SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

THERE ARE FOUR PRESENT TENSE FORMS IN ENGLISH:

Present simple: I workPresent continuous: I am workingPresent perfect: I have workedPresent perfect continuous: I have been working

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WE WORK AT A CALL CENTER

HE WORKS AT THE HOSPITAL

I DON’T PLAY CANDY CRUSH

SHE DOESN’T EAT MEAT

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?

DOES HE LIKE BROCCOLI?

SIMPLE PRESENT We use the present tense to talk about:

• Something that is true in the present:

I’m nineteen years old.He lives in London.I’m a student.

• Something that happens again and again in the present:

I play football every weekend.

• Something that is always true:

The adult human body contains 206 bones.Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second.

• Something that is fixed in the future.

The school term starts next week.The train leaves at 19:45 this evening.We fly to Paris next week.

We use words like sometimes, often. always, and never (adverbs of frequency) with the present tense:

I sometimes go to the cinema.

She never plays football.

FORM AND SPELLING

SUBJECT + VERB

I run

You run

He runs

She runs

It runs

We run

You run

They run

FORM AND SPELLING

SUBJECT + DON`T + VERB

OR

SUBJECT + DOESN`T + VERB

I don’t run

You don’t run

He doesn’t run

She doesn’t run

It doesn’t run

We don’t run

You don’t run

They don’t run

don’t = do notdoesn’t = does not

The “doesn’t” replaces the “s” in 3rd person.

FORM AND SPELLING

? DO + SUBJECT + VERB ?

OR

DOES + SUBJECT + VERB ?

Do I run ?

Do you run ?

Does he run ?

Does she run ?

Does it run ?

Do we run ?

Do you run ?

Do they run ?

don’t = do notdoesn’t = does not

The “doesn’t” replaces the “s” in 3rd person.

QUESTIONS

Look at these questions:

Do you play the piano? Where do you live?

Does Jack play football? Where does he come from?

Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester?

Where do they work?

With the present tense, we use do and does to make questions.

We use does for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do for the others.

We use do and does with question words like where, what and why

But look at these questions with who:

Who lives in London? Who plays football at the weekend? Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?

NEGATIVES

Look at these sentences:

I like tennis, but I don’t like football. (don’t = do not) I don’t live in London now. I don’t play the piano, but I play the guitar. They don’t work at the weekend. John doesn’t live in Manchester. (doesn’t = does not) Angela doesn’t drive to work. She goes by bus.

With the present tense we use do and does to make negatives.

We use does not (doesn’t) for the third person (she/he/it) and we use do not (don’t) for the others.

SUMMARY

VERB TO BE

The verb “To be” in simple present is not used in its base form, it has three forms:

Am

Is

Are

AFFIRMATIVE

I am a student.

He is a teacher.

She is a journalist.

It is a book.

We are mechanics.

You are pilots.

They are policemen.

I’m a student.

He’s a teacher.

She’s a journalist.

It’s a book.

We`re mechanics.

You’re pilots.

They’re policemen.

FULL FORM CONTRACTED FORM

NEGATIVE

I am not a singer.

He is not a receptionist.

She is not a nurse.

It is not my book.

We are not not musicians.

You are not a shop assistant.

They are not taxi drivers.

I'm not  a singer.

He isn't a receptionist.

She isn't a nurse.

It isn't my book.

We aren't not musicians.

You aren't a shop assistant.

They aren't taxi drivers.

FULL FORM CONTRACTED FORM

QUESTIONS

Am I right?

Is he here?

Is she a nurse?

Is it second-hand?

Are we wrong?

Are you Alan Parker?

Are they American?

QUIZ

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