About : simple present tense + adverbs of frequency

1. Unit 2 – present simple

2. The present simple
Let’s look at:
1. When we use the present simple?
2. How we make positive sentences in the present simple?
3. How we make negative and question forms in the present simple?
When do we use it?
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3. Function: present simple
What time do you start
school in the morning?
I start school at 9am. I go to school in the
mountains, so I catch the bus very early at 7am.
My best friend flies to school in a helicopter!
Wow! Do you study
languages?
I don’t study languages at school, but I go to
a Spanish class every Tuesday evening.
We can use the present simple for…
Something which is
usually or always true.
Routines and habits in
the present.
Look at these examples from
the conversation and match
them to the uses in the table.
The first one is done for you.
I start school at 9am.
I catch the bus at 7am.
I don’t study languages at
school.
I go to a Spanish class
every Tuesday evening.
I go to school in the
mountains.
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4. Function: When do we use the present
simple?
2. For routines and habits.
How do we make positive
sentences in the present
simple?
I go to school in the mountains.
1. For something that is usually or always true.
This is something that is true.
It’s a fact.
I go to Spanish class every Tuesday
evening.
This is a routine. It happens
every week at the same time.
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5. Form: present simple
My friend Tom starts school
at 9am. He catches the bus
at 7am and his friend flies to
school in a helicopter!
Look at the
example sentences
in the table. With I,
you, we, you
(plural) and they,
do we change the
verb ending?
person verb changes
I start school at 9am.
You start school at 9am.
We start school at 9am.
You
(plural)
start school at 9am.
They start school at 9am.
I start school at 9am. I go to school in the
mountains, so I catch the bus very early at 7am.
No. The
verb is
the same
Now look at the example
verbs in the present simple
with he, she or it. What
changes do we make to the
verb?
Add -s/-es/-ies.
starts school at 9am.
He/She/It
No changes.
No changes.
catches the bus at 7am.
flies to school in a helicopter!
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6. Form: present simple positive
My friend Tom starts school at 9am. He
catches the bus at 7am and his friend flies
to school in a helicopter!
The verb only
changes in the third
person he/she/it.
person verb changes
I start school at 9am.
No changes.
You start school at 9am.
He/she/it starts school at 9am. Add -s/-es/-ies.
We start school at 9am.
No changes.
You (plural) start school at 9am.
They start school at 9am.
I start school at 9am. I go to school in the
mountains, so I catch the bus very early at 7am.
But when do we add -s,
-es or change the
ending to –ies?
Let’s see…
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7. Things to consider…
We now know that in the third person positive (he/she/it), we add -s, -es, or -ies.
…but when do we add -s,
-es, or -ies? It depends on
the spelling of the verb.
Look…
Add -s to the verb (most common).
e.g. He starts at 9am. He works in a bookshop.
start + s = starts work + s = works
Add -es with verbs ending in -o, -ss, -x, -ch, -sh.
e.g. She does exercise. He catches the bus.
do + es = does catch + es = catches
Change -y to -ies when the verb ends in a consonant + -y.
e.g. The baby cries a lot. He flies to school in a helicopter.
cry – y = cr + ies = cries fly – y = fl + ies = flies
consonant y consonant y Negative and question
forms.
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8. Form: present simple negatives & questions
What time do you start
school in the morning?
Do you study
languages?
I start school at 9am. I don’t study
languages at school, but I go to a Spanish
class every Tuesday evening. Does your
sister live in Spain now?
Look at part of the conversation
again and fill in the table with
these words. The first is done
for you.
negatives
I, You, We,
They
+ infinitive
He, She, It
No, she doesn’t. She doesn’t
live there now. She lives in
London.
questions
(qu. word) I, you, we, they
+ infinitive?
(qu. word) he, she, it
short answers
Yes/No,
I, you, we, they
he, she, it
don’t (do not)
doesn’t (does not) do
does
do/don’t does/doesn’t
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9. Form: present simple negatives & questions
What time do you start
school in the morning? I start school at 9am. I don’t study
languages at school, but I go to a Spanish
class every Tuesday evening. Does your
sister live in Spain now?
negatives
I, You, We,
They
I
don’t (does not)
don’t
+ infinitive
study languages.
He, She, It
She
doesn’t (does not)
doesn’t
+ infinitive
live there now.
No, she doesn’t. She doesn’t live
there now. She lives in London.
questions
(qu. word)
What time
do
do
I, you, we, they
you
+ infinitive?
start school?
Does
Does
he, she, it
your sister
+ infinitive?
live in Spain now?
short answers
Yes/No,
I, you, we, they do/don’t.
He, she, it does/doesn’t.
We use does/doesn’t in the
third person (he/she/it) in
negative statements and
questions.
Some questions are open
(they need a long answer).
We use question words with
open questions.
Some questions are closed
(yes/no questions). They don’t
have a question word. We use
short answers with these.
Let’s practise!
The infinitive
form is what
you find in a
dictionary.
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10. 1. ……………you…………….(work) in a bank? No, I…………………..
2. Stella…………………………….(not eat) meat. She’s a vegetarian.
3. Where…………………….Todd…………………….(do) yoga? ……………he……………..(go) to the yoga class in the
school?
4. Jenny’s jacket……………………………..(match) her trousers. She looks beautiful!
5. My best friend…………………………(speak) three languages. I only……………………..(speak) two.
6. Francesca……………………..(not play) football on Fridays. She………………………(go) swimming.
Practice activities
Complete the gaps with the words in brackets.
Do work don’t
doesn’t eat
does do Does go
matches
speaks speak
doesn’t play goes
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11. 1. My brother and sister doesn’t live in London. My brother live in Cambridge and my sister live in Brighton.
Practice activities
All of these examples have errors. Correct them and explain why.
2. Angela always is happy at work. She enjoy working with animals.
3. A: Does Fred and Carl like spaghetti bolognese? B. No. Carl no eat meat.
4. A. How often do you goes to the cinema? B: I go usually once a week.
5. Laura is speaking three languages: French, English and German. She work for the UN.
6. I not often go out on Mondays because I usually am tired.
don’t live lives lives
is always enjoys
Do doesn’t eat
go usually go
speaks works
don’t often am usually
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