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Simple Present Tense Guide
1.
2. CONTENTS
3-1 Form and Basic Meaning of the Simple Present Tense
3-2 Frequency Adverbs
3-3 Position of Frequency Adverbs
3-4 Spelling and Pronunciation of Final -es
3-5 Adding Final -s/-es to Words That End in -y
3-6 Irregular Singular Verbs: Has, Does, Goes
3-7 Like to, Want to, Need to
3-8 Simple Present Tense: Negative
3-9 Simple Present Tense: Yes/No Questions
3-10 Simple Present Tense: Asking Information Questions with Where
and What
3-11 Simple Present Tense: Asking Information Questions with When
and What Time
4. 4
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st PERSON I walk we walk
2nd PERSON you walk you walk
she walks
he walks
it walks
they walk
3-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE
PRESENT TENSE
3rd PERSON
5. 5
(a) I eat lunch every afternoon.
(b) Max drives to work every day.
(c) We get up every morning.
(d) Kyle calls Mimi every weekend.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
M T W Th F Sat S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
3-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE
PRESENT TENSE
HABITS = USUAL ACTIVITIES
12. 12
(d) Tia sometimes eats lunch at school.
(c) Josh often eats hamburgers.
100% (a) Mary always eats lunch at school.
90%- 99% (b) Mary usually eats lunch at school.
75%- 90%
25%- 75%
5%- 10%
1%- 10%
0%
(e) Tia seldom eats lunch at school.
(f) Eva rarely washes her car.
(g) Jay never goes to the zoo.
frequency adverbs
3-2 FREQUENCY ADVERBS
13. 13
Talia _______ feeds her dog.
Sun.Mon.Tues. Wed.Thurs. Fri. Sat.
always
3-2 Let’s Practice
always
usually
often
sometimes
seldom
rarely
never
18. 18
(a) She goes to the library
once a week.
twice a week.
five times a week.
Sun.Mon. Tues.Wed. Thurs.Fri. Sat.
3-2 OTHER FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS
19. 19
(b) I go to school five times a week.
(c) I go to the movies twice a month.
(d) I go to the beach once a year.
3-2 OTHER FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS
how many times
a day a week
a month a year
20. 20
every weeks
(e) I feed my dog every morning.
I ride my horse every week.
I wash my car every year.
Every
is
singular.
Correct? no
3-2 OTHER FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS
28. 28
oftensometimesseldomrarelynever + rides a bike.Sergio
SUBJECT + FREQUENCY + OTHER SIMPLE
ADVERB PRESENT VERBS
alwaysusually+
frequency
adverb +
all simple
present
verbs
except be
3-3 POSITION OF FREQUENCY ADVERBS
39. 39
The baby cries a lot.
3-5 ADDING FINAL -S / -ES TO WORDS THAT END IN -Y
40. 40
(a) cry cries
fly flies
(b) pay pays
enjoy enjoys
consonant + -y
change y to i,
add -es
vowel + -y
add -s
3-5 ADDING FINAL -S / -ES TO WORDS THAT END IN -Y
44. 44
The man has a brown coat.
3-6 IRREGULAR SINGULAR VERBS: HAS, DOES, GOES
45. 45
does
(c) I do exercises.
(d) He does exercises.
(a) I have a hat.
(b) She has a hat.
Irregular forms:
have has
do does
(e) We go to the gym.
(f) He goes to the gym. go goes
she
he
it
has
goes
she
he
it
she
he
it
+
+
+
3-6 IRREGULAR SINGULAR VERBS: HAS, DOES, GOES
50. 50
3-7 LIKE TO, WANT TO, NEED TO
VERB + INFINITIVE
I like to run. It’s fun.
She wants to go home. She’s tired.
We need to call our mother.
She’s sick.
51. 51
They do not wash their car.
3-8 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: NEGATIVE
52. 52
(a) do not drink milk.IYouThey
NEGATIVE:I
We
You
They
+ do not + main verb
She
He
It
+ does not + main verb
We
(b) does not drink milk.HeItShe
3-8 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: NEGATIVE
53. 53
She does not drinks milk.
3rd person singular no -s on main verb
3-8 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: NEGATIVE
(a) I do not drink milk.
(b) She does not drink milk.
do and does = helping verbs
?
54. 54
(d) He doesn’t drink milk.
Jack doesn’t like dogs.
(c) I don’t drink milk.
They don’t go to the lake.
do not = don’t
CONTRACTIONS:
does not = doesn’t
3-8 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: NEGATIVE
62. 62
Do I + main verb
(simple form)
Do you + main verb
(simple form)
Do we + main verb
(simple form)
Do they + main verb
(simple form)
(b) Do you like salad?(c) Do we like salad?(d) Do they like salad?(a) Do I like salad?
QUESTION FORMS, SIMPLE PRESENT
DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN
DOES VERB
3-9 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS
63. 63
Does he + main verb
(simple form)
Does it + main verb
(simple form)
(f) Does he like salad?(g) Does it look good?(e) Does she like salad?
Does she + main verb
(simple form)
QUESTION FORMS, SIMPLE PRESENT
DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN
DOES VERB
3-9 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS
64. 64
do
(h) Are you a student?
NOT: Do you be a student?
main verb = a form of be
3-9 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS
65. 65
QUESTION SHORT ANSWER
(i) Do you like ice cream?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
(j) Does Max like ice cream?
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn’t.
3-9 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS
66. 66
I like to ride horses.
Do you like to ride horses?
Yes, I do.
3-9 Let’s Practice
Question
Short Answer
Long Answer
67. 67
They have a baby.
Do they have a baby?
Yes, they do.
3-9 Let’s Practice
Question
Short Answer
Long Answer
68. 68
Gerardo teaches math.
Does Gerardo teach math?
Yes, he does.
3-9 Let’s Practice
Question
Short Answer
Long Answer
69. 69
Cows don’t bark.
Do cows bark?
No, they don’t.
3-9 Let’s Practice
Question
Short Answer
Long Answer
70. 70
Do they live in Baltimore?
3-10 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE AND WHAT
*
Where do they live?
Do they study English?
What do they study?
71. 71
Yes, they do.
No, they don’t.
QUESTION SHORT ANSWER
(a) Do they live in Baltimore?
(b) Where do they live?
In Baltimore.
3-10 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE AND WHAT
72. 72
Yes, they do.
No, they don’t.
QUESTION SHORT ANSWER
(a) Do they study English?
(b) What do they study?
English.
3-10 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE AND WHAT
73. 73
Yes, she does.
No, she doesn’t.
QUESTION SHORT ANSWER
(a) Does Allison teach math?
(b) What does she teach?
Math.
3-10 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE AND WHAT
74. 74
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn’t.
QUESTION SHORT ANSWER
(c) Does Alexi live in Moscow?
(d) Where does he live?
In Moscow.
3-10 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE AND WHAT
75. 75
(a) in Baltimore
(b) Where
(c) in Moscow
(d) Where
Do
do
does
Does
DO/DOES SUBJECT
they
they
Alexi
he
MAIN VERB+ +
live
live
live
live
?
?
?
?
(WHERE)+
3-10 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE AND WHAT
76. 76
(a) English?
(b) What
(c) math?
(d) What
Do
do
does
Does
DO/DOES SUBJECT
they
they
Allison
she
MAIN VERB+ +
study
study
teach
teach
?
?
(WHAT) +
3-10 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE AND WHAT
77. 77
Question:
Answer: Yes, he does.
(The child has a toothbrush.)
Does the child have a toothbrush?
3-10 Let’s Practice
78. 78
Question:
Answer: In the bathroom.
Where does he brush his teeth?
3-10 Let’s Practice
(He brushes his teeth in the bathroom.)
80. 80
When do you go shopping?
What time do you go shopping?
3-11 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME
81. 81
(a) When do you go to work?
(b) What time do you go to work?
At eight o’clock.
At eight o’clock.
3-11 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME
Q-WORD + DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN
DOES VERB
82. 82
At ten o’clock.
At ten o’clock.
(c) When does he exercise?
(d) What time does he exercise?
3-11 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME
Q-WORD + DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN
DOES VERB
83. 83
(e) What time do you usually go to class?
Q-WORD + DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB
DOES
frequency
adverb
subject
3-11 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME
+ +
main
verb