Present Indefinite

    âèðàæຠä³þ, ùî â³äáóâàºòüñÿ 1) çâè÷àéíî, çàâæäè, ³íîä³ ... 2) â ìîìåíòè ìîâëåííÿ – ç 䳺ñëîâàìè to see, to hear, to recognize, to want, to understand.
S+Vo/Vs (es)
 

 

Remember: always – çàâæäè; often – ÷àñòî; usually – çâè÷àéíî; sometimes – ³íêîëè; rarely – ð³äêî; occasionally – ÷àñ â³ä ÷àñó; every day – ùîäíÿ…

Illustrative situation:

My name is Tom. I am a first year student. I study at Ukrainian State Academy of Water Management. I live in the hall of residence. We usually get up at 7 o’clock. We always have a wash, a shave and a meal. I often have breakfast in the café, but my friend occasionally goes to the cafe, he prefers having breakfast at home. We come to the Academy at 8 o’clock a.m. It usually takes us five minutes to walk there.

I study.   I do not (don’t) study.   When do I study?
You   You     you
We   We   Why we
They   They     they
He studies.   He does not (doesn’t)   When does he
She   She     she
It   It     it
    Who studies?

 

Spelling of he / she/ it forms:

Remember:

Pronunciation of he / she / it Most verbs: get – gets play – plays live – lives
1) /z/ after vowels and most voiced sounds ( /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /?/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /η/ ) Verbs ending in consonant + -y try – tries marry – marries
2) /s/ after most unvoiced sound ( /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/, /θ/ ) Verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -s watch – watches wash – washes pass – passes
3) /iz/ after ( /s/, /z/, /S/, /ç/, /t?/, /dç/ ) presses, uses, pushes, watches Irregular: have – has do – does go – goes