present tense
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The simple present spelling rules and exa,ples.TRANSCRIPT
The Present The Present TenseTenseDaily
Customs
Customs- Customs- True/FalseTrue/FalseCustoms- Customs- True/FalseTrue/False
_____ People in Thailand always take their shoes off before entering a house.
_____ A woman usually covers her face in Saudi Arabia._____ People in Japan don’t bow when they say hello._____ In the U.S., a student doesn’t stand
up when a teacher enters the room.
True
True
False
True
Use the simple present tense to tell about things that happen again and again.
The Present TenseThe Present TenseThe Present TenseThe Present Tense
Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
He always bows to others.
Use the simple present tense to tell facts.
The Present TenseThe Present TenseThe Present TenseThe Present Tense
Water freezes at 32 degrees.32º
Triangles have three sides.
Use contractions like don’t and doesn’t fornegative statements in speaking or in informal
writing.
Negative Negative StatementsStatementsNegative Negative
StatementsStatements
Women in Saudi Arabia don’t wear a lot of makeup.
Maria doesn’t eat pizza.
Put an –s or –es ending on third-person singular (he, she, it).
Third-Person Third-Person SingularSingular
Third-Person Third-Person SingularSingular
He need a shirt.
She want an apple.
It catch the stick.
s
s
es
Third-person singular forms of have, do, and go are not regular.
Irregular FormsIrregular FormsIrregular FormsIrregular Forms
have
do
go
does
has
goes
He has a new shirt.
She does the work.
He goes to school.
Daily Customs
She usually works on her basket after dinner.
He usually drinks tea after a meal.
They go to a dance every Sunday.
They take a walk with their son every day.
run/every day
do/ every day
not/do/homework; hate
More sentence
s:
He runs to school every day.
She does her homework every day.
He doesn’t do his homework every day. He hates it!!
not/like
get
A+
listen/always
She doesn’t like school.
He gets an A+ on every quiz!
He always listens to the teacher!!
makethrow
I don’t.
I always make a snowman in
the winter.
I throw snowball
s.
brush
I don’t. I always
brush my teeth.
I always eat a lot
of candy.
Mmmm.
eat