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SIMPLE PRESENT TENSEfor routines
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E.g.:
I’m a student.
We get up at seven every day.
You work hard during the week.
The Simple Present Tense is usedto express routine actions, things
we do as a habit.
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
for routines
* Some signal words of the Simple Present are:
every day / month / week / always, usually, sometimes...
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!!IRMTI"E !#RMLook at the chart.
PERS#NL PR#N#$N "ER%S
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
work
work
works
works
works
workwork
work
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E.g.:
i!y wat"hes T# every evening.
&epending on the 'erb,it(s added )ES* or )IES*.
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSEfor routines
* With the 3rd person singular, an s! is added to the ver".
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E.g.:
i!y goes to s"hoo! in the morning.
"erbs ending in #, +,
S-ES watchES, rushES
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSEfor routines
* With the 3rd person singular, an s! is added to the ver".
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E.g.:
She "arr ies her "e!! phone with her at a!! times.
"erbs ending in /,preceeded b0 a consonant
/-IES studIES
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSEfor routines
* With the 3rd person singular, an s! is added to the ver".
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N#1, /#$2
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NE3TI"E !#RMLook at the chart.
PERS#NL PR#N#$N $4ILIR/ - "ER%
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WEYOU
THEY
don(t work
don(t work
doesn(t work
doesn(t work
doesn(t work
don(t workdon(t work
don(t work
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E.g.:
$oe doesn’t have a pet.
We don’t wat"h T# after !un"h.
She doesn’t "!ean her room.
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSEfor routines
* N(T is used with the 3rd person singular and the ver"
remains in its "ase form.
*N(T is used with #, $ou, We, %hey.
In the negati'e 5orm, it(s necessar0 to
use the auxiliaries N(T or ESN(T.
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N#1, /#$2
+orrect the
sentence.
SHE WALKS
THE DOG WITH
HER BROTHER.
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N#1, /#$2
+orrect the
sentence.
WALK THE DOG
WITH HER
BROTHER.
SE ESN(T
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N#1, /#$2
+orrect the
sentence.
THEY PLAY
BASEBALL.
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N#1, /#$2
+orrect the
sentence.
PLAY
BASEBALL.
TE/ N(T
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N#1, /#$2
+orrect the
sentence.
HE COOKS
BADLY.
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N#1, /#$2
+orrect the
sentence.
COOK BADLY.
E ESN(T
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N#1, /#$2
+orrect the
sentence.
SHE WAKES UP
AT 7 O’CLOCK.
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N#1, /#$2
+orrect the
sentence.
WAKE UP AT 7
O’CLOCK.
SE ESN(T
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INTERR#3TI"E !#RMLook at the chart.
PERS#NL PR#N#$N "ER%
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WEYOU
THEY
work?
work?
work?
work?
work?
work?work?
work?
$4ILIR/
ES
ES
ES
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E.g.:
%oes inda !ike so""er&
What do you do&
Where do they go to s"hoo!&
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSEfor routines
* #n the interrogative form, it&s ne'essary to use the
au(iliaries ) or )ES.
* )ES is used with the 3rd person singular and the
ver" remains in its "ase form.
* ) is used with #, $ou, We, %hey.
* %he au(iliaries always 'ome "efore the su"+e't.
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N#1, /#$2
WE-
W% %#0E
W%
WE1E
They ride a bike in the park. They do homework afterlunch.
She wakes up at 6 o’clock. Jim watches TV at 8 p.m.