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PRESENT SIMPLE WE USE PRESENT SIMPLE • to talk about things IN GENERAL • to say that something happens all the time or repeatedly OR • in habitual actions: He smokes. Dog barks. THE PRESENT SIMPLE TO SAY HOW OFTEN WE DO THINGS • To permanent situations • To do things by saying something or suggest something: I SUGGEST I PROMISE I APOLOGISE I ADVISE I INSIST I AGREE I REFUSE Simple Present can be used: • in newspaper headlines: MASS MURDERER ESCAPES PEACE TALKS FAIL • For dramatic narrative, when descibing the action of a play, opera, and is used by radio commentators at sports events, public functions: When the curtain rises, Juliet is writing at her desk. Suddenly the window opens and masked man enters. • for a planned future action or series of actions, when they refer to a journey: We leave London at 10.00 next Tuesday and arrive in Paris at 13. We spend two hours and leave again at 15.00. • in time clauses: a) When there is an idea of routine: As soon as he earns any money he spends it. She takes the boy to school before she goes to work b) When the main verb is in a future form: It will stop raining soon. Then we’ll go out = When it stops raining we’ll go out In the affirmative the simple present has the same form as the infinitive but adds an s for the third person singular. I, you, we, they he, she, it I go I run I fly I watch he goes he runs he flies he watches + s/es Affirmative Affirmative Do Does Do you go? Does he go? Do you run? Does he run? Do you fly? Does he fly? Do you watch? Does he watch? Interrogatives Interrogatives don’t doesn’t I don’t go I don’t understand I don’t know Negative Negative He doesn’t remember He doesn’t like He doesn’t listen Verbs ending in ss, sh, ch, x and o add es, intead of s alone, to form the third person singular: I kiss, he kisses I box, he boxes I rush, he rushes I do, he does I watch, he watches I go, he goes When follows a consonant we change the y into i and add es: I carry, he carries I copy, he copiesI try, he tries But verbs ending in y following a vowel obey the usual rule: I obey, he obeys I say, he says The simple present is often used with adverbs phrases such as: How often do you wash your hair? I go to Church on Sundays. It rains in winter. When you open the door a lights goes on. Whenever it rains the roof leaks. It is used, chiefly with the verb say, when - we are asking about, - quoting from books, notices or very recently receives letters: What does that notice say? – It says, ‘No parking’ I see you’ve got a letter from Ann. What does she say? Shakespeare says, ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be.’ Thank you for your attention Have a nice learn • Katarzyna Wróblewska • Nina Mateńko • Anna Zakrzewska