present simple
TRANSCRIPT
PRESENT SIMPLEPRESENT SIMPLEPRESENT SIMPLEPRESENT SIMPLE
Mar Pérez MartínezMar Pérez Martínez
FORMATION
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I play I do not / don’t play Do I play?
You play You do not / don’t play Do you play?
He plays He does not / doesn’t play
Does he play?
She plays She does not / doesn’t play
Does she play?
It plays It does not / doesn’t play Does it play?
We play We do not / don’t play Do we play?
You play You do not / don’t play Do you play?
They play They do not / don’t play Do they play?
3rd person singular AFFIRMATIVE
• When you write the verb in third person singular you add an –s
• PLAY PLAYS• READ READS• SPEAK SPEAKS
• In some cases you add –es1. Verbs ending in consonant + -y : the third
person changes the -y to -ies:FLY FLIES
CRY CRIES2. Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch, -o:
PASS PASSES CATCH CATCHES FIX FIXES PUSH PUSHES GO GOES
What’s the 3rd person singular?
1. push2. sneeze3. glorify4. annoy5 . kiss6. deny7. marry
pushes sneezes glorifies annoys kisses denies marries
3rd person singular NEGATIVE and INTERROGATIVE
• NEGATIVE:We use the auxiliary verb DOES + NOT or
DOESN’T“She does not play the guitar”“He doesn’t speak very much”
• INTERROGATIVEWe use the auxiliary DOES before the
subject“Does she play the guitar?”“Does he speak three languages?”
USES:
We use the present simple in these cases:1. Habits (usually with frequency
adverbs)• He usually plays baseball
2. General truths
“The Earth revolves around the Sun”
2. Opinions, likes and feelings3. Opinions, likes and feelings
“I like skiing”
TIME EXPRESSIONS
FREQUENCY ADVERBS:ALWAYS, OFTEN, GENERALLY, USUALLY,
NORMALLY, SOMETIMES, NEVER.
He usually dances Hip Hop
OTHER TIME EXPRESSIONS: EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR,
ON SUNDAYS, AT THE WEEKENDS ETC.
He plays tennis everyday
What do they do?
• The dog has a bath
• The girl eats a banana
• The boy drinks
They fish in the river
He listens to the music
He washes his teeth
The man watches TV
The baby laughs
He cooks chicken