SIMPLE PRESENT

Laurette Poulos Simmons

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3-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE
PRESENT TENSE

She walks.

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 3-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE
PRESENT TENSE

SINGULAR PLURAL
1st PERSON I walk we walk
2nd PERSON you walk you walk
3rd PERSON she walks they walk
he walks
it walks

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3-1 Lets Practice

We _____
watch television every day.

watch watches

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 3-1 Lets Practice

watches television every day.

He _______

watch watches

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3-1 Lets Practice

eat lunch at 12:00.

We ____

eat eats

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3-1 Lets Practice

rides her horse every day.

My friend ____

ride rides

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3-5 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ES

Gerardo teaches math.

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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S / -ES

SPELLING

(a) run runs

rain rains 3rd person singular
scrub scrubs add -s
love loves
meet meets
fight fights

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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES

SPELLING

(b) push pushes

watch watches 3rd person singular
miss misses add -es
tax taxes
do does
-sh, -ch, -ss, -x, o

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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES

SPELLING

(c) dry dries

study studies
consonant + -y

3rd person singular

change y to i, add -es

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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES

SPELLING

(d) pay pays

buy buys
vowel + -y

3rd person singular

add -s

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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES

SPELLING

(e) have has

3rd person singular forms

irregular

- Sheila has a laptop.

- Marco and Belinda have a nice family

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3-5 Lets Practice

miss

Seung never ______

misses
his TV program.

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 3-5 Lets Practice

wash
washes his car.
Viktor always _______

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3-5 Lets Practice

mix
Ade usually ______
mixes sugar
in his coffee.

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3-7 Lets Practice

do does

George does
____ yoga every day.

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 3-8 Lets Practice

push

Mark ______
pushes his
bike up the hill
every afternoon.

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 3-8 Lets Practice

The child _______

brushes his
brush
teeth every morning.

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3-8 Lets Practice

dream

Brenda often dreams

______
about her old home.

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 3-9 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE

They do not wash their car.

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 3-9 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE

(a) They
I do not drink milk.
You
We
I NEGATIVE:
We
You + do not + main verb
They

(b) She
It does not drink milk.
He
She
He + does not + main verb
It
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 3-9 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE

(a) I do not drink milk.

(b) She does not drink milk.

do and does = auxiliares

She does not drinks milk. ?

3rd person singular no -s on main verb

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 3-9 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE

(c) I dont drink milk.

They dont go to the lake.
(d) He doesnt drink milk.
Jack doesnt like dogs.
CONTRACTIONS:
do not = dont
does not = doesnt

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 3-9 Lets Practice

smile not

This child doesnt smile

___________.
(use the contraction)

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 3-9 Lets Practice

dont like snakes.

We ________
(use the contraction)
like not

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3-9 Lets Practice

Magda doesnt speak Dutch.

___________
(use the contraction)

speak
not

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3-9 Lets Practice

dont feed
doesnt jump
run
speak

dont feed

feeds

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3-9 Lets Practice

dont feed
doesnt jump
need
eat

They are good cooks.

They dont
____ need
____ help.

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3-10 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO QUESTIONS

Does he exercise?

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 3-10 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO QUESTIONS

DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN

DOES VERB
(a)
b) Do
c)
d) we
you
Ithey like
like
like salad?
salad?
salad?

QUESTION FORMS, SIMPLE PRESENT

Do they
you
we
I ++ main
main verb
verb
(simple form)

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 3-10 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO QUESTIONS

DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN

DOES VERB
((e)
g)
f) Does ithe
she look
like
like salad?
good?
salad?

QUESTION FORMS, SIMPLE PRESENT

Does
Does she
ithe ++ main
main verb
verb
(simple form)

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 3-10 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO QUESTIONS

QUESTION SHORT ANSWER

(i) Do you like ice cream?

Yes, I do.
No, I dont.
(j) Does Max like ice cream?
Yes, he does.
No, he doesnt.
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 3-10 Lets Practice

Question
Do you like to ride horses?

Short Answer
Yes, I do.
Long Answer
I like to ride horses.

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 3-10 Lets Practice

Question
Do they have a baby?

Short Answer
Yes, they do.
Long Answer
They have a baby.

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 3-10 Lets Practice

Question
Do cows bark?

Short Answer
No, they dont.
Long Answer
Cows dont bark.

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3-11 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE

Where do they live?

Do they live in Baltimore?

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 3-11 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE

QUESTION SHORT ANSWER

(a) Do they live in Baltimore?

Yes, they do.
No, they dont.

(b) Where do they live?

In Baltimore.

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 3-11 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHERE

QUESTION SHORT ANSWER

(c) Does Alexi live in Moscow?

Yes, he does.
No, he doesnt.
(d) Where does he live?

In Cape Town.

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 3-13 SUMMARY: INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH BE
AND DO

Q-WORD + DO + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(f) Where does she live?

She lives in Belgium.

(g) What time does institute start?

It starts at 9:00 A.M.

(h) What does she do?

She works in a bank.

(i) When do you study?

I study at night.
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3-13 Lets Practice

is are does do

does the train leave?

What time _____

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