Video: Present Simple

Transcript
Hi! In this video, we will look at the present simple tense. I’ll show you when to use
it and how to use it with the pronouns I, we, you and they. Are you ready? Let’s get
started.
We use the simple present tense for repeated actions. For example, I get up early
every day.
When the subject pronoun is I, We, You or They we use the pronoun plus the
activity verb to form an affirmative sentence:
For example, I play basketball. You have dinner at 7pm. We dance salsa. You
brush your teeth. They go to school.
To form a negative sentence, we use don’t plus the base verb. For example, I don’t
dance salsa. You don’t eat fish. We don’t get up at 6am. You don’t watch TV. They
don’t do homework.
And... what about questions? Questions have two forms: Yes/no questions and Wh-
questions.
To form a Yes/no question, we use Do plus the pronoun –I, We, You or They- plus
the activity verb. For example:
Do you play volleyball? Yes, I do.
Do they have lunch at 1pm? No, they don’t.
To form a Wh-question, we use when, where, what or how plus do plus the
pronoun - I, We, You or They- plus the activity verb. For example:

What do you do in the morning?

I get up at 6 am.

When do you have English classes?

I have English classes on Monday.

Now you know when to use the present simple tense and how to use it. You can
form affirmative sentences, negative sentences and questions. Remember that you
can always come back to this video to review this topic.

See you another time!

Present Simple
AFFIRMATIVE
Singula I
r You
We live in Lima.
Plural You
They
Examples:
Singular: Plural:
I play basketball. We dance salsa.
You have dinner at 7pm. You brush your teeth.
They go to school.

NEGATIVE
Singula I
r You
We don’t live in Lima.
Plural You
They
Examples:
Singular: Plural:
I don’t dance salsa. We don’t get up at 6am.
You don’t eat fish. You don’t watch TV.
They don’t do homework.

PRESENT SIMPLE: YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS

Do + the pronoun I , We, You, They + the activity verb ?

YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS

Singula I in
Do live Yes, I do No, I don’t.
r you Lima?
we
Yes, we do. No, we don’t.
you in
Plural Do live
Lima?
Yes, they No, they
they
do. don’t.
Examples:

Do you play volleyball? Yes, I do.

Do they have lunch at 1pm? No, they don’t.

PRESENT SIMPLE: WH-QUESTIONS

We use: When/Where/ What / How+ do+ (We, You or They) + the activity verb ?

PRESENT SIMPLE WH-QUESTIONS AND LONG ANSWERS

on Saturday I have breakfast in a

What do you do
morning? restaurant.

We go to school on
When do you go to school?
weekdays.

Examples:

What do you do in the morning?

I get up at 6 am.

When do you have English classes?

I have English classes on Monday.