Present Simple Simpson

The Present Simple

with THE SIMPSONS by Pepa Mut

When do we use the
Present Simple?

Homer works at the factory in Springfield.

We use the Present

Simple to talk
about:

-things that are

always true

-permanent states

-regular habits or

routines

Homer likes eating doughnuts.

We use the Present

Simple with stative
verbs:

-love, like, hate, prefer...

-feel, smell, taste, hear, …

-think, consider, agree,

believe,...

-have, own, belong to

-cost, weigh, measure...

Frequency adverbs

They are placed between the subject and

the verb:

Marge usually does the shopping on

Saturdays.

Lisa sometimes plays the saxophone at

home.

Maggie always goes to bed at nine.

But after “to be”:

He'snever late.

Longer time expressions can either go at

the beginning or at the end:

Patty and Selma love watching old movies

in the evening.

Negative sentences

Moe's Tavern doesn't

usually close.

Mr Burns doesn't like

spending money.

Willie, the janitor, doesn't

like Bart's pranks.

Carl and Lenny don't talk

much at work.

Questions

Does Milhouse like playing with Bart? Yes, he does.

Where does Ned Flanders live? He lives...

Does the Chief of Police catch all the criminals?

Do children like Crusty the Clown?
What do the kids think of Otto?

Affirmative

Negative

Questions

I speak
You speak
He speaks
She speaks
It speaks
We speak
You speak
They speak

*spelling: goes, does,
misses, watches,
washes, studies,flies,
but: plays, stays

I don't speak
You don't speak
He doesn't speak
She doesn't speak
It doesn't speak
We don't speak
You don't speak
They don't speak

Do I speak?
Do you speak?
Does he speak?
Does she speak?
Does it speak?
Do we speak?
Do you speak?
Do they speak?

Short answers:
Yes, I do
No, I don't
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn't

Third person singular spelling:

He, she, it + verb-s: Smithers works for Mr. Burns.

-Verbs ending in ss, x, sh, ch, o add -es

Miss

misses

Fix

fixes

Wash washes

Watch watches

Do

does

-Verbs ending in consonant + y change to:-ies

Cry

cries

To be continued...