2. • We use simple present tense to talk
about things in general.
Ex:
Nurses look after the patients in
hospitals.
Children like ice-cream
3. • We use it to say that something
happens repeatedly or for habitual
actions or daily activities
Example:
I usually go to the market at weekends.
Paul wakes up at 5 in the morning.
4. • We use it to say that something is
true in general.
Ex.
The earth goes around the sun.
10. Negative sentences
• We use do/does to make negative
sentences.
• Ex: I don’t go to the market in the
evening.
• Sally doesn’t take sugar in her coffee.
(She).
14. More examples:
More examples
I gogo to schoolevery day.
to school every day.
I
She speaks English fluently.
She speaks English fluently.
The sun rises in the east. (It)
The sun rises in the east. (It)
Paper burns easily. (It)
Paper burns easily. (It)
Water boils at 100 degrees celcius.(It)
Water boils at 100 degrees celcius. (It)
MyMy parents workin a hospital(They)
parents work in a hospital (They)
15. Points to remember
• Remember that we say
I work, but he works.
They teach but my sister (She)
teaches.
We sing but Rihanna (She) sings.
• Don’t forget the –s in 3rd person singular
(e.g., he, she, it, Peter, Jane, My father,
etc)