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The document provides information about the present simple tense in English. It discusses: 1) The basic form of verbs in the present simple (e.g. "I work") and the addition of -s for third person singular subjects (e.g. "She works"). 2) The use of auxiliary verbs like "do" and "does" to form questions (e.g. "Do you play?") and negatives (e.g. "I don't like football"). 3) Common uses of the present simple to describe habitual or repeated actions, permanent states, and general truths.

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Present Simple

The document provides information about the present simple tense in English. It discusses: 1) The basic form of verbs in the present simple (e.g. "I work") and the addition of -s for third person singular subjects (e.g. "She works"). 2) The use of auxiliary verbs like "do" and "does" to form questions (e.g. "Do you play?") and negatives (e.g. "I don't like football"). 3) Common uses of the present simple to describe habitual or repeated actions, permanent states, and general truths.

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PRESENT SIMPLE

The present tense is the base form of the verb: I work in London.

But with the third person singular (she/he/it), we add an –s: She works in London.

 Questions

We use DO and DOES (for the third person singular [she/he/it]) to make questions with the
present simple.

Do you play the piano? Where do Angela and Rita live?


Does Jack play football? What does Angela do?
Do Rita and Angela live in Manchester? When does Rita usually get up?

But questions with who often don't use do or does:

Who lives in London?


Who plays football at the weekend?
Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?

Useful questions.

Where do you come from? What work do you do?


Do you come from …? Do you like …?
Where do you live? Do you know …
Do you live in ...?

 Negatives

DO NOT / DOES NOT + INFINITIVE.

I like tennis but I don't like football. They don't work at the weekend.
I don't live in London now. John doesn't live in Manchester.
I don't play the piano but I play the guitar. Angela doesn't drive to work.

PRESENT TIME

We use present simple to talk about…

 something that is true in the present:

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

 something that happens regularly in the present:

I play football every weekend.

 something that is always true:

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

We often use adverbs of frequency like sometimes, always and never with the present simple:
I sometimes go to the cinema. She never plays football.

EXERCISES

1) Do or Does

1. A: _______ you live in a house or a flat?


B: I live in a flat in London, near my college.

2. A: _____ you live alone?


B: No, I don't. I share the flat with my brother.

3. A: ____ he go to the same college as you?


B: No, he's a bit older than me. He's got a job.

4. A: ______ you work at the weekend?


B: Yes, I work in a café on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

5. A: _____ you have a girlfriend at the moment?


B: I do! Her name's Adele.

6. A: _____ she come from London?


B: No. She's from Scotland but she came here to study.

2) Write the correct question.

1. A: _____________________________________ ?
B: I live in Cardiff, in Wales.

2. A: _____________________________________ ?
B: I'm an accountant.

3. A: _____________________________________ ?
B: Usually at about nine o'clock.

4. A: _____________________________________ ?
B: I was born in Tenby.

5. A: _____________________________________ ?
B: I don't have any. I'm an only child.

6. A: _____________________________________ ?
B: I love rugby. I don't play, but I watch!

7. A: _____________________________________ ?
B: The Welsh team, of course!

3) Write the correct words to form these negative phrases.

1. Tony ________ tennis anymore. He says he's too old.

2. I ___________ meat. Are there any vegetarian restaurants near here?

3. Mark _______________ with his parents anymore. He has his own flat.
4. My brother lives 500 miles away, so we ___________ each other very often

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