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SIMPLE PRESENT

Use Present Simple For

She usually playstennis at the weekend.

She watchesTVevery Sunday.

Routines and Habits

Jenny drinkscoffee every morning.

They goto university everyday.

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Permanent States, facts

He comesfrom France.They workin a bank.

I dontspeak Chinese.Fernando speaksChinese.

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Facts or Things that always happens.

Water boils at 100^C.

The sun goes down in the west. The Moon goes around the Earth

Law of nature.

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Time Table Events.

When doesthe plane leave? It leavesat 5 .00 a.m.

The movie startsat 19:45 p.m.

The train doesntarrive at 13.00 p.m.

The lesson finishesat 9 a.m

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How do we form Present Simple

Positive

Singular

I know

you know

he/ she/ it knows

Plural

we know

you know

they know

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In the third person singular Affirmative (he/ she/ it),

we adds to the Verb.

I work in a bank.Shestartswork at 9.30.

I start hestarts.

I live shelives.

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If a verb ends inss , -sh , -ch , -x , -o ,

In the third person singular affirmative,

We add -

Miss misses

Crash crashes

Match matches

Mix mixes

Go goes

I watch He watches We wash She washes

They go It goes You fix He fixes

Have Has

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When a verb ends in a consonant + ,

We replace

And add - in the third person singular affirmative

with

Fly flies

Carry carries

I study He studies.They fly It flies

Consonants (b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,tv,w,x,y,z)

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When a verb ends in a vowel + - y,

We just add sin the third person singular affirmative.

I buy She buys.

They play He plays

Vowels ( a , e , i , o , u)

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Negativeand forms,

We use the Auxilary verb do / does

She doesnt likeDavid.He doesnt listento his teacher.

We dont go out at the weekend.

I dont knowthe answer..

I dont

We dont

They dont

She doesnt.

He doesnt.

It doesnt.

Third Person Singular

And the Main Verb in its infinitive form.

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We use the Auxilary verb do / doesAnd the Main Verb in its infinitive form.

Does Jane live in London?

Do Iplay? / Doyouplay?

Do weplay? / Do theyplay?

Does sheplay? / Does heplay? / Does itplay?

Third Person Singular

Do they play football?

Question forms

Where does she work?

What do you do?

AUX. Verb SUBJECT VERBWH. Question

In short answers,

We only use do / does.

We dont use the Main Verb.

Do they enjoy classical music? Yes, they do.

Does she play the guitar? No, she doesnt.

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Time Expressions- Adverbs Of Frequency

When we talk about habits or we want to say

how often something happens,

We often use the Present Simple with

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Adverbs of frequency usually come before the Main Verb,

They dont forgettheir homework.

I always at school before 8.00 am.

BUT after the Verb To Be.

He plays tennis.

We go to the cinema.

She watchesTV after school.

Math not always difficult.

He never late to work.

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Other Time Expressions such as

Every day

Every week

Once a week

Twice a week

Five times a week

On Mondays

On Sundayswe watch DVDs.

She drives to work every day.

Usually go at the beginning

OR

The end of a sentence.

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April june september december

Once every three months

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Activityverbs talk about activities and actions.

We can use Activity Verbs in the

Present simple and Present continuous:He plays football everyday.

Hes playing football now.

Typical activity verbs are

play, work, write, eat, run anddo.

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State Verbs talk about

States, Feelings , Opinions and Senses .

We dont usually use state verbs in the PresentContinuous form (or other continuous forms)

I like him. Not Im liking him.

I think its great. Not Im thinking its great.

I understand it now. Not Im understanding now.

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I think shes rich. (I believe)

I see you are in trouble. (I understand)

He has three children (state)

I love holidays. (in general)This picture looks nice. (It appears)

He comes from Spain (he was born in)

Im thinking about your plan. (considering)

Im seeing my boss today. (visiting)

Im having a shower. (activity)

Im loving this holiday. (Im enjoying specific)

Shes looking at some old photographs.

(shes examining)

Hes coming from Spain. (hes travelling from)

Tip: Some verbs can be both activity verbs and state verbs:

STATE means something staying the same. An ACTION means something happening