2. The Usages of the Present Simple
USE 1: Habitual Actions
USE 2: Facts or Generalizations

3. Use 1
USE 1: Habitual Actions
Use the Present Simple to express the idea that an action
is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby,
a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often
happens. It can also be something a person often forgets
.or usually does not do

4. Examples
Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object
play
- I tennis.
does not
- She play tennis.
leaves
- The train every morning at 8 am.
does not
- The train leave at 9am.

5. USE 2: Facts or Generalizations
The Present Simple can also indicate the speaker
Present Simple
believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and
will be true in the future. It is not important if the
. speaker is correct about the fact

6. Examples
Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object
like
Cats milk.- .
do not
.- Birds like milk
.Windows made of glass-
are

7. Grammatical View
Present Simple, third person singular
:Note
he, she, it
:A ,in the third person singular the verb : always ends in s
he want s she need s

8. .BAdd es :to verbs ending in
x sh ss
he fix es it push es he pass es
ch o
she catch es He go es

9. :C Verbs ending in y the third person changes the; y to ies
fly flies cry cr ies
:Exception
y
:If there is a vowel before the
play plays pray prays

10.  Negative and question forms use DOES (=the third
person of the auxiliary'DO') + the infinitive of the verb.
He wants.
Does he want?
He does not want.

11. :Examples
. 1.Third person singular with s or es
a. He goes to school every morning.
b. She understands English.
c. It mixes the sand and the water.
d. He tries very hard.
e. She enjoys playing the piano.

12. :Present Simple, form. 2
Example: TO READ present simple
Affirmative Interrogative Negative
I read a book ?Do I read I do not read a book.
You read ?Do you read You don't read.
he, she, it reads Does he, she, it read a He, she, it doesn't read.
?book
We read ?Do we read a book We don't read.
They read ?Do they read You don't read.

13. :The present simple is used
simple
A.to express habits, general truths, repeated actions
:or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes
I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation);
London is a large city (general truth).
.
He drinks tea at breakfast-
.She only eats fish-
They watch television regularly-

14. :B. to give instructions or directions
 You walk for two hundred metres, then you turn left.
 -You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to
Bedford.
.Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water-

15. :c. to express fixed arrangements, present or future
-Your exam starts at 09:00.
starts
.The bell rings at 8:00-
The bus arrives at 7:00

16. D.to express future time, after some conjunctions: after,
:when, before, as soon as, until
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday-
come
.His mother arrives tomorrow-
 -Our holiday starts on the 26th March.
.She'll see you before she leaves-

17. Time expressions
There are time expressions that we use only with the
:Present Simple and they are
Every day, every Friday, every week, every month, every summer, 1
.
.every month, every year, always, usually, etc
All the time.2 .
.I go to school every day
.He visits me, every summer

18. Activities
1. Ask your friends questions about what they do at
different times. Also ask about their families.
- "What time do you get up?" - "When do your brothers go
to bed?"
Write down the questions and give them to your teacher
for checking.

19. (Write the questions for the following answers. (Present Simple
? .
.1__________________________________
.I work in a bank
.2_____________________________________?
.My brother is an engineer
?___________________________________.3
.He lives in an apartment building

20. Put in : do/don't/does/doesn't.
?Excuse me, _____________ you speak English.1
Where's Ann? I _____________ know.2..
George is a good tennis player but he ___________ play very
often.3