Present Simple

We use the Present Simple to express:

 Facts;

 Routines or Habits.
 Present Simple – Examples
I take the bus at 7:00 every morning.

Allan brushes his teeth before he goes to

bed.

We play football after class.

My sister goes dancing on Friday

evenings.

My father works for a bank.

Affirmative and Negative

I like cheese.
We
You don’t like cheese.
They

He likes cheese.
She
It doesn’t like cheese.
Questions and Short Answers

I
you
Do like cheese?
we
they

he
Does she like cheese?
it
No,
I/we/you/they don’t
No he/she/it doesn’t.
Simple Present

She drives her children to school.

QUESTION FORM

Does she drive her children to school?

No, she doesn’t.

 Practice

He reads a newspaper every morning.

NEGATIVE He doesn’t read a newspaper every morning.

QUESTION Does he read a newspaper every morning?

 Practice

They have meetings on Fridays.

NEGATIVE They don’t have meetings on Fridays.

QUESTION Do they have meetings on Fridays?

 Practice

She has meetings on Fridays.

NEGATIVE She doesn’t have meetings on Fridays.

QUESTION Does she have meetings on Fridays?

 QUESTION WORDS

WHO? Peter. My friends. She...

WHAT? a message, my homework

In Brazil, In São Paulo, at home,

WHERE? at work

WHEN? Now, tomorrow, in April

HOW? By bus, by car, walking

WHICH? The blue, not the red one.

 QUESTION WORDS

WHO? People

WHAT? Objects, actions

WHERE? Places

WHEN? Time

HOW? Way, manner

WHICH? Options, alternatives

 WHAT’S THE TIME?

What time is it, please? IMPORTANT

Please, could you tell me the time? (formal)

15 min → a quarter (past)
30 min → half (past)
45 min → a quarter (to)
08:00 – It’s eight o’clock
08:10 – It’s eight ten
09:35 – It’s nine thirty-five
19:50 – It’s seven fifty
 WHAT’S THE TIME?

What time is Jornal Nacional on TV?

What time is ... on TV?
07:00 →
12:05 →
08:40 → What time do you go to work?
11:30 → What time do you get up?
21:45 → What time do you check your e-mails?
22:55 → What time do you go to bed?