2. We use simple present to talk about things in
general, we are not thinking only about the present.
We use it to say that some thing happens all the
time or repeatedly, or that some thing is true in
general. It is not important whether the action is
happening at the time of speaking.
3. Simple Present Tense
1. I sing
How do we make the Simple Present Tense?
subject + main verb + Object
base
4. Examples
He drives a bus
Nurses take care of patients in hospitals
She peels potatoes.
6. There are three important
exceptions:
For positive sentences, we do not normally use the
auxiliary.
2. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to
the main verb or es to the auxiliary.
3. In interrogative and negative we remove s or es to
the main verb in 3rd person singular.
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7. Scheduled Events in the Near Future
Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about
scheduled events in the near future
1. The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
2. The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.
3. The party starts at 8 o'clock.
4. When does class begin tomorrow?
8. The Present Simple Tense
is used to describe:
Actions that happen regularly (Habitual
actions). A frequency adverb is often used.
1. They usually take a walk with
their son
9. The Present Simple Tense
is used to describe:
Opinions, likes and feelings.
•
She likes making snowmen
10. The Present Simple Tense
is used to describe:
1. Facts which are always true – general truths,
e.g. facts in science and geographical
descriptions.
• Water freezes at 0 degrees.
11. We use do/does to make questions and
negative sentences.
He doesn’t work as a doctor, he works as a taxi driver
Do you work in a departmental store?
He does not fly kites
Do they play cricket?
12. John drives a taxi.
past
present
future
It is John's job to drive a taxi. He does it every day. Past, present and future.
14. Put the verbs into the correct form
Examples: water boils (boil) at 100 degree Celsius
How many languages do you speak (you/speak)?
The swimming pool _______ (open) at 9:00 and_______
(close) at 6:30 every day.
How many cigarettes________ (you/smoke) in a day?
It _______(take) me an hour to get to work. How long
_________ (it/take) you?
15. Read the sentences and correct
them
For Example: The sun goes around the earth.
The sun doesn’t go around the earth, the earth goes
around the Sun
The sun rises in the west______________
__________________________________
2. Mice catch cats_____________________
__________________________________
3. Carpenters make thing from metal______
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