Simple Present Lesson

​The SIMPLE PRESENT in a nutshell

How much you remember about basic concepts of the SIMPLE PRESENT? Let's see​

How we use the simple present​

​It is used when we talk about something that happens generally or that happens frequently 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

The SIMPLE PRESENT is used for talking about

• GENERAL truths

• ROUTINE actions

• BOTH are correct

Use the simple present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a general truth, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens.​

The use​

Multiple Choice

The use of auxiliaries DO/DOES is obligatory to make affirmative ideas

​The use of auxiliaries DO/DOES is only for negative statements and questions.

aUXILIARIES​

​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 does not likes chocolat.

• I does not play guitar.

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence CORRECT or INCORRECT?

Amanda studyes English every day in an academy

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

Multiple Choice

What verb is NOT conjugated in the simple present?

• He plays

• It starts

• He sings

• She drink

​How we conjugated it

The

STRUCTURE​

​SUBJECT

VERB

COMPLEMENT

​SUBJECT

VERB

COMPLEMENT

​AUX

​NOT

​SUBJECT

VERB

COMPLEMENT

​AUX

QUESTION​

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.

Multiple Choice

What happens to the verb in affirmative sentences I/WE/YOU/THEY?

• We add -S/-ES/-IES to the verb

• We use auxiliary DOES

• Nothing happens

​The verb for these pronouns (I, WE, YOU and THEY) do not change at all. Only the 3rd person singular (HE, SHE, and IT) changes in the affirmative form.

The 3RD PERSON​

​RULES

​with the 3rd person singular

​Rule 1: For most verbs, we add -s to the base form to make the third person singular (she, he, it) form.

• to want - wants

• to sit - sits

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Rule 2: When the verb ends in ss, -sh, ch, -x or -zz, we add -es.

• to pass - passes

• to wash - washes

• to watch - watches

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The -s/-es/-ies​

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Rule 3: When the verb ends in -o, we add -es.

• to go - goes

• to do - does​

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Rule 4: When the verb ends in "a vowel + y" we only add "s"

• to play - plays

• to pay - pays

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The -s/-es/-ies​

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Rule 5: When the verb ends in "a consonant + y" we change "y" to "i" and add -es.

• to study - studies

• to hurry - hurries

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Rule 6: Irregular verbs change completely

• to be - am is are

• to have - has

The -s/-es/-ies​

​Remember

​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 is well conjugated?

• To dry = it dries

• To play = it plaies

• To spy = it spys 

• To try = it trys

​Remember

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

Which verb is well conjugated?

• It fixs

• It gos

• It kisses

• It washs

​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

The structure of a QUESTION in simple present is...

• AUX. + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT

• SUBJECT + AUX. + VERB + COMPLEMENT

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?

​This question words makes reference to how many times an activity is excuted in a period of time.

HOW OFTEN

Multiple Choice

The question word HOW OFTEN makes reference to...

• The place of an action

• The frequency of an action

• The person who excutes the action

the frequency adverbs

Multiple Choice

Which of these words is not a frequency adverb?

• ALWAYS

• NEVER

• OFTEN

• HARDLY EVER

• All are frequency adverbs

the order

of adverbs​

​SUBJECT + ADVERB + MAIN VERB
​Lucia quickly answers the questions.

​SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + ADVERB
​My brothers are simply not good at math.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of these elements?

SOMETIMES/ATTEND/STUDENTS/SOME/LATE/CLASS/FOR

• Some students attend sometimes late for class

• Sometimes students attend for class some

• Some students sometimes attend late for class

• Some attend for class sometimes late

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.

PREPOSTIONS OF TIME

Multiple Choice

Where's the mistake in the following sentence?

Sam and Mary do exercise the Mondays at 6 in the morning

• DO EXERCISE

• THE MONDAYS

• AT 6

• IN THE MORNING

TELLING THE TIME

Multiple Choice

When telling the time the words we can use are...

• PAST

• TO

• Both PAST and TO

• Neither PAST nor TO

Time to test your knowledge!!!!​

​Good luck!