Tense Present Simple: Prepared By: Keo Sith

Tense
Present Simple
Prepared by: Keo Sith
Tense
Answer to all these questions: 11. Had you eaten before you went to bed last night?
1. Can you think of a “general truth”? What are some other 12. Will you have eaten by the time you go to bed tonight?
general truths? 13. What are you doing right now? How long have you been
2. What do you do everyday? (doing that?)
3. What are some of the things you do everyday or almost 14. What were you doing last night at nine o’clock? What time
everyday? Name three activities? did you stop (doing that?) Why did you stop (doing that)? How
4. What did you do yesterday? Name three separate activities. long had you been (doing that) before you stopped?
5. What will you do tomorrow? 15. What are you going to be doing at nine o’clock tomorrow
night? What time are you going to stop (doing that)? Why? How
6. What are you going to do tomorrow? long will you have been (doing that) before you stop?
7. What are you doing right now? What are your classmates 16. What will you be doing before (name teacher) walked into
doing right now? What is happening outside the classroom right the classroom today?
now?
17. What were you doing before (name of the teacher) walked
8. Where were you at two o’clock this morning? What were you into the classroom today? How long had you been doing that?
doing?
18. What will you have done by the time you go to bed tonight?
9. Where will you be at two o’clock tomorrow? What will you be
doing? 19. What had you done before you went to bed last night?
10. Have you eaten today? When did you eat? 20. What have you done since you got up in the morning?
PRESENT SIMPLE
I. Positive II. Interrogative
Form: Subject + verb + (object) Form: Do/ Does + subject + verb + (object)?
Ex. I write a book. Ex. Do you write a book?
Ex. She hits me. Ex. Does she hit you?
Ex. He works. Ex. Does he work?
Ex. She cries. Ex. Does She drink milk?
Ex. She drinks milk.
PRESENT SIMPLE
III. Negative Note:
“I, you, we, they” use with “Do”
Form: “He, she, it” use with “Does”
Subject + do/ does + not + verb + (object)
Ex. I don’t like you.

Ex. He doesn’t smoke.
Ex. I don’t study.
Ex. She doesn’t drink.
Ex. She doesn’t speak English.
PRESENT SIMPLE
IV. Spelling note 4.2 When “y” follows a consonant, we change “y” to “i’
and we add “es”:
4.1 Verbs ending in “ss, sh, ch, x, and o” add Ex. He carries
“es”, in stead of “s” alone, to form the third Ex. He studies
person singular Ex. She copies
Ex. He kisses Ex. He tries
Ex. She rushes 4.3 But when verbs ending in “y” following a vowel,
obey the usual rule:
Ex. She washes + They are 5 vowels in English language:
Ex. He watches “a, e, i, o, u”
Ex. She finishes Ex. He obeys
Ex. He says
Ex. He boxes
Ex. She looks
Ex. She does Ex. She hits
Ex. She expresses Ex. she eats
PRESENT SIMPLE
V. Usages of Present Simple 5.2 Present Simple is often used with
adverbs or adverb phrases such as:
5.1 We use present simple tense “Always, never, occasionally, often,
for expressing habitual action: sometimes, usually, every week, every
morning, on Monday, twice a year, every
Ex. He smokes cigarettes. night, every week, every month........etc.”
Ex. Dog barks. Ex. I go to school everyday.
Ex. She goes to church on Sunday.
Ex. Cats drink milk.
Ex. It rains in winter.
Ex. I go to school every morning. Ex. How often do you wash your hair?
Ex. I get up at five o’clock in the Ex. I go to bed late every night.
morning. Ex. Sometimes I phone her.
PRESENT SIMPLE
5.3 It can be used in the newspaper headlines 5.5 It is used to instead of the
Ex. MASS MURDERER ESCAPES present progressive with verbs which
Ex. PEACE TALKS FAIL can’t be used in the progressive
5.4. It can be used for a plan future action or
form:
series of actions, particularly when they refer e.g. love, like, hate, see, believe,
to a journey. Travel agent use it a good deal understand, want........etc.
Ex. We leave London at 10:00 next Monday and
Ex. I like you. (not: I am liking you.)
arrive in Paris at 13:00PM. We spend two hours
in Paris and leave again at 15:00 PM. We arrive Ex. I want to buy a car. (not: I am
in Rome at 19:30PM; we spend four hours in wanting to buy a car.)
Rome etc. Ex. I believe you. (not: I am believing
you.)
PRESENT SIMPLE
5.6 It is used in the conditional, type 1 5.8 It is used for proverbs
Ex. If I see Ann, I’ll ask her. Ex. Action speaks louder than words.
Ex. Prevention is better cure.
Ex. Unless you take the break off, the
Ex. Although snow melt and the mountain fall,
car won’t move. I faithful to you.
5.7 It is used to express general truths 5.8 It is used for the action that happen today
Ex. The sun rises in the east. Ex. Today, I go to market.
Ex. Today, I meet my old friend at the
Ex. Honey is sweet. supermarket.
Ex. Fortune favors brave. Ex. This morning, I go to visit my friend at the
hospital.
PRESENT SIMPLE
5.9 Time expression of present
simple
“Today, This morning, This evening,
This afternoon, Tonight, At three
o’clock”
The End
Ex. Tonight, I have a party at my
house.
Ex. This afternoon, I have a date
with my girlfriend.

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