PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE IS USED:
KEY WORDS (TIME EXPRESSIONS)
Always, often, usually,never,etc.
Every day/week, etc.
In the morning, spring, etc.
At the weekend.
Once, twice, three times, etc. A week,
day, etc.
On mondays, Monday morning, etc.
To describe permanent situations:
She lives in London
To describe repeated/ habitual actions:
He wakes up a 7:30 every morning
To talk about general truths:
Water boils at 100
To talk about future actions related to
timetables and programes:
My plane leaves at 10:00 tomorrow
PRESENT SIMPLE : AFFIRMATIVE

AM
I +
AM NOT

Subject + verb (-s ) + Complement

Have ----- has
HE sleeps at 7 o clock Do---------- does
SHE Works as a waitress Go---------- goes
IT is a dog Teach------ teaches

WE sleep in a hotel
YOU work at a restaurant
THEY are my Friends
PRESENT SIMPLE: NEGATIVE

Subject + DOESN T/ DON T + verb + Complement

HE sleep at 7 o clock
SHE DOESN T Work as a waitress
IT isnt / is not a dog

WE DON T sleep in a hotel

YOU work at a restaurant
THEY arent /are not my Friends
PRESENT SIMPLE: INTERROGATIVE

he
DOES / DO + Subject + verb + Complement + ? YES + she + DOES
it
HE sleeps at 7 o clock
DOES SHE Works as a waitress he
IT is a dog NO + she +
DOESNT
it
we
YES + you + DO
WE sleep in a hotel they
DO YOU work at a restaurant
THEY are my Friends we
NO + you + DONT
they
 EXCERCISE
1. read
We sometimes ( read) ___________ books have
1. We ( have) _________ a nice garden.
2. goes
Emily (go)____________ to the disco. is
2. She (to be) ________ six years old
3. rains
It often (rain) ____________on Sundays. has
3. Simon (have) _________ two dogs
4. wash
Pete and his sister (wash) ____________ the family car. am
4 I (to be) _____________ from Viena, Austria.
5. Like
I (like) _____________ lemonade very much. are
5. They (to be) ____________ Sandys parents.
6. listen to pop mucic.
The girls alwas (listen) ___________
7. wears jeans.
Jane never (wear) ____________
8. teaches Spanish and French.
Mr. Smith (teach) _____________
9. do
You (do) ___________ your homwork after school.

Negative interrogative

1. My father makes breakfast My father doesnt make breakfast. Does my father make breakfast?
2. They are eleven They arent eleven. Are they eleven?
3. She writes a letter She doesnt write a leter. Does she write a leter?
4. I speak Italian I dont speak Italian Do I speak Italian?