Simple Present Karen Hertzler

We use simple present for: Every day routines

cook I cook. My father cooks.

clean I clean. My daughter cleans. My son and my daughter clean.

buy I buy groceries. My mother buys groceries. My mother and my sister buy groceries.

I brush my teeth. My son brushes his teeth.

washes the dishes in your family? Who washes the dishes in your family?

My husband washes the dishes. I wash the dishes. OR My husband washes the dishes.

Talk about your family with your partner.

Who cleans?

Who fixes things?

Who takes out the trash?

Who makes the bed?

Who pays the bills?

Who cooks?

Who buys the groceries?

Who does the laundry?

clean I clean. You clean. My husband cleans. He cleans. My daughter cleans. She cleans. My sister and I clean. We clean. My children clean. They clean.

cook I cook. We cook. You cook. You cook. He cooks. They cook. She cooks. It cooks.

Simple Present for third person (one other person) Add s for most verbs: cooks cleans Add es for verbs ending in ch, sh, o, s, x washes fixes does