PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

PRESENT SIMPLE

TENSE

FORM

TO BE

AFFIRMATIVE: S+ AM/IS/ARE+ PREDICATE...

EX: SHE IS MY MOTHER

I AM A STUDENT

FORM

TO BE

NEGATIVE: S+AM/IS/ARE+ NOT+ PREDICATE...

EX: IT IS NOT A CAT

YOU ARE NOT A STUDENT

FORM

TO BE

INTERROGATIVE: AM/IS/ARE+ S+ PREDICATE?

EX: ARE YOU A STUDENT?

IS HE IN THE ROOM?

FORM

VERBS

AFFIRMATIVE: S+ VERB+ OBJECT...

EX: I LIKE TEA

SHE LIKES CANDY

FORM

VERBS

NEGATIVE: S+DON'T/ DOESN'T+ VERB+ OBJECT...

EX: I DON'T LIKE TEA

SHE DOESN'T LIKE CANDY

FORM

VERBS

INTERROGATIVE: DO/DOES+ VERB+ OBJECT?

EX: DO YOU LIKE TEA?

DOES SHE LIKE CANDY?

USE IT FOR...

• FACTS

• HABITUAL ACTIONS

• THINGS THAT DON'T CHANGE

• DESCRIBING YOURSELF

SIGNAL WORDS

• ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY LIKE:

• OFTEN

• USUALLY

• SOMETIMES

• NEVER