SIMPLE PRESENT


BY: LE HA VAN

Simple Present With “To be”
Simple Present With “Have got”
Simple Present With Verb
SPELLING
Verbs ending in -s, -ss, -x, -ch, -sh or verbs ending in -o preceded by a consonant, add -es to the infinitive.
Examples:
I watch - he watches
I pass - he passes
I go - he goes
I do - he does
Verbs ending in -y
verbs ending in `y` preceded by a vowel (a, e, i, o, u): Add -s.
Example:
I play - he plays
verbs ending in `y` preceded by a consonant: Change `y` to `i` and add `es`.
Example:
I hurry - he hurries

Use of Simple Present
1) Repeated actions: The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens
Eg: My friend often draws nice posters.
I never drink milk.
She is always late for school.
When does the train usually leave?
2) Things in general
Eg: The sun rises in the East

Use of Simple Present
3) fixed arrangements, scheduled events (e.g. timetable)
The plane flies to London every Monday.
4) actions in the present - one follows after the other (first - then, after that)
First I get up, then I have breakfast.
5) after special verbs, which are normally not used with the Present Progressive (These verbs express states, possessions, feelings etc.)
be, believe, belong, hate, hear, like, love, mean, prefer, realize, see, seem, smell, think, understand, want, wish…
I understand English.
He doesn`t like fish

Signal Words
Adverbs of frequency:

Always
Often
Usually
Sometimes
Seldom
Rarely
Never
Signal Words
Other phrases of time can occur, like:

every day
every week
every year
on Mondays
after school
Quick Test
A) Negate the sentences.
1) Steve can make breakfast. I can’t make breakfast

2) The children know the answer. The children don’t know the answer

B) Which sentences/questions are correct?

1) In which sentence is the Simple Present used correctly?
Andrew wash the dishes.
Andrew washes the dishes.
Andrew washs the dishes.

2) Which question is in the Simple Present?
Do she work in an office?
Do she works in an office?
Does she work in an office?
Work she in an office?
Works she in an office?



Quick Test
C) Form questions.
Example: where / they / to have / breakfast
Where do they have breakfast?
1) can / Ron / to speak / English Can Ron speak English?

2) where / she / to live Where does she live?

D) Fill in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.
Example: He never writes a letter.

1) Jill has two children. (to have)

2) she stamps? (to collect) Does she collect stamps?

E) Fill in the correct verb forms.

1) Every morning my mother ……gets up….. at 6 o`clock.

2) Mandy and Susan watch. films every weekend.
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