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Auxiliary verbs for present simple

Do/does

100

Auxiliary verb for past simple

Did

100

We add the ending -s with...

he/she/it

100

He didn't drive/drove the car yesterday

drive

200

Hints for present simple

always, usually, sometimes, every day/week/months

200

Hints for past simple

yesterday, ..ago, last...

200

We ask questions in Past Simple...

Did + subject + verb

200

I swim/swims every day

swim

300

We use present simple to talk about...

- general truth

- things you do every day

- things that always happen

300

We use past simple to talk about...

- finished actions in the past

300

We make negative sentences in Present Simple...

Subject + don't/doesn't + verb

300

We don't/doesn't like her

don't