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Present Simple Grammar Guide

The document discusses the present simple tense in English. It covers the affirmative, negative, and interrogative structures for both third person singular and plural forms. Examples are provided to illustrate the different structures. The present simple is used to describe habitual or repeated actions, permanent situations, general truths, and actions related to timetables. It can also be used in storytelling, reviews, and commentaries.

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Present Simple Grammar Guide

The document discusses the present simple tense in English. It covers the affirmative, negative, and interrogative structures for both third person singular and plural forms. Examples are provided to illustrate the different structures. The present simple is used to describe habitual or repeated actions, permanent situations, general truths, and actions related to timetables. It can also be used in storytelling, reviews, and commentaries.

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Present Simple

Grammar Development
.
Affirmative Strucutre…
He Verb with S Complement

Mariana watches movies with her classmates.


She
This cake tastes delicious!

.
It
Complement
I Verb withOUT S

You I think that Twilight is a good movie.


My parents believe in discipline.
We
They
Negative Structure (Third person
singular)
 He
 She + doesn´t + verb in present + C. +.
 It tense
(without s)

Watch out!!!
Now we use doesn´t and
NOT s
Examples…
 She doesn´t play
football.
 He doesn´t do yoga.
 It doesn´t live in my
house.
Negative Structure (Plural)
 I
 We + don´t + verb in the present + C. +.
 You tense
 They

We use don´t!!!
Examples…
 I don´t like sushi.
 We don´t drink orange
juice.
 They don´t watch sports.
 You don´t talk chinese.
Interrogative Structure (Third
person singular)
 Does He
 Does + She + verb in the present + C. +?
 Does It tense
(without s)
Examples…
 Does Mandy work on
Mondays?
 Does Patrick study
histology?
 Does my dog run in
the park?
Interrogative structure
(Plural)
 Do I
 Do + We + verb in the present + C. +?
 Do You tense
 Do They
Examples…
 Do Marcos and
Mariana watch the
movie?
 Do my teacher and I
study for the test?
 Do I look pretty?
 Do you think of the
song´s lyric?
Exercise…
 Marcos works in the movie theater. (Neg)
 Luisa and Esteban buy food. (Int)
 You don´t work here. (Int)
 I eat vegetables. (Int)
 Ivan plays football. (Neg)
 Lorena doesn´t read books. (Aff)
 Ricardo and me study at the library. (Neg)
We use the present simple
for…
 For habitual or repeated actions in the
present.

 I usually drink coffee in the morning.


 The school bus picks us up at 7:30 every
morning.
We use the present simple
for…
 For permanent situations in the
present.

 We live in a house.
Time expressions:
Always, usually, often, rarely, never,
Every day/week, etc.
Once/twice, etc. A day/month, etc.
On Sundays, in the morning, in the winter,
etc.
We use the present simple
for…
 For general truths.

 Bees make honey.


We use the present simple
for…
 For actions related to timetables and
programmes.

 What time does your plane leave


tomorrow?
We use the present simple
for…
 In story-telling, film and book
reviews, sport commentaries.

 Peter Roth scores and the audience goes


wild.

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