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Simple Present Tense
Presentation by Ethar , Zainab , and Fatimah
Simple Present Tense:
Uses

Everyday activities: What do you do
every day?

Routines, habits

General truths
Third Person
He / She / It
 Singular subject (my friend, the boss,
a co-worker)

Verb + s
 Goes, works, talks, does, speaks

Third Person Spelling Rules
pass
fix
wax
Rule 1: verbs ending in –ch, -sh, -ss,
and –x + es
Third Person Spelling Rules
2.
fly
dry
try
study
Rule 2: final consonant + y ->
- y + ies
Grammatical View
Present Simple, third person singular
Note:
he, she, it
A:
in the third person singular the verb,
he wants
always ends in :
she need s
s
B. Ad
d
es
to verbs ending in:
sh
ss
it pushes
he passes
x
he fixes
ch
o
she catches
He goes
C:
Verbs ending in
fly
y
flies
;the third person changes the
cry
Exception:
If there is a vowel before the
play
plays
y to ies
cries
y:
pray
prays
Time expressions
There are time expressions that we use only with the
Present Simple and they are:
1.Every day, every Friday, every week, every month, every summer, every month,
every year, always, usually, etc.
. 2.All the time
I go to school every day.
He visits me, every summer.
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.
What about you?

1.
2.
3.
Ask and answer these questions
with a classmate:
What time do you get up in the
morning? I get up at …
What time do you go to bed? How
many hours do you sleep per night?
Do you eat breakfast? What do you
usually have?
Find and correct the mistakes:
1.
2.
3.
4.
The company’s profits looks good.
The technician fixxes any computer problems
we have.
Everybody working hard every day, and
company morale is high.
The people in this company really likes working
here.
Negatives in Simple Present
Tense

1.
2.
3.
4.
Change these to negative:
Fatimah works hard .
He drives to his work .
They eat break fast .
You are married .
Negatives in simple present
tense
1.
2.
I / you / we / they
Plural subject (the workers, the
people)
+ do not (don’t) + verb
He / she / it
Singular subject
+ does not (doesn’t) + verb (no –s)
Questions in Simple Present
Tense

1.
2.
3.
4.
Change these statements to
questions:
Fatimah works hard .
He drives to his work .
They eat break fast .
You are married .
Questions in Simple Present
Tense
1.
Do + I / you / we / they + verb + ?
2.
Does he / she / it + verb + ?
Any questions?