The Present Simple In used

For Permanent truths, habitmac, actions and states, or on action repeated at intervals. I go to school every day. Belgrade is in Serbia My yanger son has a shower every morning. For a general statment , or a proverb, where no particular time is thought of, The earth moves round the sun. It takes two to make a quarrel. The Danube Flows into the Black Sea. TO express on action or state od being that is true at the time of speaking. It may or my not be true later. I fell thirsty. We see the moon.

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To express an action or state that occured before, that may or may not be occuring now and that will prabablly occur in the future. It is often used with adverbs of frequency always, often, frequently, rarely, generally, sometimes, usually. I usually get up at seven oclock. He is rarely late for his lectures. We often see wild ducks in this pool.

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With adverbial phrases: every day (week, month), once (twice, several times), a week (month): He goes to Belgrade several times a month. He visits his elderly parents only once a month. She does the rooms every day. With time clauses beginning with whenever, every time that: Whenever he visit us, he brigngs us presents. With future meaning when we are describing future activites planned beforehand. . . and according to a fixed. Time table with verbs: go, come, leave, arrive, get, return, set off, take off, embark, sail, fly; The group returns next Saturday. I leave for Paris tomorrow morning. For an action occurring at the moment of speaking or writing. It is limited to those cases that do not require the Present Continous: Guess what I have in my hand. I see an airplane. To denote a certain capability: He speaks several languages. He sings like a bird. As historic present for past events: He enters the room, seizes the child and rushes out trough the plames. In newspaper headlines reporting past events: Film Star Weds Time. Busmen Threaten Strike. Superman Captures Mad Scientist.

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In subordinate clauses of time or conition describing a future action: If you come to my place, you will see your old friend. Give him my kind regards, when you see him. When he comes tomorrow, Ill be writing a letter. In exclamatory sentences: Here comes our train!There he is! With verbs which are not used in the.

Present Continous Tense: hear, love, see, understand, etc. I dont see anything here. Do you hear that noise coming from upstairs? I dont understand what you are saying to me. When sescribing an experiment: He takes a piece of , puts it into .and With the verbs pronounce, promise, declare, vow, usually in formal situations: I now pronounce you man nad wife. I promise never to speak to you again. I declare the games

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a) Koristi se da izrazi injenicu koja ostaje istinita tokom dueg vremenskog perioda, tj. za stanje. - We live in Cetinje. - He works in a bank.

b) Koristi se za radnju koja se ponavlja, tj. za naviku. - He smokes twenty cigarettes a day.

c) Koristi se da izrazi neto to je uvek tano u vezi sa nekom linodu ili svetom. - He comes from France. - The sun rises in the east. - Water boils at 100 degrees.

Uz ovo vreme esto idu slededi prilozi za uestalost: always, usually, often, sometimes, not often, parely, never. Always get up at 7. Do you often go to the cinema?

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The Present Simple Tense

(sadanje prolo vreme)

Oblik slika

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Pisanje treeg lica jednine:

a) Osnovno pravilo je da se dodaje nastavak s glagolskoj osnovi: Reads / lives / wants / eats

b) Ako se glagol zavrava na ss, -sh, -ch, -x I o, dodaje se nastavak es: Kisses / washes / watches / fixes / goes

c) Ako se glagol zavrava na suglasnik ty, onda y prelazi u ies.

Carries / hurries / flies ; buys / says

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Write:
e.g. It snow in summer. / In winter - It doesnt snow in summer. It snows in winter.

1. The sun shines by night. / by day. - The sun doesnt shine by night. It shines by day. 2. The earth turns round the moon. / The sun. 3. The Donube flows into the Adriatic Sea. / The Black Sea. - The Donube doesnt flow into Adriatic Sea. It flows into the Black Sea. 4. The English drive on the right / on the left. - The English dont drive on the right. They drive on the left. 5. Birds build hauses. / nests - Birds dont build houses. The build nests.

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Exercise 2. Write the correct

Present Simple form of the verbs in brackets. Explain its in these sentences. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. She(cry) when she (see) a houses. He (try) hard but seldom (succed) She (fry) fish for lunch twice a week. I (not see) anything wrong in it. Why you (not try) it again. They (study) modern languages at the foreing language institute. After returing from a long walk I usually (have) a bath.

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Write:
e.g. cook / Halion food / eat / it - He cooks Italian food, but he doesnt cat it. 1. ride / bicycle / drive / car - He rides a bicycle, but he doesnt a car. 2. watch / TV / like / programmes - he watches TV, but he doesnt like the programmes 3. play / piano / read / music - He plays the piano, but he doesntread music. 4. fry / fish / eat / it - He fries fish, but he doesnt eat it. 5. Make / cakes / bake / bread - She makes cakes, but she doesnt bake bread. 6. buy / newspaper / read / it - He buys a newspaper, but he doesnt read it. 7. grow / flowers / grow / vegetables - they grow flowers, but they dint grow vegetables. 8. listen / radio / watch / TV - He lisent to the radio, but he doesnt watch TV. 9. type / latters / take / short hand - She type letter, but she doesnt take shorthand. 10. write / letters / send / thew - He writes letters, but he doesnt send thew.

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Pr.

They often go fishing and catch nothing. He often goes fishing and catches nothing.

1. My friends work in Leeds; they buy and sell houses. 2. They wash their hands and dry them on a towel. 3. I never take more than one drink 4. His brother work hard all day, and want to rest in the evening. 5. These aookes are green. 6. My friends like meat, but do not like fish. 7. Do these ladies generakky go to the theatre on Saturday? 8. They sit at the window and watch the traffic. 9. The postmen bring the letters three times a day. 10. They get new boos from the library every week. 11. They dont live here. 12. Where do they keep their money.

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