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Simple Present With “Have got”

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I, You, we, they have  got two children

He, she, it has  got two children

-I, You, we, they have not (haven’t)  got two children

He, she, it has not (hasn’t)  got two children

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Have I, you, we, they  got two children?

Has he, she, it  got two children?

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Simple Present With Verb

subject auxiliary verb main verb Others

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I, you, we, they, plural N   V-infinitive

He, she, it, singular N; 

-I, you, we, they, plural N do not 

(don’t) V-infinitive

He, she, it, singular N; 

(doesn’t) V-infinitive

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Do I, you, we, they, 

plural N   V-infinitive

Does He, she, it, 

singular N; UNC   V-infinitive

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SPELLING

• Verbs ending in -s, -ss, -x, -ch, -sh or verbs ending in -o 

preceded by a consonant, add -es to the infinitive.

Examples:

I watch - he watches

I pass - he passes

I go - he goes

I do - he does

• Verbs ending in -y

• verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel (a, e, i, o, u): Add -s.

Example: 

I play - he plays

• verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant: Change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'.

Example: 

I hurry - he hurries

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LOGO Use of Simple Present

1) Repeated actions: The action can be a habit,

a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens

Eg: My friend often draws nice posters

I never drink milk.

She is always late for school.

      When does the train usually leave? 

2) Things in general

Eg: The sun rises in the East

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Use of Simple Present

3) fixed arrangements, scheduled events (e.g timetable)

• The plane flies to London every Monday.

4) actions in the present - one follows after the other (first

- then, after that)

• First I get up, then I have breakfast.

5) after special verbs, which are normally not used with the Present Progressive (These verbs express states, possessions, feelings etc.)

be, believe, belong, hate, hear, like, love, mean, prefer, realize, see, seem, smell, think, understand, want, wish…

• I understand English.

He doesn't like fish

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Adverbs of frequency :

Always Often Usually Sometimes Seldom Rarely Never

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Other phrases of time can occur, like :

every day every week every year

on Mondays after school 

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A) Negate the sentences.

B) Which sentences/questions are correct?

1) In which sentence is the Simple Present used correctly?

Andrew wash the dishes

Andrew washs the dishes. 

2) Which question is in the Simple Present?

Do she work in an office? 

Do she works in an office? 

Does she work in an office?

Work she in an office?

Works she in an office? 

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C) Form questions.

Example: where / they / to have / breakfast

Where do they have breakfast?

D) Fill in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.

Example: He never writes a letter.

1) Jill  has two children. (to have)

E) Fill in the correct verb forms.

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