PRESENT SIMPLE
Adverbs
on I always have breakfast in the
every day always
Mondays morning (I have breakfast
every day)
I sometimes go by bus
sometimes usually often (sometimes not)
I often go to school by car (It’s
not common I go differently)
I usually go to school by car
rarely seldom never (=often)
I seldom go to school by car
(=rarely)
I go to the gym on Mondays and
Thursdays (not other days)
I never take the bus to go to
school. (0%)
PRESENT SIMPLE
We use the Present Simple to
describe:
habits,
facts,
states and regular actions.
It is the most common tense in
English.
Pronouns
We will divide the Pronouns into 2 groups.
1st Group:
I You We They
2nd Group:
He She It
Positive Sentences
Subject verb1 Rest of the
I + play
+sentence
You We They .soccer
The boys play soccer.
verb1 Rest of the
Subject
sentence
He/ She/ It plays .soccer
John plays soccer.
*most of the verbs add S to
he/she/it
He She It (3rd singular)
1) We add es to the base form when
the verb ends with ch, sh, s, x, z, o
watch watches
S Sh Ch O
Kiss Wash Watch
Piss Brush Catch
O X Z
Go Relax Buzz
Do Fix
2) When the verb ends with Y and there
is a consonant before , we will drop it
and add ies
fly fl flies
3) When a verb ends with y and there is a
vowel before, we will NOT drop the y
and add just s
play plays
LET’S PRACTISE
Fill in :
1) My brother sometimes _____ (go)
fishing.
2) The dolls _____ (sit) on the shelf.
3) The boys ______ (play) on the
beach every summer.
4) The girl ______ (brush) her hair
twice a day.
LET’S PRACTISE
Fill in :
1) My brother sometimes _____ (go)
fishing.
2) The dolls _____ (sit) on the shelf.
3) The boys ______ (play) on the
beach every summer.
4) The girl ______ (brush) her hair
twice a day.
INTERROGATIVE
My brother sometimes goes fishing.
Does your brother go fishing?
The doll sits on the shelf.
Does the doll sit on the shelf?
The girl brushes her hair twice a day.
Does the girl brush her hair twice a
day?
NEGATIVE
My brother sometimes goes fishing.
My brother sometimes doesn’t go
fishing.
The dolls sits on the shelf.
The dolls doesn’t sit on the shelf.
The girl brushes her hair twice a day.
The girl doesn’t brush her hair twice a
day.
LET’S PRACTISE
5) Karoline _______ (study) English
every day.
6) Bob and Tom ________ (watch)
TV in the afternoon.
7) The sun ________ (shine) all day.
8) Miss Silva __________ (wash) her
hair twice a week.
9) The students _________ (go)
home at 12h.
10) I _________ (visit) my
relatives every year.
LET’S PRACTISE
5) Karoline _______ (study) English
every day.
6) Bob and Tom ________ (watch)
TV in the afternoon.
7) The sun ________ (shine) all day.
8) Miss Silva __________ (wash) her
hair twice a week.
9) The students _________ (go)
home at 12h.
10) I _________ (visit) my
relatives every year.
INTERROGATIVE
Bob and Tom watch TV in the afternoon.
Do Bob and Tom watch TV in the
afternoon?
The students go home at 12h.
Do The students go home at 12h?
I visit my relatives every year.
Do I visit my relatives every year?
NEGATIVE
Bob and Tom watch TV in the afternoon.
Bob and Tom don’t watch TV in the
afternoon
The students go home at 12h.
The students don’t go home at 12h
I visit my relatives every year.
I don’t visit my relatives every year
Adverb of Time
Frequency expressions
Before the main verb Beginning or end of
After family Be sentence
..every ..once a always never sometimes
On Sundays ..twice a usually often seldom
She always walks to They go to ballet
school. lesson once a
He is often late for school. week.
They don’t usually read.
Check Yourself
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