The present simple tense

The present simple tense

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  The Usages of the Present Simple    USE1: Repeated Actions     USE 2: Facts or Generalizations
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  Use 1    USE 1:Repeated Actions Use the Present Simple to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby,  a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often  happens. It can also be something a person often forgets  .or usually does not do
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  Examples Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object play - I            tennis.  does not - She               play tennis. leaves - The train            every morning at 8 am. does not - The train                leave at 9am.
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        USE 2: Facts or Generalizations The Present Simple can also indicate the speaker  Present Simple believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and  will be true in the future. It is not important if the  speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to  .make generalizations about people or things
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  Examples Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object like Cats           milk.-  . do not .- Birds             like milk are Windows        made of glass.-   .- Windows              made of wood are not
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  Grammatical View Present Simple, thirdperson singular :Note he, she, it :A ,in the third person singular the verb : always ends in s he want s she need s
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   .BAdd es :to verbs ending in x sh ss he fix es it push es he pass es ch o she catch es He go es
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  :C Verbs endingin y the third person changes the; y to ies fly flies cry cr ies :Exception y      :If there is a vowel before the play plays pray prays
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   Negative andquestion forms use DOES (=the third  person of the auxiliary'DO') + the infinitive of the verb. He wants. Does he want? He does not want.
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  :Examples . 1.Third personsingular with s or es a. He goes to school every morning. b. She understands English. c. It mixes the sand and the water. d. He tries very hard. e. She enjoys playing the piano. 
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  :Present Simple, form.2 Example: to think, present simple Affirmative Interrogative Negative think I Do I think?  I do not think.  think You Do you think?  You don't think.   s)hinkt  he, she, it( Does he, she, it think?  He, she, it doesn't think.  think we Do we think?  We don't think.  think you Do you think?  You don't think. 
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  :The present simple is used simple A.to express habits, general truths, repeated actions  :or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation);  London is a large city (general truth). . He drinks tea at breakfast- .She only eats fish- They watch television regularly-
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  :B. to give instructions or directions  You walk fortwo hundred metres, then you turn left.  -You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to  Bedford. .Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water-
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  :c. to express fixed arrangements, present or future -Your exam starts at 09:00. starts .The bell rings at 8:00- The bus arrives at 7:00
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  D.to express future time, after some conjunctions: after, :when, before,as soon as, until  He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday- come .His mother arrives tomorrow-  -Our holiday starts on the 26th March.  .She'll see you before she leaves-
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  Time expressions There are time expressions that we use only with the  :Present Simple and they are Every day, every Friday, every week, every month, every summer, 1 . .every month, every year, always, usually, etc All the time.2 . .I go to school every day .He visits me, every summer
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  Activities 1. Ask yourfriends questions about what they do at different times. Also ask about their families. - "What time do you get up?" - "When do your brothers go to bed?" Write down the questions and give them to your teacher for checking.
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  (Write the questionsfor the following answers. (Present Simple ?                 . .1__________________________________ .I work in a bank   .2_____________________________________?  .My brother is an engineer ?___________________________________.3 .He lives in an apartment building 
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  Put in :   do/don't/does/doesn't. ?Excuse me, _____________ you speak English.1 Where's Ann?  I _____________ know.2..                 George is  a  good  tennis  player  but  he  ___________  play  very  often.3