English Present simple

English

Present simple

What do you know about present simple?

How do we make it in Lithuanian?

The formation of present simple

Affirmative

What do you know about affirmative( positive) sentences?

Positive sentences

Singular

I go, fly, read, shout

You go, fly, read, shout

She/ he/ it goes, flies, reads, shouts

Plural

We

You

They

Spelling rules

• -s, -ss,- sh, ch, -x + -es match - matches,wash-washes

• consonat +y (-by,- ry, -sy,-vy )+ es = hurry - hurries, study - studies, apply- applies

• do -does, go- goes

• y does not change if the word ends in a vowel + y ( -ay,-ey,- oy, uy):Play - plays, enjoy- enjoys, buy-buys

Negative sentences

We use do not- don't

does not -doesn't

To make negative sentences

May you give your own examples: what you or your family do not do/ does not do:)

Questions

May I check if we make questions with auxiliary verbs? What are the verbs?

Auxiliary verbs

• do : Do you go to school every day? Yes, I do. No, I don't.

• does : Does he eat cupcakes every evening? Yes, he does. No, he doesn't.

• How about your own examples?

Uses of present simple

• habits and routines : I do my morning exercises every morning.

• true Statements and facts: The Sun rises in the East

• As future ( tiime tables, schedules, programmes at cinemas): The train to Vilnius leaves at 5 p.m. What time does the film begin? It' s Wednesday tomorrow.

• State verbs (like, love, hate)

• zero conditionals (If it rains, I take an umbrella ( facts and fact situations)

• 1st conditionals- if + present tense, then + future: If it rains, I will come home.

• after adverbs of time: when, after, untill, as soon as, before ( when he arrives, I will be waiting for him)

Present simple examples

How about your own sentences:)

Trigger words

• always

• often

• usually

• sometimes

• seldom

• every (day, week, summer......)

• rarely

Some other cases to use present simple

• I promise/ suggest/ appologise/ advise/ insist/ agree/ refuse/ recommend: It' s a nice day. I suggest we go for a walk. I won't tell anubody what you said. I promise.

• see, hear, smell, taste: we normally use present simple with these verbs not continuous:

• Do you see that man over there? This room smells.

• We use can +see/hear/smell/taste: Listen! Can you hear something?

• You can use the present simple or continuous when you say how somebody looks or feels now: You look well today. or You are looking well. BUT! I usually feel tired in the morning.

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