PREESENS: Preesens-aikamuotoa käytetään kun halutaan kuvata yleistä tai toistuvaa toimintaa, kykyä tai tunnettua tosiasiaa.
YLEISTÄ:	They speak Finnish in Finland. They don’t play golf in China.	Suomessa puhutaan suomea. Kiinassa ei pelata golfia.
TOISTUVAA TOIMINTAA:	He drives his car every day. She often plays golf.	Hän ajaa autoaan joka päivä. Hän pelaa usein golfia
KYKYÄ:	Mary speaks French and German. Mike bakes fine cakes. Jane doesn’t drive. Doctors work hard.	Mary puhuu ranskaa ja saksaa. Mike leipoo hyviä kakkuja. Jane ei aja autoa. Lääkärit työskentelevät ahkerasti.

PRESENT TENSE - POSITIVE
	I You We They	play	I drink coffee every morning, my wife drinks tea. You speak English well, but he speaks English badly. We like fish, John likes meat. They buy a newspaper every day, John buys chocolate.
	He She It	plays	He eats too much, we eat very little. She plays the violin, her parents play the piano. It drinks milk, all cats drink milk.
PRESENT TENSE - NEGATIVE
	I You We They	don't play	I don’t like jazz, my wife doesn’t like rock music. You don't drink coffee, Mary doesn't drink tea. We don't play golf, John doesn't play tennis. They don't live in France, Joe doesn't live in Brazil.
	mutta
	He She It	doesn't play	He doesn’t work hard, we don’t work hard. She doesn't play tennis, we don't play football. It doesn't like cats, dogs don't like cats.
PRESENT TENSE - QUESTIONS
	Do	I You We       play They	Do I look ill? Do you speak Chinese? Do we all drink coffee? Do they understand us?
	Does	he she       play it	Does he play the piano? Does she read the newspaper every day? Does it drink milk?

KYSYMYKSEN TEOSSA ON OIKEA SANAJÄRJESTYS TÄRKEÄ:
DO/DOES	SUBJEKTI	VERBI	LOPPUOSA
Do Do Do Does Does Do	you they Mr and Mrs Smith Mary he you	play live like study work smoke?	tennis? in Sweden? the cinema? at the university? in London?
Kun käytetään kysymyssanaa tai -fraasia (What, Where, How many, At what time, jne.) tulee tämä ensin, ja kysymyksen loppu muodostetaan käyttämällä ylläolevaa järjestystä.

KYSYMYSSANA/ -FRAASI	DO/DOES	SUBJEKTI	VERBI	LOPPUOSA
Who Where How many languages	do do do	you you you	like? work? speak?
Where	do	they	go	every Saturday?
What	do	the Smiths	like	to eat?
When	does	he	have	a sauna?
At what time When	does does	the train it	leave? arrive?

PITKÄT JA LYHYET VASTAUKSET
KYSYMYS	PITKÄ VASTAUS	LYHYT VASTAUS
Do you live in London?	Yes, I live in London. No, I don’t live in London.	Yes, I do. No, I don’t.
Do the Browns like wine?	Yes, they like wine. No, they don’t like wine.	Yes, they do. No, they don’t..
Does Mary work hard?	Yes, she works hard. No, she doesn’t work hard.	Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t.

	Älä käytä do-apuverbiä, jos kysymyssana on subjektina.
	What does John buy? Who buys the fruit?	John buys the fruit John buys the fruit	Kysymyssana on OBJEKTI Kysynyssana on SUBJEKTI