Present

Simple
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lesson!
 What is Present Simple?
Present Simple is the most basic time in English Grammar.

It refers to the present.

It is used in everyday situations.

Anna likes going shopping.

They visit their grandparents every Sunday.
Dou you go to school every day?
 Usage:
For habits:
For facts: I get up early every day.
The President of The USA lives in The White House. Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.
A dog has four legs.

For repeated or regular For things that are always /

actions: generally true.
The train to Berlin leaves every hour. The water boils at 100 degrees.
John sleeps eight hours every night during the week. The sun is hotter than the moon.
 01
Affirmative
sentences
 Structure
We form the present tense using
the base form of the infinitive (without the
TO).
In general, in the third person
we add 'S' in the third person.

Subject Verb Rest of the

sentence
I, you, we, they Speak/learn English.

He, she, it Speaks/learns English

The spelling of the verb in
the third person differs 1. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -
depending on the ending of X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person.
that verb: go – goes
catch – catches
wash – washes
kiss – kisses
fix – fixes
buzz – buzzes
2. For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we
remove the Y and add -IES.
marry – marries
study – studies
carry – carries
worry – worries
 Note:

For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we

just add -S.
play – plays
enjoy – enjoys
say – says
Make the present simple sentences
1. (he / drive to work every day) Book
Title
. P5
2. (I / think you're right) 2

3. (I / eat cereal in the morning)

4. (you / watch a lot of TV)
5.(he / read the newspaper / every evening)
6. (she / catch a cold every winter)
7. (we / take the bus often)
8. (she / know a lot about cooking)
9. (we / make dinner at the weekends)
10. (they / find London's weather cold)
 02
Negative
sentences
Structure:
Affirmative: You speak French.
Negative: You don't speak French.
To make a negative sentence in
English we normally use
Don't or Doesn't with all Subject Don’t/ Verb Rest
verbs EXCEPT To doesn’t
Be and Modal verbs (can, I, you, we, don’t eat cereal.
they
might, should etc.).
He, she, it doesn’t eat cereal.
 Note:
When the subject is he, she or it, we
add doesn't between the subject and the verb to
make a negative sentence. Notice that the letter S at
the end of the verb in the affirmative sentence
(because it is in the third person) disappears in the
negative sentence.
Make negative sentences
1. (you / not / drink much tea)
2. (they / not / like vegetables)
3. (she / not / walk to school)
4. (he / not / say much)
5. (I / not / leave work on time very often)
6. (he / not / smoke)
7. (you / not / walk to the station every day)
8. (we / not / go out much)
9. (she / not / want to go to the cinema)
10. (they / not / work late on Fridays)
 03
Questions
 Structure s e Do or Doe
s
N'T u ve the
We DO tions that ha al
s
in que o Be or Mod t,
To make a question in English we verb T , must, migh
(can
normally use Do or Does. It has no translation in Verbs ould etc.)
sh
Ukrainian though it is essential to show we are
making a question.
It is normally put at the beginning of
the question.
Do/Does Subject Verb Rest

Do I, you, we, like coffee?

they
Does he, she, it like coffee?
 Note:
When the subject is he, she or it, we add DOES at
the beginning to make the affirmative sentence a
question. Notice that the letter S at the end of the
verb in the affirmative sentence (because it is in the
third person) disappears in the question.
 Make questions in Present Simple
1. (we / have enough time?)
2. (they / write e-mails every day?)
3. (she / dance often?)
4. (I / go out often?)
5. (you / speak English?)
6. (he / teach in a school?)
7. (they / wear suits to work?)
8. (you / understand the question?)
9. (she / meet her brother every week?)
10. (you / like going to restaurants?)
 04
WH- Questions
 To create a wh- question, we place an
Structure auxiliary or a modal verb after the wh-
question word and before a subject.

In the interr
ogative form
questions a , W h-
lways begin Wh-word Do/ Subject Verb Rest
of the wh- with one Does
question
words (inte
rrogative pr What do I, you, we, do every
which show o n o u n s ),
what kind o they day?
information f
is wanted. What does he, she, it do every
day?
 Note:
The wh- question words are:
When – коли
Where - де
Why - чому
Which - який
what – який/що
Whose - чий
Who - хто
whom - кого
How - як
Make questions with wh- in Present Simple
1. (where / I / come on Mondays?)
2. (what / you / do at the weekend?)
3. (how / he / travel to work?)
4. (what / you / buy in the supermarket?)
5. (how / he / carry such a heavy bag?)
6. (why / we / always get into trouble?)
7. (why / she / swim every morning?)
8. (what / Lucy / do at the weekends?)
9. (what / they / like to watch on TV?)
10. (what / we / need?)
T h an
k y ou
th e le for
sson!