Simple present

Simple present

Miss Iliana Portillo

The "simple present" is used:

To express habits and routines, general facts, repeated actions or situations, emotions and permanent desires:

I smoke (habit); I work in London (permanence); London is a large city (general fact)

To give instructions or directions:

You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.

To talk about programmed, present or future events:

Your exam starts at 09.00.

To refer to the future, behind some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until:

He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.

Multiple Choice

Which is correct...

• I work in London

• I works in London

Watch out! The "simple present" is not used to talk about what is happening at the moment.

Examples

• Habits and routines: 

  He drinks tea at breakfast.

  She only eats fish.

  They watch television regularly.

• Repeated events and actions:

  We catch the bus every morning.

  It rains every afternoon in the hot season.

  They drive to Monaco every summer. 

Examples

• General facts:

  Water freezes at zero degrees.

  The Earth revolves around the Sun.

  Her mother is Peruvian.

• Instructions:

  Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.

  You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.

Examples

• Scheduled events:

  His mother arrives tomorrow.

  Our holiday starts on the 26th March

• Future-oriented structures:

  She'll see you before she leaves.

  We'll give it to her when she arrives.

Notes on the third person singular of the "simple present

In the third person singular, the verb always ends in -s:

he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.

For the negative and interrogative forms, we use DOES (= third person of the auxiliary 'DO') + the infinitive of the verb.

He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.

Verbs ending in -y : in the third person singular, the -y is replaced by -ies:

fly --> flies, cry --> cries

Exception: when a vowel precedes the -y:

play --> plays, pray --> prays

We add -es to the verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch:

he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes

Examples

He goes to school every morning.

She understands English.

It mixes the sand and the water.

He tries very hard.

She enjoys playing the piano.

Multiple Choice

_{Does Louisa wake up at seven in the morning?}

• No, she doesn´t. She wake ups at eight.
• No, she doesn´t. She wakes up at eight.

Multiple Choice

Does he climb a tree?

• Yes, he does
• No, he doesn´t
• No. he don´t
• Yes, he do

Multiple Choice

How do you say " SIEMPRE"  in English?

• Always
• Forever
• Usually
• Often

Multiple Choice

Which verb is this?

• Sing
• Singers

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct.

• He doesn´t like to play the guitar.
• He loves playing the guitar.

Multiple Choice

Which verb is this?

• Drink
• Take

Multiple Choice

Kate ________ vegetables every day.

• does eat
• is eat
• eat
• eats

Multiple Choice

Josh and Philip ___________ books.

• doesn't read
• don't read
• don't reads
• not read

Multiple Choice

My mother __________ the house on Sunday.

• doesn't clean
• not cleans
• don't clean
• doesn't cleans

Multiple Choice

The boys ______ in the garden.

• do play
• are play
• play
• plays

Multiple Choice

Mark ___________ his car.

• wash
• washs
• washes
• does wash

Multiple Choice

The students __________ very hard.

• works
• work
• do work
• are work

Multiple Choice

Ann __________ milk.

• doesn't drink
• don't drink
• doesn't drinks
• don't drinks

Multiple Choice

My parents___________ TV.

• aren't watch

• doesn't watch

• not watch

• don't watch

Multiple Choice

The dogs ________ in the garden.

• do sleep

• sleeps

• sleep

• are sleep

Multiple Choice

My friend _________ English and Math.

• study
• studies
• does study
• is study