This document provides information about the simple present tense in English. It lists common free-time activities and discusses using the simple present tense to talk about daily routines, habits, and permanent states. Examples are given of affirmative and negative sentences using the verbs "like" and "do/does." The simple present tense conjugations of common verbs are also reviewed.

1. SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE
…free-time activities,daily
routines, general actions…

2. What free-time activities do
you know in English?
playing board games
watching DVDs
sending text
messages
snowboarding
going to the library
listening to music
rollerblading
surfing the net
going to the pool
hanging out with
friends
reading books

3. Which one do you like doing and… which
one don’t you like doing?
playing board games
watching DVDs
sending text messages
snowboarding
going to the library
listening to music
rollerblading
surfing the net
going to the pool
hanging out with friends
reading books

4. Let’s revise the structure of
the sentence

I / you / we / you / they
LIKE
SLEEPING.
he / she / it
LIKES
SLEEPING.

I / you / we / you / they
DON’T LIKE
SLEEPING.
he / she / it
DOESN’T LIKE
SLEEPING.

5. The moves of “DO” in
S.Present
You sports.
you sports?
doplay
Doplay

6. The moves of “DOES” in
S.Present
She sports.
she sports?
doesplay
Doesplay

7. We use S. Present Tense to
talk about…
*daily routines:
Every morning, I have a shower before
school.
*habits:
Marie eats out with her son on Fridays.
*permanent states:
They live in Paris.

8. LET’S TRY 
John ............ (work) in a restaurant.
Children .................... (make ) a lot of
noise.
Sarah ......................... (like ) slow music
very much.
I ....................... (brush ) my teeth twice a
day.
She ............................. (do ) her
homework regularly.
LIKES
BRUSH
DOES
MAKE
WORKS

9. Susan ............................ (drink ) milk for
breakfast.
They ................................. (get up ) at
7:00 in the morning.
My father ......................... (arrive) home at
7:00 p.m .
Betty and Mary .......................... (go ) to
bed at 9:00p.m.
This train ............................. (stop ) at
Gebze.
We ........................ (play ) football all the
weekend.
ARRIVES
STOPS
GO
PLAY
GET UP
DRINKS

10. THANKS FOR
PARTICIPATION 
English Teacher
Özge Kargın