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Present Tense1

The document discusses the simple present tense in English and how it is used to express habits and routines. It provides the basic conjugations of verbs in the simple present tense and examples of how it is used with habitual actions expressed everyday or every weekend. Frequency adverbs like always, usually, and never are also used with the simple present tense to provide more context about how often an action occurs. Questions starting with whether, where, when and what time can also be formed using the simple present tense.

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Present Tense1

The document discusses the simple present tense in English and how it is used to express habits and routines. It provides the basic conjugations of verbs in the simple present tense and examples of how it is used with habitual actions expressed everyday or every weekend. Frequency adverbs like always, usually, and never are also used with the simple present tense to provide more context about how often an action occurs. Questions starting with whether, where, when and what time can also be formed using the simple present tense.

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EXPRESSING

PRESENT TIME

1. Form basic meaning of the


simple present tense
Singular

Plural

1st Person

I talk

We talk

2nd Person

You talk

You talk

3rd Person

She talks

They talk

Notice: the verb after she, he it (3rd person


singular) has a final s: talks

He talks
It rains
a. I eat breakfast every morning
b. Ann speaks English everyday
c. We sleep every night
d. They go to the beach every weekend

The simple present tense expresses habits. In


(a) : Eating breakfast is a habit, a usual activity.
Every morning = Monday morning, Tuesday morning,

Wednesday morning. Thursday morning. Friday


morning, Saturday morning and Sunday morning

2.

Using Frequency Adverbs: Always,


usually, often, smetimes, seldom,
rarely, never

3. Using Frequency Adverbs with be

4. The simple Present: Yes/No


Questions

5. Asking Informatin questions with


where

6. Asking information with when and


what time

7. Using it to talk about the time

8. Preposition of time

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