Transcript Present Simple PP

Tom is an eleven-year-old
boy who lives in Siggiewi.
He likes to play football.
He also enjoys playing
video games on his play
station. His favourite
subjects are Maths and
English. He has a brother
who is fifteen years old.
Tom doesn’t get on very
well with his brother.
The uses of the Present
Simple
1. The present simple is used to talk about
general facts about our lives.
Examples:
a) I am eleven years old.
b) I like to eat pizza.
c) I play football with our school team.
Mark wakes up every day at
half past six. He takes a
shower, puts on his uniform
and goes downstairs. He
eats his breakfast. He likes
to eat cereal with milk for
breakfast. At quarter past
seven he leaves for school.
He catches the half past
seven bus and arrives at
school at quarter to eight. At
eight o’clock the bell rings
and all the students gather
for the morning assembly.
2. The present simple is also used to talk
about routines; things that you do
regularly.
Examples:
a) I wake up every day at half past seven.
b) Every Monday I play football with my friends.
c) On Friday evening I visit my grandparents.
d) Every Tuesday evening I watch my favourite
programme on TV.
The Form of the Present
Simple
I play
You play (singular)
He / She / It plays
We play
You play
They play
The present simple of the
verbs:
To Be
I am
You are
He / She / It is
We are
You are
They are
To Have
I have
You have
He / She / It has
We have
You have
They have
Positive Sentences
1. The boy does his homework in the
evening.
2. The children like to eat ice-cream.
3. You wake up early during the
week.
Negative Sentences
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The boy doesn’t do his homework in the
evening.
The children don’t like to eat ice-cream.
You don’t wake up early during the week.
Questions and Short
Answers
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Does the boy do his homework in the
evening?
Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.
Do the children like to eat ice-cream?
Yes, they do. No, they don’t.
Do you wake up early during the week?
Yes, I do. No, I don’t
RULES
1. To make questions and negatives in the
present simple we use the verb
DO/DOES.
2. We add an –s to the third person singular
(he/she/it).
3. However with verbs that end in –o, -sh,
-ch and –s (with he/she/it) we add –es.
(Example does, finishes, catches,
tosses).
4. With verbs that end with –y we add –ies
(with he/she/is). Example: study –
studies BUT play – plays.
Fill in the following sentences with the
appropriate form of the present simple.
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I ____________________ (be) from France but my brother
__________________ (not / be).
My father ___________________ (be) an engineer and my
sisters _________________ (be) doctors.
_______________________ (they/like) their job?
You ________________________ ( not / be ) my friend, he
_________________ (be).
Sally and Joe ____________________ (live) in Edinburgh.
Sally _____________________ (work) for a big international
company.
What _______________________ (she/do) there?
Joe _____________________ (teach) Spanish at the local
university.
They __________________________ (like) to travel.
10. ______________________ ( they/visit) many foreign
countries?
11. After work, Sally ______________________ (go) to the gym
to practise yoga.
12. They usually ______________________ (play) tennis in the
local park.
13. Mike __________________________ (not/like) chocolate.
14. ______________________ (you/eat) chocolate?
15. They ____________________________ (not/live) in a big
house.
16. Steve __________________________ (not/play) sports but he
__________________ (watch) sports on TV.
17. Jane and Emma _____________________ (not/go) to church.
18. __________________ (you/enjoy) going to the cinema?
19. I _____________________________ (not/understand)
German.
20. When ___________________________ (they/open) the
theatre?
21. Patrick _________________________ ( always/jog) in the
morning.