Simple present tense- Unit 5

Simple present tense
unit 5

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what is simple present?

Present Tense is one of the forms of verb tenses. It simply describes the actions, truths (facts), future and situations. It is very easy to form and uses base form of the verb.

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It is a verb tense.  A ‘verb’ is an action word.  The ‘tense’ is the time of the action.  The ‘present’ is now. It shows how the past is connected to the present/now. The verb that used for simple present tense is verb 1.

• I play football every weekend

• The school opens every morning at 7 am

• She always forgets her English book

​​Regular Habits or
Daily Activities

• cats like milk

• the world is round

• The average person breathes 21,600 times a day.

Facts or General Truth

To express scheduled
events

• the bus leaves tonight at 6 PM

• the party starts at 9 0'clock

• the school opens at 7 am

Subject Pronouns

​Before we go to the formulas, do you know subject pronouns in are English?
Please try the game below! 

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Subject Pronouns

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Subject Pronouns - Group sort

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Nominal:

- I am a student.

- She is in the classroom.

• (+) Nominal Sentence (S + am/is/are + complement)

• (+) Verbal Sentence (S + V1 (-s/-es-ies) + complement)

​Formulas (+)

Forms of Simple Present Tense

​Example:

Verbal:

- The students go to school by bus.

- The school bus leaves at 7 o'clock every morning.

• (-) Nominal Sentence (S + am/is/are + NOT + complement)

• (-) Verbal Sentence (S + do/does + NOT + V1 + complement)

​Formulas (-)

Forms of Simple Present Tense

​Example:

Verbal:

- The students do not go to school by bus.

- The school bus does not leave at 7 o'clock every morning.

Nominal:

- I am not a student.

- She is not in the classroom.

• (?) Nominal Sentence ( am/is/are + S + complement ? )

• (?) Verbal Sentence ( Do/Does + S + V1 + complement ? )

• WH-Question Word + Do/Does + S + V1 + Complement ?

​Formulas (?)

Forms of Simple Present Tense

​Example:

Verbal:
- Do the students go to school by bus?

- Does the school bu leave at 7 o'clock every morning?

- What time does the school bus leave every morning?

Nominal:

- Are you a student?

- Is she in the classroom?

- Why is she in the classroom?

exercise time!
make a sentence from each subject
(+) (-) (?)
but before that you should choose the number

exercise simple present - Open the box

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Multiple Choice

_____ he a doctor?

• Is

• Are

• Do

• Does

Multiple Choice

A fish ______ in the water.

• live

• lives

• doesn't live

• don't live

Multiple Choice

Why _____ you angry?

• is

• are

• do

• does

Multiple Choice

A: How ______ the students do to school?

B: They go to school on foot.

• is

• are

• do

• does

Simple Present Tense - Quiz

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simple present tense - Quiz

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Simple present Tense - Match up

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so, after this study
what do you get about simple present?