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Present Simple Tense Overview

This document discusses the present simple tense in English. It provides rules for forming the present simple of regular and irregular verbs, including third person singular verbs. It also lists several common uses of the present simple tense, such as to describe habitual or repeated actions, permanent situations, general truths, thoughts and feelings in the present, and official timetables and schedules.

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Present Simple Tense Overview

This document discusses the present simple tense in English. It provides rules for forming the present simple of regular and irregular verbs, including third person singular verbs. It also lists several common uses of the present simple tense, such as to describe habitual or repeated actions, permanent situations, general truths, thoughts and feelings in the present, and official timetables and schedules.

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PRESENT SIMPLE

SUBJECT + VERV (PRESENT FORM)

I Play
You Play
He,She,It Play’s
We Play
You Play
They Play

Examples:
✓ Wash-Washes
✓ Watch-Watches

3RD PERSON-SINGULAR: SHE, HE, IT


• Regular verbs: +s
Like - likes
Read - reads

• Ending in ss, x, ch, sh, zz, o: +es


Wash - washes
Watch - watches
Go - goes

• Consont + y: +ies
Study - studies

• Vowel + y: +s
Play - plays

THE PRESENT SIMPLE NEGATIVE


Subject + Do, does + not + verb

• I don’t dance at parties


• Elena doesn’t write in your book
• They don’t listen rock and roll
USOS DEL PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
1. The present simple tense is used to describe an action or state that happens
regularly, sometimes or never.
I do
_________________________________
Past now future

Examples:
✓ Jane takes her dog for a walk every morning.
✓ They usually go to school on foot.
✓ Peter usually rides his bike.
✓ She doesn’t usually go to bed late.
✓ Does he brush his teeth every day? Yes, he does.

2. We use the present simple to describe a permanent situation.


I do
_________________________________
Past now future

Examples:
✓ She is french. She lives in Paris.
✓ I’m a doctor. I treat people.
✓ Jane speaks four languages.
✓ Uncle Robert wears glasses.
✓ He’s a mechanic.

3. The present simple tense is also used to state facts.


I do
_________________________________
Past now future

Examples:
✓ Penguins don’t fly.
✓ Dogs love playing in water.
✓ The earth turns 360° every day.

4. The Present Simple is normally used to talk about thought, feelings and states
happening at the moment.

I do
_________________________________
Past now future
5. The present simple is used when we talk about an official arrangement such as a
timetable or programme.

I do
_________________________________
Past now future

Examples:
✓ Mary starts school tomorrow
✓ What time is the match on Sunday? It starts at seven o’clock.

Students:
❖ Huanca Asencios Gianella Angelica
❖ Zarate Candia Denilson
❖ Guevara Andrea
❖ Tafur Almanza Erika

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