The Present Simple is used to talk about habits, routines and general truths. 🔹 Formation — forme affirmative : • I / You / We / They + verb (base form) Examples: I eat. You play. We study. They work. • He / She / It + verb + -S Examples: He eats. She plays. It works. 🔹 Règles pour he/she/it : • Verb ending in -s, -ss, -x, -ch, -sh → add -ES Examples: go → goes, watch → watches, do → does • Verb ending in consonant + Y → change Y to IES Examples: study → studies, carry → carries 🔹 Forme négative : • I / You / We / They + do not (don't) + verb Example: I don't eat meat. • He / She / It + does not (doesn't) + verb Example: She doesn't like fish. 🔹 Forme interrogative : • Do + I/you/we/they + verb? Example: Do you speak English? • Does + he/she/it + verb? Example: Does she go to school? 🔹 Quand utiliser le Present Simple : • Habitudes : I wake up at 6 o'clock every day. • Vérités générales : The sun rises in the east. • Faits permanents : Water boils at 100°C.

📝 Exemples de phrases : • I go to school every day. (Je vais à l'école tous les jours.) • She studies Maths on Tuesdays. (Elle étudie les Maths le mardi.) • We don't work on Sundays. (Nous ne travaillons pas le dimanche.) • Does he live in Dakar? — Yes, he does. / No, he doesn't. • The teacher always arrives early. (Le prof arrive toujours tôt.) 💡 Marqueurs de temps du Present Simple : always (toujours), usually (d'habitude), often (souvent), sometimes (parfois), never (jamais), every day (chaque jour), on Mondays (le lundi)