Present simple

• Form: He/she/it works. I work. They work

He doesn’t work. They don’t work.
Does he work? Do they work?

Use: we use the present simple tense to:

-give information about permanent activities

(Valentino makes luxury chocolates.)
describe a state that doesn’t change:
(He looks like his father.)
-talk about routine activities, repeated
actions or habits:
(I often travel abroad on business.)
-some verbs are always used in the present
simple (not with –ing):
What do you mean? I remember her name.
Questions
•1. 
•Tim ......... in a bank. 
• A. 
• Work
• B. 
• Works
• C. 
• Is work
• D.  •We usually .......... our grandparents at the
• Working weekend.
• A. 
• Visit
• B. 
• Are visiting
• C. 
• Visiting
• D. 
• Visits
•3. 
•We .......... our grandparents this weekend. 
• A. 
• Visit
• B. 
• Are visiting
• C. 
• Visiting
• D.  He .......... late and that's really annoying!
• Visits A. 
Is always come
B. 
Always comes
C. 
Always come
D. 
Is always coming
•What time .......... the film ..........?
• A. 
• Is, starting
• B. 
• Do, start
• C. 
• Does, starts
• D. 
• Does, start •
The bus .......... in ten minutes.
• A. 
• Leaves
• B. 
• Is leaving
• C. 
• Leave
• D. 
• Leaving
I .......... what to do.
• A. 
• Am not knowing
• B. 
• Not know
• C. 
• Doesn't know
• D. 
• Don't know
•I .......... up at seven o'clock every morning.
• A. 
• Get
• B. 
• Am getting
• C. 
• Getting
• D. 
• Gets
•What time .......... you .......... to work in the
mornings?
• A. 
• Are, going
• B. 
• Are, go
• C. 
• Does, go
• D. 
• Do, go •The earth .......... around the sun.
• A. 
• ROTATE
• B. 
• ROTATING
• C. 
• Is ROTATING
• D. 
• ROTATES