simple present and simple past

Verb to work Present	Past
I work you work he/she/it works we work you work they work	I worked you worked he/she/it worked we worked you worked they worked

Present
I visit you visit she visits Past  we visit I visited you visited she visited we visited they visited they visit

Nas frases negativas do presente usa-se do not = don’t, para I, You, We, They e does not = doesn’t, para He, She, It. O verbo principal seguido do auxiliar sempre fica no infinitivo sem o to:

I don’t like coffee.

She doesn’t like coffee.

Mary and John don’t eat meat. They’re vegetarian.

As frases interrogativas são formadas colocando-se do ou does no início das perguntas sendo precedidos apenas por pronomes interrogativos. O verbo principal sempre fica no infinitivo sem o to. Nas respostas curtas, do-don’t, does-doesn’t substituem o verbo principal:

Do you like hamburguers?

O passado simples dos verbos regulares é marcado pelo sufixo ED.