2. We use present simple tense when talking about:
• Habits and routines (actions we do regularly). Eg. I go to school by bus.
Present Simple Tense
3. We use present simple tense when talking about:
• Permanent states (an action we do all the time). Eg. I live in Turkey.
Present Simple Tense
4. We use present simple tense when talking about:
• Timetables. Eg. School starts at 8:45.
Present Simple Tense
5. We use present simple tense when talking about:
• Time expressions used with present simple:
every hour / day / week / month / usually / always / sometimes / often etc.
Present Simple Tense
6. • Present simple affirmative = personal pronoun + base form of verb.
• I walk to school.
• You walk to school.
• We walk to school.
• They walk to school.
Present Simple - Affirmative
7. Personal pronoun + base form verb + s / es / ies.
Verbs ending in ch – o – sh – ss or x sound take on ‘–es’
Verbs ending in y – drop the ‘y’ and add ‘ies’.
• He walks to school. He goes to sleep. He carries the ball.
• She walks to school. She goes to sleep. She carries the ball.
• It walks to school. It goes to sleep. It carries the ball.
Present Simple Affirmative
3rd person singular
8. • Present simple negative = personal pronoun + don’t + base form of verb.
• I don’t walk to school.
• You don’t walk to school.
• We don’t walk to school.
• They don’t walk to school.
Present Simple - Negative
9. Present simple negative = personal pronoun + doesn’t + base form of verb.
There is no ‘s’ after the verb.
• He doesn’t walk to school.
• She doesn’t walk to school.
• It doesn’t walk to school.
Present Simple Negative
3rd person singular
10. Do + personal pronoun + verb +
...
• Do I play well?
• Do you play well?
• Do they play well?
• Do we play well?
• Yes, you do.
• Yes, I do.
• No, they don’t
• No, we don’t
Present Simple - Interrogative
11. Does + personal pronoun + verb
+ ...
There is no ‘s’ after the verb.
• Does he play well?
• Does she play well?
• Does it play well?
• No, he doesn’t.
• Yes, she does.
• No, it doesn’t.
Present Simple Interrogative
3rd person singular
12. Wakes Up
Goes To School
He Eats Lunch
She S Studies
It Watches TV
Plays
Wake Up
I Go To School
You Eat Lunch
We No S Study
They Watch TV
Play
Present Simple - Affirmative
13. Wake up
Go to school
He Eat lunch
She doesn’t Study
It Watch TV
Play
Wake up
I Go to school
You Eat lunch
We don’t Study
They Watch TV
Play
Present Simple - Negative
14. Wake up
Go to school
He Eat lunch
Does She Study
It Watch TV
Play
Wake up
I Go to school
You Eat lunch
Do We Study
They Watch TV
Play
Present Simple - Interrogative
15. He He
Yes She does No She doesn’t
It It
I I
You You
Yes We do No We don’t
They They
Present Simple – Short Answers