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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE - Theory

The document explains the structure and use of the simple present tense in English, including its affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms. It details rules for adding -s or -es for third person singular verbs and provides examples of daily activities, habits, and general truths. Additionally, it lists adverbs of frequency and time expressions commonly used with the simple present tense.

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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE - Theory

The document explains the structure and use of the simple present tense in English, including its affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms. It details rules for adding -s or -es for third person singular verbs and provides examples of daily activities, habits, and general truths. Additionally, it lists adverbs of frequency and time expressions commonly used with the simple present tense.

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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

AFFIRMATIVE FORM: SUBJECT+VERB ( I, We, you, they)


SUBJECT + VERB + -s/-es ( he, she, it)
I go to school every day. He runs in the park on Sundays.
You always read in the evening. She often helps her mother in the kitchen.
We play football twice a week. The dog sleeps by the fire.
They speak English at school. She studies in the library in the afternoons.

We add -es to the third person singular if the verb ends in:
-ss: cross I cross – He crosses.
- sh : wash I wash- She washes.
-ch: watch They watch- It watches.
- x: fix We fix - Father fixes.
- o: go I go – He goes.
do They do – He does.
If the verb ends in “y” and there is a consonant before the “y”, with the third person singular, the
“y” turns into an “i” and we add -es.
I study. -He studies.
They fly. - It flies.
If the verb end in “y” and there is a vowel before the “y”, with the third person singular we only
add -s.
I play. - He plays.
We buy. – He buys.
INTERROGATIVE FORM: DO+SUBJECT+VERB(I, WE, YOU, THEY)
DOES+SUBJECT+VERB( HE, SHE, IT)
Do I read? Yes, you do. /No, you don’t. Do I do?
Do you walk? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. Do you do?
Does he sleep? Yes, he does. /No, he doesn’t. Does he do?
Does she dance? Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t. Does he do?
Does it run? Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t. Does it do?
Do we play? Yes, we do. / no, we don’t. Do we do?
Do you study? Yes, we do. / No, we don’t. Do you do?
Do they sing? Yes, they do. / No, they don’t. Do they do?
NEGATIVE FORM: SUBJECT + DO NOT/ ( DON’T)+ VERB ( I, YOU, WE, THEY)
SUBJECT + DOES NOT/ ( DOESN’T) + VERB ( HE, SHE , IT)
I don’t read. I don’t do.
You don’t talk. You don’t do.
He doesn’t sleep. He doesn’t do.
She doesn’t dance. She doesn’t do.
It doesn’t run. It doesn’t do.
We don’t play. We don’t do.
You don’t study. You don’t do.
They don’t sing. They don’t do.

USE
Simple Present Tense is used to talk about:
- Daily activities: We go to school every day.
- Habits and routines: Mother drinks coffee in the morning.
We brush out teeth twice a day.
- General activities: They often walk to school.
- Permanent states: He lives in London.
- General truths and laws of nature: The Earth goes around the Sun.
- Timetables/ Schedules: The plane takes off at 5 pm.

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY AND TIME EXPRESSIONS USED WITH THE PRESENT


SIMPLE:
- Every day/ week/ month/ spring/ Saturday
- Once a day/ a week
- Twice a year/ a month
- Three times a day
- Once in a while
- Parts of the day: In the morning/In the afternoon/ In the evening
At noon/ At midday; At night/ At midnight.
100% always We always do our homework.
80% usually He often reads in bed.
60% often
40% sometimes BUT!!! I am never tired.
20% rarely We are always happy.
10% hardly ever
0% never

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