Present simple public
- 1. Present Simple Tense Teacher: Jose Luis Parada Romero. TABLE OF CONTENT: Use Form Chart Time adverbials
- 2. Present Simple Tense USE: We use the simple Present Simple to talk about: •Things that we do regularly Ex. I play tennis every weekend. •Facts or things that are true in general: Ex. 1.- I like music. 2.- We live next to Monica and Rachel. 3.- Dogs have four legs.
- 3. Present Simple Tense FORM: Statements: We add –s or –es to verbs with he/she/it: He/She sings. It sleeps on the bed. For verbs that end in –y, change –y to –ies: I carry; He carries. QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVES. We use the auxiliary do to form negatives and questions: does for the third person singular and do for other persons..
- 4. Present Simple Tense CHART: .I Like You don’t like Milk We They He Likes Milk She doesn’t like It Yes, I/You/We/They do. Do I/You/We/They like Milk? No, I/You/We/They don’t. Yes, He/ She/ It does. Does He/ She/ It like Milk? No, He/ She/ It doesn’t.
- 5. Present Simple Tense TIME ADVERBIALS: Time adverbials: with the Present Simple we use: always, usually, often, sometimes, never. Ex. I always play tennis on Sunday afternoon. He is never late. He isn’t often late. Is He often late? We usually go out with my friends on Saturdays. We sometimes go to the cinema on Sundays. In a sentence we put the time adverbs after the subject and before the verb, but after the verb to be. .