Use the simple present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual.

2. PURPOSE
Use the simple
present to express the
idea that an action is
repeated or usual. the
action can be a habit,
a hobby, a daily
event, a scheduled
event or something
that often happens.
It is used
to express
Hobbies
Habits
Daily
events
A
scheduled
event

3. EXAMPLES:
You speak English.
Do you speak English?
You do not speak English.
I play tennis.
She does not eat meat
Does he play tennis?
The train leaves every morning at 8 a.m.

4. STRUCTURE
Affimative Negative Interrogative
I, you go I, you, don´t go Do I, you go ?
He, she, it goes
Add = s , es
Drop y = ies
He, she, it doesn`t go Does He, she, it go?
We, you, they go We, you, they don´t go Do He, she, it go?

5. ACTIVITIESPut the verbs between brackets in the correct form:
• Jane (not/drink)___________tea very often.
• What time (the banks/open)____________in Panama?
• It (take)_______me an hour to get to work.
• She (not/wake)________up early on Sundays.
• The earth(turn)___________around the sun.
• The sun(rise)________in the east.
• Vegetarians(not/eat)_________meat.
• A novelist(write)______________ novels.
Doesn`t dink
Do the banks
takes

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