Use: Use: Sentences in the present simple tense are true Sentences in the present simple tense are true all all the time the time . .
I come from Japan. I come from Japan. I live in Paris. I live in Paris. I like animals. I like animals. I have three sisters. I have three sisters.
Form: Form: 1) Form the present simple this way: 1) Form the present simple this way: Positive Positive
I I like like
you you
he he
like like s s
she she
it it
we we like like
they they
Negative Negative
I I don’t don’t
you you
he he
doesn’t doesn’t
she she
it it
we we don’t don’t
they they
Questions Questions
I I
Do Do
animals? animals? you you
he he
Does Does
she she
it it
Do Do we we
they they
Short answers Short answers
I I
you you
Yes, Yes,
he he
she she
it it
we we
they they
I I
you you
No, No,
he he
she she
it it
we we
they they
Spelling Rules for 3rd person (he / she / it) Spelling Rules for 3rd person (he / she / it)
If a verb ends in If a verb ends in consonant + y consonant + y , change , change y y to to i i and add and add es. es.
I stu I stu dy dy English. He stu English. He stu dies dies English. English.
If a verb ends in If a verb ends in tch, ss, x, sh tch, ss, x, sh or or z z , add , add es es . .
She watch She watch es es television. television. Susan miss Susan miss es es her family. her family. He fix He fix es es the television. the television. My dad wash My dad wash es es the car on the car on Sundays. Sundays.
Some verbs have irregular Some verbs have irregular spellings: spellings:
I go I go → he / she / it → he / she / it goes goes
he I do → he / she / it / she / it does does
→
I do
I have → he I have → he / she / it / she / it has has
Common mistakes Common mistakes 1) Some 1) Some students forget to add s for students forget to add s for he/she/it. he/she/it. My My mother like chocolate. mother like chocolate.
mother likes chocolate. mother likes chocolate.
Some 2) Some students make the negative form students make the negative form
2)
incorrectly. incorrectly. Tom Tom no work here. no work here.
work here. work here. Tom Tom isn’t work here. isn’t work here. Tom Tom don’t work here. don’t work here.
3) Some 3) Some students forget to use Do and Does students forget to use Do and Does to make questions. to make questions. You like this song? You like this song?
song? song? Is your father work here? Is your father work here?
father work here? father work here?
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