The Present The Present TenseTenseDaily

Customs

Customs- Customs- True/FalseTrue/FalseCustoms- Customs- True/FalseTrue/False

_____ People in Thailand always take their shoes off before entering a house.

_____ A woman usually covers her face in Saudi Arabia._____ People in Japan don’t bow when they say hello._____ In the U.S., a student doesn’t stand

up when a teacher enters the room.

True

True

False

True

Use the simple present tense to tell about things that happen again and again.

The Present TenseThe Present TenseThe Present TenseThe Present Tense

Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

He always bows to others.

Use the simple present tense to tell facts.

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Water freezes at 32 degrees.32º

Triangles have three sides.

Use contractions like don’t and doesn’t fornegative statements in speaking or in informal

writing.

Negative Negative StatementsStatementsNegative Negative

StatementsStatements

Women in Saudi Arabia don’t wear a lot of makeup.

Maria doesn’t eat pizza.

Put an –s or –es ending on third-person singular (he, she, it).

Third-Person Third-Person SingularSingular

Third-Person Third-Person SingularSingular

He need a shirt.

She want an apple.

It catch the stick.

s

s

es

Third-person singular forms of have, do, and go are not regular.

Irregular FormsIrregular FormsIrregular FormsIrregular Forms

have

do

go

does

has

goes

He has a new shirt.

She does the work.

He goes to school.

Daily Customs

She usually works on her basket after dinner.

He usually drinks tea after a meal.

They go to a dance every Sunday.

They take a walk with their son every day.

run/every day

do/ every day

not/do/homework; hate

More sentence

s:

He runs to school every day.

She does her homework every day.

He doesn’t do his homework every day. He hates it!!

not/like

get

A+

listen/always

She doesn’t like school.

He gets an A+ on every quiz!

He always listens to the teacher!!

makethrow

I don’t.

I always make a snowman in

the winter.

I throw snowball

s.

brush

I don’t. I always

brush my teeth.

I always eat a lot

of candy.

Mmmm.

eat