SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT TENSETENSE

Affirmative Affirmative sentencessentences

Teacher: Stella Vidal

•It is used to talk about facts, states:

•Example:

Sarah comes from United States of America.

•It is also used with routines and habits:

•Example:

Susan takes the bus at 8:00 o’clock in the morning.

We can use it with adverds of frequency.

always, usually, sometimes……

•Example: Peter always goes to the beach in the summer.

EXAMPLESEXAMPLES

I/you/we/they work in a big company.

Personal Pronouns verb complement

EXAMPLESEXAMPLES

He/She/it plays with a ball. Personal Pronouns verb complement

I play You playWe playYou playThey play

He plays She playsIt plays

ThirdPerson Singular

SPELLING

With 3rd. Person singular we add –S to most verbs.

Examples :

play plays dance dancescall callsspeak speaks

When verb ends in: –s, -ss, -o, -sh, -ch -x,

we add “-ES”.

Examples :

fix fixesgo goeswash washeswatch watches

When verbs ends in “y” preceeded by a consonant, you change “y” to “-IES”.Examples :

study studiescarry carries

LINKS :

• http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pres1c.htm• http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpresentcont.htm