Simple Present

Simple Present

How we use the simple present​

​It is used when we talk about something that happens generally or that happens every day in the present. If you see the key words: usually, frequently, often, everyday and all the time, your verb will be in the simple present.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is in the simple present?

• I walked my dog yesterday.

• I walk my dog every day.

• I will walk my dog tomorrow.

• I am walking my dog right now.

Time Frame

​It is used when we talk about something that happens generally or that happens every day in the present. If you see the key words: usually, frequently, often, everyday and all the time, your verb will be in the simple present.

​How we conjugated it

Multiple Choice

What verb is NOT conjugated in the simple present?

• He plays

• It starts

• He sings

• She drink

​How to turn the simple present into a question

Add the auxiliairy DO or DOES (for the 3rd person singular) at the beginning of the sentence. The verb is in the base form (Packman to the S in the 3rd person singular).

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​Ex: I walk my dog.

​Do I walk my dog?

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​Ex: She walks her dog.

​Does she walk her dog?

Multiple Choice

How to you turn this sentence into a question?: He plays soccer.

• Do he play soccer?

• Does he plays soccer?

• Does he play soccer?

• Do he plays soccer?

​How to turn the simple present into a negative sentence

Add the auxiliairy DO NOT (don't) or DOES NOT (doesn't) before the verb. The verb is in the base form. The verb is in the base form (Packman to the S in the 3rd person singular).

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​Ex: I do not walk my dog.

​She does not walk her dog.

Multiple Select

Which sentences (2) are in the correct negative form of the simple present?

• He does not like chocolat.

• I do not play guitar.

• He do not like chocolat.

• I does not play guitar.

​Exceptions

​with the 3rd person singular

​Exception #1

​Verbs that end in «Y» and that the letter before is a consonant, you change the «Y» for «IES».

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​Ex: To try = He tries

​To cry = He cries

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To buy = He buys (the letter before is a vowel)

Multiple Choice

Which verb fits with excerption #1?

• To dry = it dries

• To play = it plaies

• To spy = it spys 

• To try = it trys

​Exception #2

Verbs that end in «SH, CH, ​S, Z, X, O» add «ES» at the end of the verb.

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​Ex: To wash = She washes

​To coach = She coaches

​To pass = She passes

​To fix = She fixes

​To go = She goes

Multiple Choice

What verb fits with exception #2?

• It fixs

• It gos

• It kisses

• It washs

Recap​

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Time to test your knowledge!!!!​

​Good luck!