1. English teacher N.Munkhtsetseg

3. The Present Simple
By:

4. The Usages of the Present Simple
USE 1: Repeated Actions
USE 2: Facts or Generalizations

5. Use 1
USE 1: Repeated Actions
al. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled

6. Examples
Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object
play
­ I tennis.
does not
­ She play tennis.
­ The train every morning at 8 am.
leaves
­ The train leave at 9am.
does not

7. USE 2: Facts or Generalizations
efore, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important

8. Examples
Subject + (Verb) + (s, es) + Object
like
­ Cats milk.
.
­ Birds like milk.
do not
­ Windows made of glass.
are
­ Windows made of wood.
are not

9. Grammatical View
Present Simple, third person singular
Note:
he, she, it
A:
in the third person singular the verb,
always ends in : s
he wants she needs

10. B. Add es to verbs ending in:
x sh ss
he fix es it push es he pass es
ch o
she catch es He go es

11. C:
Verbs ending in ;the third person changes the y to ies
y
fly fl ies cry cr ies
Exception:
If there is a vowel before the y:
play plays pray prays

12. estion forms use DOES (=the third person of the auxiliary'DO') +
e want? He does not want.

13. Examples:
. 1.Third person singular with s or es
a. He goes to school every morning.
b. She understands English.
c. It mixes the sand and the water.
d. He tries very hard.
e. She enjoys playing the piano.

14. 2. Present Simple, form:
Example: to think, present simple
Affirmative Interrogative Negative
think I ? Do I think . I do not think
think You ? Do you think . You don't think
(s)hinkt he, she, it ? Does he, she, it think . He, she, it doesn't think
think we ? Do we think . We don't think
think you ? Do you think . You don't think

15. The present simple is used:
present simple
its, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, em
abit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city
.
­He drinks tea at breakfast
­She only eats fish.
­They watch television regularly

16. B. to give instructions or directions:
 You walk for two hundred metres, then you turn left.
 ­You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedfo
­Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.

17. c. to express fixed arrangements, present or future:
­Your exam starts at 09:00.
starts
­The bell rings at 8:00.
The bus arrives at 7:00

18. ess future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as
-He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday
come
­His mother arrives tomorrow.
 ­Our holiday starts on the 26th March.
­She'll see you before she leaves.

19. Time expressions
are time expressions that we use only with the Present Simple an
iday, every week, every month, every summer, every month, every y
I go to school every day.
He visits me, every summer.

20. Activities
ds questions about what they do at different times. Also ask abo
ou get up?" ­ "When do your brothers go to bed?"
uestions and give them to your teacher for checking.

21. Write the questions for the following answers. (Present Simple)
. ?__________________________________1.
I work in a bank.
?_____________________________________2.
My brother is an engineer.
3.___________________________________?
He lives in an apartment building.

22. . Put in : do/don't/does/doesn't
1.Excuse me, _____________ you speak English?
. .Where's Ann? I _____________ know.2
eorge is a good tennis player but he ___________ play very often.3