THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

FORM
USES
KEY-WORDS
ACTIVITY

Vth grade
Level A2
 FORM
 AFFIRMATIVE:  NEGATIVE:

 Rule: Subject + base

 Rule: Subject + negative
form of the verb form of the auxiliar DO
+complement
don’t (doesn’t for he/ she/it)
+verb+ complement
+ -s/ -es for he/ she/ it
 EXAMPLE
 AFFIRMATIVE  NEGATIVE

to eat
I eat I don’t eat
You eat You don’t eat
He/she/it eats He/ She/ It doesn’t eat
We eat We don’t eat
You eat You don’t eat
They eat They don’t eat
 USES
 Actions in the present:
She learns English.
 General truth:

Water boils at 100°.

 Habits in the present:
I go to school everyday.
 Storytelling and sportive commentaries:

She says that she saw something

 Present simple with future value (timetables):
The train leaves at 5:00 o’clock.
 Key-words
adverbs of frequency
Always
every day/week/ month/year/Friday
usually
sometimes
often
never
in the evening/morning etc.
 EXAMPLES
 She never lies to her mother.
 I do my homework every weekend.
 I usually watch TV in the evening.
 I play tennis in the weekend sometimes.
 I often go to my grandparents' house.
 I never go to sleep early.
 I usually do my homework in the evening.
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Student: Craciun Daniela-Maria

 Facultatea de Limbi si Literaturi Straine
 Filologie, Spaniola A- Engleza B
 Anul al III-lea