AFFIRMATIVE

THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES

NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
USAGE
TIME EXPRESSIONS
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

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 The Present Simple
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
Verbs don’t change for 1st, 2nd person singular and
plural. And for 3rd person PLURAL.

I
PLAY THE GUITAR
YOU
WE SWIM IN THE BEACH
YOU WASH THE DISHES
THEY STUDY ENGLISH

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  BUT BE CAREFUL!!!!
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
• 3rd person singular: SHE, HE, IT

SHE PLAYS THE PIANO

HE SWIMS IN THE BEACH
IT GOES TO THE CINEMA
MY MOTHER READS A NEWSPAPER
MY FRIEND LISTENS TO THE RADIO
ANNE RUNS IN THE GARDEN
ROBERT JUMPS INTO THE POOL
MY DOG HIDES IN THE HOUSE
We add S to the verb

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1. EXAMPLE
(watch)

They watch basketball

every weekend.
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1. EXAMPLE
(watch)

Bush (he) watches

basketball every
weekend.
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 The Present Simple
THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES

We add S to the verb in the 3rd person

PLAY PLAYS
COME COMES
SHE
EAT EATS
HE
IT DRINK DRINKS
KNOW KNOWS
RUN RUNS
MEET MEETS

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 The Present Simple
THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES

When the verb finishes with consonant+y ies

STUDY STUDIES
TIDY TIDIES
SHE
FLY FLIES
HE
IT CARRY CARRIES

BUY BUYS
SAY SAYS

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 The Present Simple
THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES

When the verb finishes with ch, sh, ss, x, o es

WATCH WATCHES
WASH WASHES
SHE
GO GOES
HE
IT PASS PASSES
DO DOES
FIX FIXES

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 The Present Simple
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
WE NEED AN AUXILIAR TO MAKE NEGATIVES
THE AUXILIAR DO/DOES.
I
YOU PLAY THE GUITAR
’T
WE N
YOU DO SWIM IN THE BEACH
THEY
WASH THE DISHES
SHE
’T
N
ES

HE STUDY ENGLISH
O

IT
D

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3. EXAMPLE.
(not/play)

• He doesn’t play the piano. He

plays the guitar

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3. EXAMPLE.
(not/study)

• They don’t study. They do

gymnastics

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 The Present Simple
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
We have to change the order of the sentence
DO/DOES+ SUBJ + VERB+ COMPLEMENTS?
I
DO YOU PLAY THE PIANO?
WE
YOU SWIM IN THE BEACH?
THEY
SHE WASH THE DISHES?
DOES
HE
STUDY FRENCH?
IT

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3. EXAMPLE. (play tennis)?
(play golf)?

• Does he play tennis? No, he

doesn’t.
• Does he play golf? Yes, he
does.
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3. EXAMPLE. (watch tv)?
(dance)?

• Do they watch TV? No, they

don’t.
• Do they dance? Yes, they do.

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 The Present Simple
Answer these SENTENCES
We have to use YES or NO:
YES, SUBJ+(DO/DOES) //
NO, SUBJ+ DON’T(DOESN’T)

DO you PLAY the flute? Yes, I do.

No, I don’t.

DOES she PLAY the Yes, she does.

flute? No, she doesn’t.

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 The Present Simple
USAGE

 We use the present simple to talk about

habits and routines. Things that we normally do.

 We ALWAYS need a subject.

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 The Present Simple
TIME EXPRESSIONS

AT+time At the weekend, at night, at one

o’clock.
ON+day On Monday, on Tuesdays ….

IN+part of the In the morning, in the evening ….

day
EVERY Week, Thursday, month, day, year,
night ….

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 The Present Simple
ADVERBS OF FREQuENCY

We use ADVERBS of frequency to say how often we

do something.

They usually go before the verb

Eg. I OFTEN study with my friends.

They go after verb TO BE
Eg. Our teacher is NEVER late.

Adverbs: NEVER, SOMETIMES, OFTEN, USUALLY,

ALWAYS

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 AFFIRMATIVE
THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
USAGE
TIME EXPRESSIONS
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

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