Simple Tenses

Simple tenses

by Lisa Ospina

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Poll

In this situation do we use simple present

• Situation in this moment

• hobbies or routines

• things that happen in the future

• events that start in the past and still happen in the present

​Simple present

• ​Express facts

• ​Statements of truth

• ​Habit

• ​Hobbies

• ​Routines

• ​Instruction

• ​Tell jokes

​Examples

• ​He drinks tea at breakfast

• ​We catch the bus every morning.

• ​It rains every afternoon in the hot season.

• ​Water freezes at zero degrees.

• ​Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.

• ​They watch television regularly.

Open Ended

Write 3 situation you can use the simple present 

Multiple Choice

Which is the auxiliary for verb to be in the SIMPLE PRESENT

• DO/DOES

• DID

• ARE/IS/AM

• WAS/WERE

Multiple Choice

What are the rules for the 3rd person in the SIMPLE PRESENT?

• you add a sh,x,ss,o

• you have to change the last part for a d

• there are 3 rules:

  -verbs ending ss, x , sh , o , ch

  -change the y FOR ies 

  -add an s with most verbs 

Open Ended

Write 3 examples in simple present using different subjects