The Present Tense

Use the Present Tense for

A. Habits

B. General truth

C. Stative meaning

What are some things that you do everyday?

What do you consider to be true in the United States?

What is a state?

I wake up at 7:00 every morning.I have three children.My sister lives in Ohio.I am hungry.The book costs a lot of money.

The present tense is also used to describe actions that are characteristic of someone or something, or are regularly repeated.

I run three miles every weekday morning.

The present tense is also used to state:a scientific facta definition,or a piece of accepted wisdom

It is also used when writing about a literary or artistic work.

To + base formto speakto workto writeto learnto be to have

To Speak

I speakyou speakhe, she, it speakswe speakthey speak

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Third person spelling rules: (he, she, it)

-Most verbs take –s-Add – es to verb ending in ch, s, sh,

x, z -Verbs ending in consonant + y change the – y to ies-Some verbs are irregular.

THE FOLLOWING VERBS TAKE ‘S’in the third person singular form of the verb

MOVE MAKENEED TAKETELL SPEAKSING FORGETLEARN WORKthe ‘s’ is pronounced like an/s/ or sometimes like a /z/

The –S ending is pronounced three different ways:

/s/ after the voiceless sounds /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/

/z/ after the voiced sounds /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /th/, /m/, /n/, /ng/, /l/, /r/, and all vowel sounds.

/iz/ after the sounds /s/, /z/, /sh/, /zh/, /ch/, /j/ and /ks/

THESE VERBS TAKE ‘ES’

WATCH watchesWASH washesFIX fixesMISS misses

the ‘es’ is pronounced like an extra syllable /iz/ mix/es

THESE VERBS CHANGE ‘Y’ TO ‘I’ AND ADD ‘ES’

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SOME VERBS ARE IRREGULAR

DO - doesHAVE - hasGO - goes

YES/NO QUESTIONSDo: I, you, we, they Does: he , she, itto be: am, is, are

Do you work every semester?Does she have a red car?Is he a doctor?

Negatives:do not – don’tdoes not – doesn’tI am not – I’m notyou are – you aren’t you’re, - you’re not

“WH” QUESTIONS

who or what (about the subject)

who eats meat?Who wants potatoes?What goes with these pants?

“WH” QUESTIONS

Who or What (about the object)Question word + auxiliary + subject + verb

Whom do you see?What do you want?Where do you live?When do you travel?

Adverbs of frequencyalwaysalmost alwaysusuallyoftenfrequentlysometimes, occasionallyrarely, seldomhardly evernever

Adverbs of frequency usually tell how often something happens.

They usually come after the verb to be but before other verbs

Ask your partner these questions:

1. What time do you get up?2. What time do you go to bed?3. What do you do on weekdays?4. What do you do on weekends?5. How often do you eat out?6. How often do you get together with friends?

Make questions with the following:

1. he rent an apartment here2. your place have air conditioning3. you have any roommates4. your family live with you here5. the kitchen has a dishwasher6. you be from a big city7. your hometown be famous

The End!