Present Simple

Present Simple is used...

• To express habits, repeated actions or events

• He drinks tea at breakfast.

• They always watch TV in the evening.
• She only eats vegetables and fruits.
• I run every morning.
• We travel every year.
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• To express general truths:

• Water freezes at 0 degrees.

• The Earth goes around the Sun.
• The Sun rises in the east.
• Plants give us oxygen.
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• To give instructions or directions:

• You walk for 200 meters, then you turn left.

• Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
• Place your dirty laundry into the drum of the washing machine.
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• For fixed arrangements, present or future:

• Our holiday starts on the 26th March

• Your exam starts at 09.00 o’clock.
• His mother arrives tomorrow.
• Train leaves at 11.00 o’clock.
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• Forming the Present Simple tense:

• Affirmative – I think.

• Interrogative – Do I think?

• Negative – I don’t think.

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Present Simple – He/She/It
• In the third person singular the verb always ends in -s:

He wants this T-shirt.

She sometimes needs your help.
Dad gives me a candy every day.
Molly never thinks about me.
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• Negative and question forms use DOES + the infinitive of the verb

Does he want strawberry?

She does not want vanilla. (She doesn’t want vanilla)
Does it help?
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• Verbs ending in -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies:

fly  flies, cry  cries

• Exception: if there is a vowel before the -y:

play  plays, pray  prays, say  says

Present Simple – He/She/It
• Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -z, -sh, -ch:

pass  he passes
catch  she catches
fix  he fixes
push  it pushes
buzz  buzzes
Present Simple – Practice
• He (drive) to work every day.
•I (not/think) you are right.
• They (not/like) vegetables.
• She (catch) a cold every winter.
• Emily never (drink) coffee in the evening.
• we (have) enough time?
• you (watch) lot of TV?
• Tom (visit) his grandma every year?
Signal words

Present Simple Present Continuous

usually, always, sometimes, often, seldom, every day,

every week, every year… at the moment, currently, now, still, today, tonight….
Practice
• I always ……………………… at school on Mondays. (work)
• She ……………………………. her homework right now. (do)
• July ………………………….. to work at the moment. (drive)
• Look! He …………………………….. a picture! (paint)
• They ……………………. chocolate very much. (like)
• I ………………… soccer practice on Fridays. (have)
• I really ……………… your new hair. (like)
• Josh …………………………………….. on a project in his room. (work)
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• My dad always ……………… the guitar in the evening. (play)
• My dad ….. always ……………….. the guitar for hours. (play)
• …….. you …………………… to the cinema later? (come)
• She ……………………………….. tennis this Sunday. (play)
• She ………………………………… tennis every Sunday. (play)
• They ……………………………… to the cinema very often. (not/go)
• They ……………………………… to the restaurant tonight. (not/go)