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Present Simple

The document provides an overview of the present simple tense, including its form for positive, negative, and question sentences. It outlines spelling rules for nouns and verbs in the present simple, as well as its usage for facts, permanent situations, opinions, regular actions, and descriptions of films and books. Additionally, it explains the use of adverbs of frequency and time expressions in relation to the present simple tense.

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Present Simple

The document provides an overview of the present simple tense, including its form for positive, negative, and question sentences. It outlines spelling rules for nouns and verbs in the present simple, as well as its usage for facts, permanent situations, opinions, regular actions, and descriptions of films and books. Additionally, it explains the use of adverbs of frequency and time expressions in relation to the present simple tense.

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PRESENT SIMPLE

1. FORM

I live in London.
POSITIVE My sister lives in Madrid.
My parents live in Glasgow.

I do not live in an apartment.


NEGATIVE He does not live in a house.
We do not live in a block of flats.

Do you work in an office? No, I don’t.


QUESTIONS Does she work from home? Yes, she does.
Where do they work?

Q Remember that the verb is different after he, she and it:
Þ She lives near here.
Þ It eats a lot of meat.
r Where do he work?
aWhere does he work?
r He don’t like cities.
aHe doesn’t like cities.

Q We don’t add −s to the main verb in questions and negatives.


aWhere does he work?
2. SPELLING RULES OF NOUNS / VERBS + S

Plural nouns and present simple verbs after he / she / it

• Most nouns and verbs add −s:


Cat → Cats, House → Houses, Eat → Eats, Sleep → Sleeps

• Nouns and verbs ending in −ch, −s, −sh, −x, −o add −es:
Beach → Beaches, Bus → Buses, Dish → Dishes, Box → Boxes, Potato → Potatoes,
Teach → Teaches, Miss → Misses, Wash → Washes, Go → Goes

• Nouns and verbs that end in consonant + −y take away −y and add −ies:
City → Cities, Family → Families, Carry → Carries, Fly → Flies

• Nouns and verbs that end in vowel + −y add −s:


Holiday → Holidays, Key → Keys, Enjoy → Enjoys, Play → Plays

• Nouns that end in −f or −fe take away −f or −fe and add −ves:
Wife → Wives, Loaf → Loaves, Wolf → Wolves

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3. FACTS, PERMANENT SITUATIONS AND OPINIONS

We use the present simple:

o Water boils at 100°C and freezes at 0°C.


• FOR FACTS (THINGS THAT ARE o The sun doesn’t go round the earth.
ALWAYS TRUE) o Cows don’t eat meat.
o A red light means “Stop”.

o I don’t live in the city.


• FOR PERMANENT SITUATIONS
o He works on an oil rig.

• TO DESCRIBE OPINIONS AND o I think New York is exciting.


IDEAS o You don’t understand.

• TO DESCRIBE LIKES AND o My grandfather likes the countryside.


DISLIKES o I prefer the city.

4. REGULAR ACTIONS, HABITS AND ROUTINES

We use the present simple for things that are often repeated, or that happen regularly:
Þ He works there once a month.
Þ Do the children go out in the evenings?
Þ No, they watch TV.

To say how often the action happens, we use:

• ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY. They go after be or before a main verb:


Þ Angelo is often late for work.
Þ He always climbs to the top.
Þ Do you drive to work? Not really, we usually use public transport. We rarely drive.

• OTHER TIME EXPRESSIONS. They usually go at the end of the sentence:


Þ Do you come to the studio every day? I go on once a year.
Þ We go to our grandparents’ for lunch on Sundays.

These can also go at the beginning, for more emphasis:


Þ Every morning, I start work at 8.30.

5. DESCRIBING FILMS, PLAYS AND BOOKS

We usually use the present simple when we describe what happens in a film, play or
book:
Þ The story takes place in the United States. The main character works on a farm…

When a sport game is described live on TV, the present simple is often used for quick
actions:
Þ Gigg passes to Rooney. Rooney shots – he scores!

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