1. SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE

2. Let’s look
at some
examples.
Do you know when we
use simple present
tense?

3. Banker’s Wife’s Blues
•Where does John live?
• He lives near the bank.
•Where does he work?
• He works at the bank.
When does he work?
He works all day
and he works all night
at the bank, at the great,
big bank.

4. •Where does he study?
• He studies at the bank.
• Where does he sleep?
• He sleeps at the bank.
• Why does he spend all day,
all night, at the bank?

6. Because he loves his bank.
more than his wife
and he loves his money
more than his life.

7. Example 1:
gets
Mary ____ up early
every morning.
does
She ______ some
exercises.

8. Example 2:
plays
Simon _______ football after every
day.

9. We use simple present tense when we talk
about ______________ . That’s things that
habitual actions.
regularly
we do ____________.

10. There are some more examples.

11. Example 3 :
eats
Cats ___
fish.

12. Example 4:
The Earth rotates
_______ around
the Sun.

13. Yes, we use simple
present tense for things
always true
which are __________.
Oh, you’re so
smart! And how
about these?

14. I know. We use
simple present tense
for things that are
_________ .
true now

15. Present Simple Tense
I
You
We
They
get up
have breakfast
go to bed
He
She
gets up
has breakfast
goes to bed
at seven o’clock.
at half-past seven.
at nine o’clock.

16. Rule 1 :
I, You, We, They
He, She, It
Basic form of the
verbs
+
s or es

17. Rule 2:
For third person singular form, verbs have to be
changed as follows
Verbs ending in –o,
-s, -x,-ch,-sh
Verbs ending in
Consonant +y
Add -es
Remove y
Add -ies