2. The Usages of the Present Simple
USE 1: Repeated Actions
USE 2: Facts or Generalizations
3. Use 1
USE 1: Repeated Actions
n be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or somethi
4. Examples
Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object
- play
I tennis.
- She not
does play tennis.
leaves
- The train every morning at 8 am.
does not
- The train leave at 9am.
5. USE 2: Facts or Generalizations
now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speak
6. Examples
Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object
like
- Cats milk. .
- Birds not
do like milk.
are
- Windows made of glass.
- Windows not
are made of wood.
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. B. Add 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 iny y
;the third person changes the to ies
fly flies cry cr ies
Exception:
If there is a vowel before they :
play plays pray prays
10. stion forms use DOES (=the third person of the auxiliary'DO') +
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. 2. Present Simple, form:
Example: to think, present simple
Affirmative Interrogative Negative
think I ? Do I think . I do not think
think You ? Do you think . You don't think
(s)hinkt he, she, it ? Does he, she, it think . He, she, it doesn't think
think we ? Do we think . We don't think
think you ? Do you think . You don't think
13. The present simple is used:
bits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, em
(habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (ge
.
-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 Bedfo
-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.
-The bell rings at 8:00.
The bus arrives at 7:00
16. ess future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as
-He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday
-His mother arrives tomorrow.
-Our holiday starts on the 26th March.
-She'll see you before she leaves.
17. Time expressions
are time expressions that we use only with the Present Simple and
y Friday, every week, every month, every summer, every month, every year
I go to school every day.
He visits me, every summer.
18. Activities
riends questions about what they do at different times. Also ask about t
do you get up?" - "When do your brothers go to bed?"
he 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
1.Excuse me, _____________ you speak English?
. .Where's Ann? I _____________ know.2
George is a good tennis player but he ___________ play very often.3
