PRESENT SIMPLE Mar Pérez Martínez

FORMATION AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE I play I do not / don’t play Do I play? You play You do not / don’t play Do you play? He plays He does not / doesn’t play Does he play? She plays She does not / doesn’t play Does she play? It plays It does not / doesn’t play Does it play? We play We do not / don’t play Do we play? You play You do not / don’t play Do you play? They play They do not / don’t play Do they play?

3rd person singular AFFIRMATIVE When you write the verb in third person singular you add an –s PLAY PLAY S READ READ S SPEAK SPEAK S In some cases you add –es Verbs ending in consonant + -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies: FLY FL IES CRY CR IES 2. Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch, -o: PASS PASS ES CATCH CATCH ES FIX FIX ES PUSH PUSH ES GO GO ES

When you write the verb in third person singular you add an –s

PLAY PLAY S

READ READ S

SPEAK SPEAK S

In some cases you add –es

Verbs ending in consonant + -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies: FLY FL IES

CRY CR IES

2. Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch, -o: PASS PASS ES

CATCH CATCH ES

FIX FIX ES

PUSH PUSH ES

GO GO ES

What’s the 3 rd person singular? 1. push 2. sneeze 3. glorify 4. annoy 5 . kiss 6. deny 7. marry push es sneeze s glorif ies annoy s kiss es den ies marr ies

1. push

2. sneeze

3. glorify

4. annoy

5 . kiss

6. deny

7. marry

push es

sneeze s

glorif ies

annoy s

kiss es

den ies

marr ies

3rd person singular NEGATIVE and INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE: We use the auxiliary verb DOES + NOT or DOESN’T “ She does not play the guitar” “ He doesn’t speak very much” INTERROGATIVE We use the auxiliary DOES before the subject “ Does she play the guitar?” “ Does he speak three languages?”

NEGATIVE:

We use the auxiliary verb DOES + NOT or DOESN’T

“ She does not play the guitar”

“ He doesn’t speak very much”

INTERROGATIVE

We use the auxiliary DOES before the subject

“ Does she play the guitar?”

“ Does he speak three languages?”

USES: We use the present simple in these cases: Habits (usually with frequency adverbs ) He usually plays baseball

We use the present simple in these cases:

Habits (usually with frequency adverbs )

He usually plays baseball

General truths “ The Earth revolves around the Sun”

General truths

“ The Earth revolves around the Sun”

Opinions, likes and feelings Opinions, likes and feelings “ I like skiing”

Opinions, likes and feelings

Opinions, likes and feelings

“ I like skiing”

TIME EXPRESSIONS FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS, OFTEN, GENERALLY, USUALLY, NORMALLY, SOMETIMES, NEVER. He usually dances Hip Hop OTHER TIME EXPRESSIONS : EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR, ON SUNDAYS, AT THE WEEKENDS ETC. He plays tennis everyday

FREQUENCY ADVERBS:

ALWAYS, OFTEN, GENERALLY, USUALLY, NORMALLY, SOMETIMES, NEVER.

He usually dances Hip Hop

OTHER TIME EXPRESSIONS :

EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR, ON SUNDAYS, AT THE WEEKENDS ETC.

He plays tennis everyday

Let's practice!

What do they do? The dog has a bath

The dog has a bath

The girl eats a banana The boy drinks

The girl eats a banana

The boy drinks

They fish in the river He listens to the music

They fish in the river

He washes his teeth The man watches TV

He washes his teeth

The man watches TV

The baby laughs He cooks chicken

The baby laughs

He cooks chicken