Used for things you do each
day, or for habitual actions.
Words to look out for are
• always, often
• usually
• sometimes
• seldom, never
• every day
• every week
• every year
• on Mondays
1.
2.
The verb to be is used to talk
about people. To show their
status, or character.
Examples:
They are nice people
I am Richard
3. The Negative form
The negative for all verbs
(except to be) is formed by
using the helper verb to do
and the word not.
Be careful as it changes in
the third person
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The Positive:
I walk
You walkHe/She/It walks (note the extra s)
You walkWe walkThey walk
To be (or not to be):
I am
You are
He/She/It is
You are
We are
They are
The negative:
I do not walk
You do not walk
He/She/It does not walk
You do not walk
We do not walk
They do not walk

5.
For asking questions you
need to use the auxiliary
(helping) verb to do.
Put it before the subject and
verb in the sentence
Examples
Do I walk?
Note the third person does
not change in the negative!
6.
Interrogative of I am
I am is a little different
than other verbs (there’s
always one!)
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The Negative to be:I am notYou are notHe/she/it is notYou are notWe are notThey are not
I am:
Am I?
Are you?
Is he/she/it?
Are you?
Are we?
Are they?
4.
The Interrogative:
Do I walk?
Do you walk?
Does he/she/it walk?
Do you walk?
Do we walk?
Do they walk?
To be is just a little
different and we don’t
say I do be not or I do
not be!
Remember the third
person singular
changes