simple present made by claire
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Use the Simple
present to tell or
ask about habits or
routines, facts and
likes and dislikes.
1. Actions that happen regularly (habitual actions). A frequency adverb is often used.
They usually take a walk with their son
2. Facts which are always true – general truths, e.g. facts in science and geographical descriptions.
Water freezes at 0 degrees. 0º
3. Opinions, likes and feelings.
She likes making snowmen
+ VERBPERSONAL PRONOUNS
*
3rd person singular - spelling 1. In general, the third person singular is formed by adding an s to
the base verb. work He works
2. Verbs ending in ss,x,ch,sh,o add “es” to the third person singular.
dress She dresses fix He fixes watch She watches T.V. wash She washes go It goes !
3. Verbs ending in consonant + y, changes the y to i and add “es” Consonant + y i + es: cry – cries, fly – flies, terrify - terrifies
What’s the 3rd person singular?
1. push
2. sneeze
3. copy
4. annoy
5 . kiss
6. deny
7. marry
pushes
sneezes
copies
annoys
kisses
denies
marries
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
+DON´T DOESN
´T
VERB
+
DO DOEs
+ PERSONAL PRONOUNS
+ VERB
?
FREQUENCY ADVERBS
We often use the simple present with
This is Peter.He reads a
book.
Peter reads a book on Mondays.
Peter reads a book on Tuesdays.
Peter reads a book on Thursdays.
Peter reads a book on Wednesdays.
Peter reads a book on Fridays.
Peter reads a book on Saturdays.
Peter reads a book on Sundays.
Peter
reads a book.
reads a book
They are Lisa, Albert and Edward.LisaAlbert
Edward They play with friends.
They play with friends on Mondays.
They don´t
play with
friends on
Tuesdays.
They play with
friends on
Wednesdays.
They play with
friends on
Thursdays.
They play with friends on Fridays.
They play with
fr
iends on
Saturdays.
They play with
fri
ends on
Sundays.
They
play with friends.
This is Beth.She goes to sleep .
She goes to
sleep
lateon
Tuesdays.She goe
s to
sleep
lateon
Wednesdays.
She goes to sleep
late on Sundays.
late
She
She doesn´t go to sleep
late on Fridays.
She doesn´t
go to sleep
late on
Saturdays.
She goes to
sleep
late on Thursdays.
lateShe goes to sleep
on Mondays.
goes to sleep late
TWICE A WEEK.
This is
Michael.He does
exercise.
He doesn´t do exercise
on Mondays.
He does exercise
on
Tuesdays.
He does exercise
on
Thursdays.He doesn´t d
o
exercise on
Wednesdays.
He does exercise
on
Saturdays.
He doesn´t do
exercise on
Sundays.
He doesn´t do exercise
on Fridays.
Peter does exercise
FREQUENTLY.
This is Marcos.He plays basketball.
He plays basketball on
Mondays.
He plays
basketball on
Wednesdays.
He plays
basketball on
Fridays.
He doesnt play
basketball on Tuesdays.
He doesn´t
play basketball
on Thursdays.
He doesn´t
play
basketball on
Saturdays.
He doesn´t
play
basketball on
Sundays.
He plays basketball
THREE DAYS A WEEK.
he plays basketball.
This is Andrei.
He
He tidies up his
bedroom on Fridays.
He doesn´t tidy up
his bedroom on
Mondays. He doesn´t tidy up
his bedroom on
Tuesdays.
He doesn´t tidy up
his bedroom on
Wednesdays.
He doesn´t tidy up his bedroom on Thursdays. He doesn´t tidy up
his bedroom on
Fridays.
He doesn´t tidy up
his bedroom on
Sundays.
He tidies up his bedroom.
tidies up his bedroom
ONCE A WEEK.
This is Zarina.She goes to work by car.
She doesn´t
go to work
by car on
Tuesdays.
She doesn´t
go to work
by car on
Wednesdays.
She doesn´t
go to work
by car on
Thursdays.
She doesn´t
go to work
by car on
Fridays.
She doesn´t
go to work
by car on
Saturdays.
She doesn´t go to work by car on Sundays.
She
goes to work by car
She doesn´t
go to work
by car on
Mondays.
OTHER
TIME
EXPRESSIONS
1 Monday_________________
2 Tuesday ________________
3 Wednesday _____________
4 Thursday _______________
5 Friday _________________
6 Saturday ________________
7 Sunday _________________
1 Monday_________________
2 Tuesday ________________
3 Wednesday _____________
4 Thursday _______________
5 Friday _________________
6 Saturday ________________
7 Sunday _________________
ONCE A FORTNIGHT
They go to the cinema
once a month.
ONCE A MONTH
He has breakfast
sweets once a fortnitght.
EVERY YEAR
She has a birthday
party every year.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BUTPAY ATTENTION
My mother
She is
watches TV after dinner.ALWAYS
happy at the weekend.ALWAYS
TO BE IS DIFFERENT !!!
WAKE UP
GET UP
DRESS
HAVE BREAKFAST
BRUSH TEETH
HAVE A SHOWER
HAVE MATH CLASS
DO HOMEWORK
GO TO SCHOOL
WATCH TV
HAVE LUNCHHAVE
DINNER
GO TO SLEEP
What time do you get up? Interrogative
do/does + subject + verb?
My sister doesn´t speak French.
negative
subject + don´t/doesn´t + verb
My father sings in the shower.
The film finishes at 6 o´clock.
Tina teaches math at school.
This toy plane flies very good.
affirmative
subject + verb **
sentences
We like going to work by bus.
likes, opinions
The Sun rises in the east.facts
frequency adverbs (FA)
ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, FREQUENTLY, SOMETIMES, RARELY, NEVER
other time expressions (TE)
EVERYDAY, TWICE A WEEK, THREE DAYS A WEEK, ONCE A WEEK, ONCE A FORTNIGHT, ONCE A MONTH, EVERY YEAR
routines
to talk
about
SIMPLEPRESENT
+ s dance -- dances
+ es (ss,x,ch,sh,o)
**3rd p.s kiss -- kisses / mix -mixes
+ ies (cons + y)
cry -- cries
FA + VERB
I always read a book in bed. TO BE + FA
She is never at home at 3 o´clock.
TE + sentence
sentence + TE
They do their homework everyday.
with