Present Simple Tense

How do we formulate Present Simple?

I play handball

You play

He/ She plays

We play

You play

They play

● Note that for the 3rd person singular ( he, she, it) we use the infinitive form of the verb+ s ( He walks, She talks…)

● 3rd person singular form for verbs that end in a –s sound ( miss, teach, kiss) we use verb+es

( She teaches French )

● finally the 3rd person singular verbs that end in a-y , preceded by a consonant (spy, worry ,fly, envy )

y becomes ie

ex. It worries me a lot.

Present Simple in questions

● 1st and 2nd person singular form:

Do + verb ( Do you speak Italian? )

● All plural forms:

Do + verb ( Do we make the beds ourselves? )

● 3rd person singular form (he, she and it)

Does + verb ( Does she drink coffee every morning? )

Present Simple in negations

● 1st and 2nd person singular form:

Don’t ( do not ) + verb ( I don’t drink tea every morning. )

● All plural forms:

Don’t ( do not ) + verb ( We don’t speak French. )

● 3rd person singular form (he, she and it)

Doesn’t ( does not ) + verb ( She doesn’t cut her hair )

When do we use Present Simple?

- We use Present Simple to indicate:

● facts

ex. I like cats.

I live in Skopje.

● habits

ex. I usually wake up at 7 a.m.

He always drinks tea in the morning.

Exercise:

1. Dr. Ballard ____________ ( look ) for things under the sea.

2. He _________( not go ) down himself- he __________(use) a small submarine.

3. I __________( study ) English everyday.

4. You___________( not like) hiking.

5. She ___________(not teach) Spanish.

6. Peter and his sister _____________( wash ) the family car.

7. ______ you ______mineral water? ( to drink )

8. _______your teacher ____________ your homework) ( to check )

9.________ Mark and John ________ a cup of tea in the afternoon? (to have)

10. They_________( not like) ice cream.