Present Simple

WE USE IT TO EXPRESS: HABITUAL ACTIONS Example : We usually go to the Algarve. PERMANENT SITUATIONS Example: Susan lives in Liverpool. PROGRAMMES OR TIMETABLES Example: School starts at 9 a.m. GENERAL TRUTHS OR NATURAL LAWS Example: Lisbon is the capital of Portugal. The earth goes around the sun.

How do we form the Present Simple Tense? AFFIRMATIVE I You We They He She It

make

makes

INTERROGATIVE I you Do we make? they he Does she make it

NEGATIVE I You We don’t make They He She doesn’t make It

NOTES:

When a verb ends in -O, -SS, -SH, -CH, -X, we add -ES to the 3rd person singular. EXAMPLE: do - he does wash - he washes

watch - he watches

fix - he fixes miss - he misses

Some expressions about Present Simple USUALLY

EVERY DAY

ALWAYS

OFTEN

NORMALLY SOMETIMES NEVER SELDOM