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• Adverb of frequency: - Use between subject and verb.. Use 1: Repeated Actions• Express the idea that an action is repeated or usual.. Express perceptions, feelings, states and emotions

PRESENT SIMPLE

Group 1 English 10 grade

• This is the tense which is used the most in life.

• This tense has only one word

E.g: She goes to school.

• Signal word: every (e.g: every morning, every month, every year, )

• Adverb of frequency:

- Use between subject and verb

- Eg: I always get up at six o’clock

He never goes to library

always 100%

usually 80%

oftens 60%

sometimes 30%

rarely 10%

never 0%

Uses

Use 1: Repeated Actions

• 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 can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do Express perceptions, feelings, states and

emotions in the present

• Eg: I play tennis.

She does not play tennis.

Does he play tennis?

Use 2: Fact or Generalizations

• The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future It is not important if the speaker is correct

about the fact It is also used to make generalizations

about people or things And it is used to describe the rule, definition

• Eg: Cats like milk.

Birds do not like milk.

Do pigs like milk?

Use 3: Scheduled Events in

the Near Future

• Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about

scheduled events in the near future This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well

• Eg: The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.

The bus does not arrive at 12 AM, it arrives at 12 PM When do we board the plane?

Use 4: Now (Non – Continuous Verbs)

• Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now This can only be done with Non-Continuous Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs

• Eg: I am here now.

She is not here now.

Do you have your passport with you?

A) Affirmative form

I/ you/ we/ they + verb (bare-inf)

He/ she/ it + verb –s/es

- Verb (bare-inf) in first and second person

- Verb –s/es in third person (+es after verb has last word is

o, sh, x, z, ch, s, )

- Eg: You speak English.

She washes dishes.

B) Negative form

• Tobe verb

I + am not

You/ we/ they + are not

He/ she/ it + is not

Eg: I’m not in there now

She isn’t a nurse.

• Regular verb

- Use the auxiliary verb don’t/ doesn’t

I/ you/ we/ they + don’t + verb (bare-inf.) He/ she/ it + doesn’t + verb (bare-inf.) Eg: They don’t live far away.

He doesn’t like baseball.

C) Interrogative form

• Tobe

- Put is/ are at the beginning of the sentence.

Are + You/ we/ they .?

Is + He/ she/ it .?

Eg: Are you a new student?

Is he a doctor?

• Regular verb

- Put do /does at the beginning of the sentence

Do + You/ we/ they + verb (bare-inf.) ? Does + He/ she/ it + verb (bare-inf.) ? Eg: Do they study English well?

Does she live here?

• She/ he/ it: add “s” to the verb

• Verbs ending in ch, sh, o, x, z, s, e.g teach, wash, go, Add

“es” to the verb after he/ she/ it.

• Verbs ending in consonant + y, e.g cry, study, carry,

Change y -> i and add “es” to the verb after he/ she/ it.

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