Present Simple Tenses Slides

Present simple. We use the present simple to talk about. Permanent truths. The present period. Habitual actions. Future reference. Making suggestions. Affirmative form. The negative form. The interrogative form. Yes / no questions. Possible answers to yes/no questions. Spelling of the 3rd person singular. Make the present simple. Put the verbs into the correct form.

We use the present simple to talk about:.

When we refer to timetables / events in a calendar The concert begins at 7.30 pm and ends at 9.30 pm. The plane leaves at 11.00 am and arrives at 3 pm. Don’t forget to add –s or –es to the verb form in the 3rd person singular: HE/ SHE/ IT.

Why don’t we go to the beach today? Meaning: Let’s go to the beach We use: Why don’t we...? Why don’t i...?

Subject + verb infinitive + the rest of the sentence We add –s or –es to the verb infinitive in the 3rd person singular: HE/ SHE/ IT. I work You work We work They work in an office. He works She works It works.

Yes + subject + do/does Yes, I do. / Yes, he does. / Yes, we do. No + subject + do not, don’t/ does not, doesn’t No, I don’t. / No, he doesn’t / No, we don’t.

Most verbs add –s Examples: work, works/ drive, drives/ run, runs Verbs normally add –es when they end in o- do, does When verbs end in x, s, ch, sh we have to add –es S: miss, misses X: mix, mixes CH: catch, catches SH: push, pushes.