REALLY GREAT SCHOOL
PRESENT SIMPLE
LESSON 04
HOW WE USE IT?
1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.
I take the train to the office.
The train to Berlin leaves every hour.
John sleeps eight hours every night during the week.
2. For facts.
The President of The USA lives in The White House.
A dog has four legs.
We come from Switzerland.
HOW WE USE IT?
3. For habits.
I get up early every day.
Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.
They travel to their country house every weekend.
4. For things that are always / generally true
It rains a lot in winter.
The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.
They speak English at work.
STRUCTURE
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT.
Nancy and James speak good German.
Nancy works in a restaurant downtown.
The children play in the garden every weekend.
STRUCTURE
NEGATIVE FORM
SUBJECT + DO/DOES + NOT +VERB + COMPLEMENT.
I don't speak German.
She doesn't work in a restaurant downtown
I don't enjoy doing the chores.
We don't play the piano as well as he does.
DO OR DOES?
(HACER)
I
HE
YOU
SHE
WE
IT
THEY
I
YOU
WE
THEY
HE
SHE
IT
STRUCTURE
INTERROGATIVE FORM
DO/ DOES + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT?
Do you need a dictionary?
Does Mary need a dictionary?
Do we have a meeting now?
Does it rain a lot in winter?
Do they want to go to the party?
Does he like pizza?
3TH
PERSON RULES
VE R B C O N J U G A S I O N
FORM e (without the
using the base form of the infinitiv
We form the present tense
TO).
we add 'S' in the third person.
In general, in the third person
For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, - For verbs that end in a consonant +
SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.
person.
go – goes marry – marries
catch – catches
study – studies
wash – washes
carry – carries
kiss – kisses
fix – fixes worry – worries
buzz – buzzes
TRUE
vowel + Y, we just
erbs that end in a
NOTE: For v
add -S.
play – plays
enjoy – enjoys
say – says
TIME TO PRACTICE
EXERCISE 01: AFFIRMATIVE FORM
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Langu
age_(ESL)/Present_Simple/Present_Simple_Positive_-
_Affirmative_oi2024467um
EXERCISE 02: P. S. 3TH PERSON
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/16818190/english/present-simple-3rd-
person
VIDEO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9QluYxyV00
Juego: https://dashboard.blooket.com/set/6173ae61a98a160066d15a5e
EXAM
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksh
eets/en/English_as_a_Second_Langua
ge_(ESL)/Present_Simple/Present_Sim
ple_Tense_qh2408749jn