AFFIRMATIVE

THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES

NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
USAGE
TIME EXPRESSIONS
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

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The Present Simple

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
Verbs dont change for 1st, 2nd person singular and
plural. And for 3rd person PLURAL.

I
YOU
WE
YOU
THEY

PLAY

THE GUITAR

SWIM

IN THE BEACH

WASH

THE DISHES

STUDY

ENGLISH

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BUT BE CAREFUL!!!!
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SHE
HE
IT
MY MOTHER
MY FRIEND
ANNE
ROBERT
MY DOG

3rd person singular: SHE, HE, IT

PLAYS
SWIMS
GOES
READS
LISTENS TO

THE PIANO
IN THE BEACH
TO THE CINEMA
A NEWSPAPER
THE RADIO

RUNS
JUMPS
HIDES

IN THE GARDEN
INTO THE POOL
IN THE HOUSE

We add S to the verb

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1. EXAMPLE

(watch)

They watch
basketball every
weekend.

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1. EXAMPLE

(watch)

Bush (he) watches

basketball every
weekend.

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The Present Simple

THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES
We add S to the verb in the 3rd person

SHE
HE
IT

PLAY

PLAYS

COME

COMES

EAT

EATS

DRINK

DRINKS

KNOW

KNOWS

RUN

RUNS

MEET

MEETS

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The Present Simple

THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES
When the verb finishes with consonant+y ies

SHE
HE
IT

STUDY

STUDIES

TIDY

TIDIES

FLY

FLIES

CARRY

CARRIES

BUY

BUYS

SAY

SAYS

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The Present Simple

THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES
When the verb finishes with ch, sh, ss, x, o es

SHE
HE
IT

WATCH

WATCHES

WASH

WASHES

GO

GOES

PASS

PASSES

DO

DOES

FIX

FIXES

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The Present Simple

NEGATIVE SENTENCES
WE NEED AN AUXILIAR TO MAKE NEGATIVES
THE AUXILIAR DO/DOES.

N
T

SHE
HE
IT

DO

D
O
ES

I
YOU
WE
YOU
THEY

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THE GUITAR

SWIM

IN THE BEACH

WASH

THE DISHES

STUDY

ENGLISH

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3. EXAMPLE.
(not/play)

He doesnt play the piano.

He plays the guitar
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3. EXAMPLE.
(not/study)

They dont study. They do

gymnastics
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The Present Simple

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
We have to change the order of the sentence
DO/DOES+ SUBJ + VERB+
COMPLEMENTS?
DO

DOES

I
YOU
WE
YOU
THEY
SHE
HE
IT

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PLAY

THE PIANO?

SWIM

IN THE BEACH?

WASH

THE DISHES?

STUDY

FRENCH?

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3. EXAMPLE.

(play tennis)?
(play golf)?

Does he play tennis? No,

he doesnt.

Does he play golf? Yes, he does.

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3. EXAMPLE.

(watch tv)?
(dance)?

Do they watch TV? No,

they dont.

Do they dance? Yes, they do.

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The Present Simple

Answer these SENTENCES
We have to use YES or NO:
YES, SUBJ+(DO/DOES) //
NO, SUBJ+ DONT(DOESNT)
DO you PLAY the flute?

DOES she PLAY the

flute?

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Yes, I do.
No, I dont.
Yes, she does.
No, she doesnt.

The Present Simple

USAGE
We use the present simple to talk about
habits and routines. Things that we normally do.

We ALWAYS need a subject.

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The Present Simple

TIME EXPRESSIONS
AT+time

At the weekend, at night, at one

oclock.

ON+day

On Monday, on Tuesdays .

IN+part of the
day
EVERY

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In the morning, in the evening .

Week, Thursday, month, day, year,
night .

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The Present Simple

ADVERBS OF FREQuENCY
We use ADVERBS of frequency to say how often we
do something.
They usually go before the verb
Eg. I OFTEN study with my friends.
They go after verb TO BE
Eg. Our teacher is NEVER late.
Adverbs: NEVER, SOMETIMES, OFTEN, USUALLY,
ALWAYS
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AFFIRMATIVE
THIRD PERSON SPELLING RULES
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
USAGE
TIME EXPRESSIONS
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

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