A2.1 Unit 2 Evolve Simple present

Work and study

Simple present for habits and routines.

​When do you use the simple present tense?

• For habits

• For routines

• Permanent or habitual

• Permanent or habitual

CONJUGATION

He / She / it (or equivalent: Pedro, Ana, phone) {3rd person SINGULAR}

add -s, -es, or -ies.

e.g. - Ana works at an office.

• Pedro watches YouTube art videos every day. (s/sh/ch sound).

• Biology studies life. (consonant + y)

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

Use an auxiliary (don't or doesn't)

e.g.

• I don't like trap music. (I, you, we, they: don't)

• She doesn't like pop music. (he, she, it: doesn't)

Don't add -s, -es, or -ies when using doesn't.

QUESTIONS

Use an auxiliary (do / does) for a question:

Do you speak French? (I, you, we, they: Do)

Does she speak French? (He, she, it: Does)

Don't add -s, -es, or -ies when using does.

Put "do" or "does" after the WH- question word:

Where do you live?

Why does Ana have to go now?

Adverbs of frequency

​After the verb to be / Before the other verbs

e.g.

• Jimmy is always late.

• Sandra usually cooks for herself rather than eating at restaurants.

• It's good to do exercise sometimes. ("Sometimes" can go at the beginning or at the end of the sentence, or before the verb.)

• Use "do" to emphasise the action.

• Use "make" to emphasise the result.

• Do (more intellectual)

• Make (use of the hands)

• Do (performing, acting)

• Make (converting, transforming)

• Check the collocations with do and make.

MAKE AND DO

THE PRONOUN "ONE" / "ONES"

​After demonstrative pronouns:

I like this speaker, but the other one is more beautiful.

Use one/ones to make the sentence more specific or to emphasise when you are talking about a particular thing/things.

All the rules are important, but these ones are the most important ones.