SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Do you know when we use simple present

tense?

Let’s look at some examples.

Banker’s Wife’s Blues

•Where does John live?

• He lives near the bank.•Where does he work?• He works at the bank.

When does he work? He works all day and he works all night at the bank, at the great,

big bank.

•Where does he study?

• He studies at the bank.

• Where does he sleep?

• He sleeps at the bank.

• Why does he spend all day, all night, at the bank?

Because he loves his bank.

more than his wife

and he loves his money

more than his life.

Example 1:

Mary ____ up early every morning.

She ______ some exercises.

gets

does

Example 2:

Simon _______ football after every day.

plays

We use simple present tense when we talk about ______________ . That’s things that we do ____________.

habitual actions.regularly

There are some more examples.

Example 3 :

Cats ___ fish.

eats

Example 4:The Earth _______ around the Sun.

rotates

Yes, we use simple present tense for things which are __________.

Oh, you’re so smart! And how

about these?always true

I know. We use simple present tense for things that are _________ .true now

Present Simple Tense

IYouWe

They

HeShe

get uphave breakfast

go to bed

gets uphas breakfastgoes to bed

at seven o’clock. at half-past seven.

at nine o’clock.

Rule 1 :

I, You, We, TheyBasic form of the

verbs

He, She, It + s or es

Rule 2:For third person singular form, verbs have to be changed as follows

Verbs ending in –o,

-s, -x,-ch,-sh

Verbs ending in Consonant +y

Add -es

Remove yAdd -ies