SIMPLE PRESENT

TENSE
 Learning Objectives
1- Identify and define simple present verb tense, and describe its usage

2- Learn simple present verb rules.

3- Form simple present sentences in positive, negative, and interrogative

sentences.
What is simple present tense?
A tense expressing an action to tell about things that happen currently in the
present like everyday, every week, or every month, habitually performed, or a fact
that currently or generally exists
 Where do we use simple present tense?

He drinks tea at breakfast.

1. For Habits

She only eats fish.

They watch television regularly

Where do we use simple present tense?

We catch the bus every morning.

2. For repeated
actions or events

My friend calls me every Thursday

They travel to Turkey every summer.

 Where do we use simple present tense?

Water freezes at zero degrees.

3. For general
truths and facts

The sky is blue

The Earth revolves around the Sun

 His mother arrives tomorrow.

4. For fixed
arrangements

Our holiday starts on the 22th of March

 Simple present
verb rules

verb to be Other verbs

Infinitive verbs (I-you-they-we)

be
or
is Verbs with –s/-ies/-es (she-he-it-
are personal name)

Examples:
Examples: I like cheese
She is French We sleep early everyday
We are Muslims She often drinks milk
Ahmed hates dogs
Simple present keywords
 EXERCISE
1. He (study/studies) English every sunday.
2. She (go/goes) to school early every morning.
3. I (play/plays) football once a week.
4. Ahmed and Farah (travel/travels) every summer.