simple present
TRANSCRIPT
SIMPLE PRESENT
BY LUIS JOSE
PUGA
“Teaching is like diving a ship on great & deep ocean of knowledge.”
PURPOSE
Use the simple
present 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 is used to
express
Hobbies
Habits
Daily events
A scheduled event
EXAMPLES:
You speak English.
Do you speak English?
You do not speak English.
I play tennis.
She does not eat meat
Does he play tennis?
The train leaves every morning at 8 a.m.
STRUCTURE
Affimative Negative Interrogative
I, you go I, you, don´t go Do I, you go ?
He, she, it goes Add = s , es
Drop y = ies
He, she, it doesn`t go Does He, she, it go?
We, you, they go We, you, they don´t go Do He, she, it go?
ACTIVITIESPut the verbs between brackets in the correct form:
• Jane (not/drink)___________tea very often.
• What time (the banks/open)____________in Panama?
• It (take)_______me an hour to get to work.
• She (not/wake)________up early on Sundays.
• The earth(turn)___________around the sun.
• The sun(rise)________in the east.
• Vegetarians(not/eat)_________meat.
• A novelist(write)______________ novels.
Doesn`t dink
Do the banks
takes
INFO LINKS:
http://englishinteractiveapproach.blogspot.com/
www.livestream.com/interactiveapproachwww.livestream.com/interactiveapproach
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/present-simple/index.html