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Present Simple Tense

The document discusses the present simple tense, including its uses, forms, and spelling rules. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. There are also practice exercises for students to complete.

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Present Simple Tense

The document discusses the present simple tense, including its uses, forms, and spelling rules. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. There are also practice exercises for students to complete.

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the 4th of March 2021

Present Simple
Uses
1. permanent situations and states
e.g. She works as a nurse.
He owns a large shop.
2. repeated/ habitual actions (especially with frequency adverbs: often,
usually, always, sometimes, every week etc.)
e.g. I usually get up at 7 a.m.
Mary brushes her teeth every morning.
3. permanent truths or laws of nature
e.g. Money doesn’t buy happiness.
Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
4. timetables/ programmes (future meaning)
e.g. The match finishes at 8 p.m.
The plane leaves at 6.05 p.m.
5. reviews / sports commentaries / dramatic narratives
e.g. Angelina Jolie acts well in this film.
Forms
Affirmative
S+ V (Ist person sg.+pl, IInd person sg.+ pl, IIIrd person plural)
S+V-s (IIIrd person singular) – he, she, it
-es
e.g. The student writes his homework every day.
Liz watches a good film at TV.
Spelling Rules
1. -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, -o + ES
e.g. I miss you. – He misses his mother.
They wash the dishes every day. – Mum washes her hands all the time.
You fix your bike every week. – Tom fixes his car every month.
2. consonant + y = ies
e.g. He tries to learn well.
3. vowel + y= ys
e.g. John plays football every week.
Negative
S+ do not/ don’t + V (basic form)
S+ does not/ doesn’t + V (basic form) IIIrd person sg.
e.g. I don’t speak Japanese.
Edy doesn’t help his parents with the housework.
Interrogative
Do/Does + S+V (basic form)?
e.g. Do you do your homework every day?
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Does your grandpa help you?
Yes, he does. /No, he doesn’t.
Practice
ex.2page76

1 I play football with my friends.


2 We have lunch at school.
3 The lesson starts at 10 o’clock.
4 My sister gets up late.
5 The students do their homework in the afternoon.
6 Jack listens to music on his phone.

ex. 3 page 76
1 My dad sometimes misses his train.
2 Paul watches TV on Sunday evenings.
3 She studies maths on Fridays.
4 David plays tennis after school.
5 David goes to school by bus.
6 My brother does his homework after dinner.
Homework
ex. 4, 5/76 ex. 6 page 77
/s/ /z/ /iz/
Starts plays teaches

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