Simple Present Tense : Unit 6, I don’t . . . (negative simple present)

She doesn’t like my apples.                         He Doesn’t drive

Positive			Negative
I we you they	Work Like Do Have		I We You They	do not (don’t)	work like do have
He She it	Works Likes Does has		He She it	does not (doesn’t)

-          I drink coffee, but I don’t drink tea.

-          Sue drinks tes, but she doesn’t drink coffee.

-          They don’t have any children.

-          We don’t know many people in this town.

We use don’t/doesn’t +  the base form (like/do/speak/work, etc) :

-          I don’t like washing the car. I don’t do  it very often.

-          She speaks Spanish, but she doesn’t speak Portuguese. (not “she does’t speaks”)

-          It’s a nice house, but it doesn’t have a garage. (not “it doesn’t has”)

Remember:
I/we/you/they don’t         -  I don’t like golf.
     he/she/it        doesn’t     -  He doesn’t like golf.

-          I don’t  like Fred and Fred doesn’t like me. (not “Fred don’t like”)

-          My car doesn’t use much gas. (not “my car don’t use”.)

-          Sometimes she is late, but it doesn’t happen very often.

For the simple present, see also Units 5 and 7.