Grammar explanation Sentence construction in the Present Simple Tense affirmative sentence negative sentence I play volleyball.. He plays He does not doesn’t interrogative sentences Do I
Trang 1Grammar explanation Sentence construction in the Present Simple Tense
affirmative sentence negative sentence
I
play volleyball.
football.
basketball.
the piano.
the drums.
I
do not don’t
play
volleyball football basketball the piano the drums.
He
plays
He
does not doesn’t
interrogative sentences Do
I
play
do
I
play
Doe
s
does
he
play
the piano?
Rules of forming the 3rd person singular:
The verbs in the 3rd person singular get –s ending There are some spelling rules you have to learn.
1) Y changes into –i in the end of the verbs if there is a consonant before
it.
e.g.: try tries
2) If the verb ends with –ss, -sh, -ch, -o or –x , it gets –es ending in 3rd person singular
e.g : wishes, mixes, matches, watches, misses, goes, does
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Trang 2The use of the Present Simple Tense:
1) We use Present Simple if we want to express a repeated action These times
we use the signal words mentioned above
E.g.: I always get up at 6 o’clock
2) We use Present Simple if we want to say a general information or natural law E.g.: The Earth moves round the Sun
3) We use Present Simple if the action is the person’s characteristic
E.g.: The Simpson’s eat a lot
4) We use Present Simple if we ask someone about his/her provenance
E.g.: Where are you from? I’m from Hungary
5) We use Present Simple if we can’t put the verb into the Present Continuous E.g.: Sam wants to eat now I love you I believe in miracle
6) We use Present Simple in zero and first conditional sentences
E.g.: If the sun shines, it is warmer If you visit me, I will be happy
7) We use Present Simple if we say a fixed arrangement or a scheduled event, programme in the future
E.g.: The bus starts at half past 6 tomorrow
8) We use Present Simple in a narration
E.g.: The Stuarts go on holiday They go by car They like travelling They pack their luggage, and then they prepare some sandwiches …
9) We use Present Simple if we want to introduce reported speech in the
present
E.g.: Tim asks Mary if she marries him
10)We use Present Simple in a time-clause sentence to express a future action after when, before, after, as soon as, until, till, by the time …
E.g.: When the children arrive home, they will have dinner
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Signal words:
every day, week, every month, every year usually
never generally
often sometimes
on Mondays … in the mornings …