
| it |
✏️ example:
| I play football every week. | Ich spiele jede Woche Fußball. |
| You play tennis on Sundays. | Du spielst sonntags Tennis. |
| We play cards every evening. | Wir spielen jeden Abend Karten. |
| You play computer games every weekend. | Ihr spielt an jedem Wochenende Computerspiele. |
| They do their homework every day. | Sie machen jeden Tag ihre Hausaufgaben. |
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📌 Remember! He, she, it - the "-s" must fit. |
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| He plays the guitar every day. | Er spielt jeden Tag Gitarre. |
| She plays football every Monday. | Sie spielt jeden Montag Fußball. |
| It plays with a ball. | Es spielt mit einem Ball. |
⚠️ Watch the spelling!
1. If the verbs ends with "-ch" or "-sh", you must add "-es" after he, she, it.
Endet das Verb auf "-ch" oder "-sh", hängst du bei he, she, it ein "-es" an.
| We watch TV. | He watches TV. |
| I wash the car. | She washes the car. |
2. The verbs do and go change into "does" and "goes".
Die Verben do und go werden zu "does" und "goes".
| They do their homework. | She does her homework. |
| You go shopping. | He goes shopping. |
3. If the verb ends with a consonant+ -y, it changes into "-ies".
Endet das Verb auf consonant+ -y, lautet die Endung "-ies".
| I tidy up the room every evening. | She tidies up the room every evening. |
| You never empty the dishwasher. | He never empties the dishwasher. |
💥 Signal words:
every week, in the morning, every Sunday, on Mondays, never, always, ...