The Present Simple Tense

What s Saras
day like?
Hi kids ! This is Sara ! She is
10 years old. Every morning
she gets up at 7 oclock. First
she washes her face and then
she gets dressed. After that
she eats a sandwich and she
drinks a glass of milk. At 8
oclock Sara goes to school
and her parents go to work. At
school she has classes until 3
p.m. When she comes home
from school she does her
homework and after that she
watches TV. At 6 oclock all the
family eat dinner. Before she
goes to bed she reads a book.
Sara goes to sleep at 10
oclock every night.

Now kids lets find all the verbs in

the text
Hi kids ! This is Sara ! She is 10 years old. Every
morning she gets up at 7 oclock. First she washes
her face and then she gets dressed. After that she
eats a sandwich and she drinks a glass of milk. At 8
oclock Sara goes to school and her parents go to
work. At school she has classes until 3 p.m. When
she comes home from school she does her
homework and after that she watches TV. At 6 oclock
all the family eat dinner. Before she goes to bed she
reads a book. Sara goes to sleep at 10 oclock every
night.

All the underlined words in the text are verbs.

They are all in the Present Simple Tense
Hi kids ! This is Sara ! She is 10 years old. Every
morning she gets up at 7 oclock. First she washes
her face and then she gets dressed. After that she
eats a sandwich and she drinks a glass of milk. At 8
oclock Sara goes to school and her parents go to
work. At school she has classes until 3 p.m. When
she comes home from school she does her
homework and after that she watches TV. At 6 oclock
all the family eat dinner. Before she goes to bed she
reads a book. Sara goes to sleep at 10 oclock every
night.

The Present Simple Tense is used

for:

Habitual actions
Routines
Repetitive actions
Things that are always true

Lets look at the following

examples:
She visits her grandparents every
week.
I go to school by bus.
My friends play football in the
afternoon.
Tom likes ice cream.
You play computer games every day.

How do we form Present Simple

Tense?

Rule:
In the third person singular all the verbs
end in s
I play basketball She plays basketball
You like chocolate Ann likes chocolate
They go to school Tom goes to school.

How do we form the Negative

form of Present Simple Tense?

How do we form the negative

form of Present Simple Tense?

I
You
We
They
He
She
It

Do not ( dont )play football

Do not ( dont ) like ice cream
Do not ( dont )go to school
Does not ( doesnt) play football
Does not ( doesnt) like ice
cream
Does not ( doesnt ) go to school

Question form

WH + do /does + S + V ?
Where does she live? In New York
What do you study ? - English

Yes /No Questions

Do you watch cartoons?

Yes, I do
No, I dont
Does she play the piano?
Yes, she does
No, she doesnt

Now, put the following verbs in

the Present Simple Tense

I usually ______ ( go ) to school at 7.

My friends _______ ( not like ) horror films.
______ Sara_______ ( read ) books?
Tony_______ ( visit ) his grandparents every
weekend.
You _______ ( not eat ) apples.
Where_______ they ______ ( come ) from?
Ann ______ ( play ) the guitar.

Now, put the following verbs in

the Present Simple Tense

I usually go to school at 7.
My friends dont like horror films.
Does Sara read books?
Tony visits his grandparents every weekend.
You dont eat apples.
Where do they come from?
Ann plays the guitar.

WELL DONE !