Present Simple Tense
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P P RESENT RESENT S S IMPLE IMPLE T T ENSE ENSE RULES WE USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE WHEN THE ACTION IS: - repeated (habitual) or happens all the time (permanent) - always true (facts) - scheduled (timetables) + opinions, instructions, commentaries… FORMS + AFFIRMATIVE - NEGATIVE ? INTERROGATIVE I GO I DON'T GO DO I GO You You you We to work. We to work. we to work? The y dancing. The y dancing. the y dancing? He GOES for a walk. He DOESN'T GO for a walk. DOES he for a walk? She She she It It it WH- QUESTIONS DO I GO you WHERE we to work? - the y dancing? HOW OFTEN DOES he for a walk? she it SHORT ANSWERS YES , I DO . YES , he DOES. NO, I DON'T. NO, he DOESN'T. you sh e you sh e we it we it the y the y NOTE: verbs in the 3 rd person singular get an –(e)s ending KEY WORDS ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY never rarely not often sometimes often usually every day always NOTE: adverbs of frequency usually go before verbs, after auxiliary verbs, and after the verb ‘to be’
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PPRESENTRESENT S SIMPLEIMPLE T TENSEENSE
RULESWE USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE WHEN THE ACTION IS:
- repeated (habitual) or happens all the time (permanent)- always true (facts)- scheduled (timetables)+ opinions, instructions, commentaries…
FORMS+ AFFIRMATIVE - NEGATIVE ? INTERROGATIVE
I
GO
I
DON'T GO
DO
I
GO
You You youWe to work. We to work. we to work?The
y dancing. They dancing. the
y dancing?He
GOES
for a walk. HeDOESN'T
GO
for a walk.DOES
he for a walk?She She sheIt It it
WH- QUESTIONS
DO
I
GO
youWHERE we to work?
- they dancing?
HOW OFTENDOES
he for a walk?sheit
SHORT ANSWERS
YES,
I
DO.
YES,he
DOES. NO,
I
DON'T.NO,
heDOESN'T.you sh
e you she
we it we itthey
they
NOTE: verbs in the 3rd person singular get an –(e)s ending
KEY WORDS ADVERBS OF FREQUENCYnever rarely not often sometimes often usually every day alwaysNOTE: adverbs of frequency usually go before verbs, after auxiliary verbs, and after the verb ‘to be’
STATE (NON-PROGRESSIVE) VERBS(dis)agree, appear, be, believe, belong, consist, contain, depend, enjoy, feel, hate, have, hear, imagine, know, (dis)like, look, love, matter, mean, mind, need, owe, own, please, prefer, promise, realize, recognise, remember, see, seem, smell, sound, suppose, taste, think, understand, want, weigh, wish…NOTE: some verbs can be both state and action verbs (but some of them can have different meanings)
