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How to use Simple Present?
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How to use
Simple Present?
What is?
Simple Present
What is ?
Structure / Rules / Examples
Positive +
SUB + VERB (ES/IES/S) + COMPLEMENT.
Negative -
Structure
SUB + DO NOT/DOES NOT+ VERB+ COMPLEMENT.
(DIDN'T / DOESN'T)
Question ?
DO/DOES + SUB + VERB + COMPLEMENT.?
What is Simple Present?
ROUTINES
Definition
DESCRIPTIONS
PROCESSES
3RD Person
3rd Person Rules
(SHE / HE / IT)
WHEN THE VERB ENDS IN:
S / SS
SH
WE ADD
CH
EXAMPLES
Rule # 1
X
KISS - KISSES
+ES AT THE END OF THE VERB
1.
BRUSH -BRUSHES
O
2.
WATCH - WATCHES
Z
3.
FIX - FIXES
4.
DO - DOES
5.
BUZZ - BUZZES
6.
WHEN THE VERB ENDS IN:
Consonant + Y
WE DROP THE Y
EXAMPLE
Rule # 2
TRY - TRIES
1.
WE ADD +IES AT THE END OF THE VERB
CRY - CRIES
2.
FLY - FLIES
3.
WHEN THE VERB IS NOT RULE # 1 OR RULE # 2
EXAMPLES
Rule # 3
WE ADD +S AT THE END OF THE VERB
WORK - WORKS
1.
COOK - COOKS
2.
PLAY - PLAYS
3.
Future
Using Simple Present in Future!
timetabled
a,
When?
a chart showing the departure and arrival times of trains, buses, or aircraft.
We use the present simple
to talk about timetabled
future events:
Examples:
Examples
I'd better hurry, my bus leaves in 5 minutes.
The exam starts at 9 am
Past Tense
Past
Telling a story
a,
#1
This makes the events more immediate and exciting for the listener.
Last year I was swimming off the coast in NZ when suddenly I see a shark fin heading towards me…
Newspaper headlines
a,
#2
Man dies in forest fire.
Journalists often use the present not the past in newspaper headlines to make newspaper stories more exciting, fresh and immediate.
With hear, tell, gather, say
#3
a,
This puts more emphasis on the information we heard rather than the fact you heard it.
I hear you're getting married!
She says she didn't like the present!
When telling jokes
a,
#4
A man walks into a bar...
This makes the joke more immediate and dramatic for the listener (even if the joke is not very funny!)