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The Present Simple

The Present Simple. Shumaila Abdul Mueed. Uses. For state of a noun She is pretty The flat is clean The farmer owns the land For repeated actions; I visit my grand mother every week For thoughts and feeling; I think so, I like it. Uses.

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The Present Simple

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  1. The Present Simple Shumaila Abdul Mueed

  2. Uses • For state of a noun • She is pretty • The flat is clean • The farmer owns the land • For repeated actions; • I visit my grand mother every week • For thoughts and feeling; • I think so, I like it

  3. Uses • For negative question with why to make a suggestion; • Why don’t we go out • For the planned future specially for a journey; • What time does your train leave tomorrow • Next Friday is the thirteenth • My school starts at seven tomorrow • We leave Lahore at 10 AM next Tuesday and arrive in Karachi at 11 PM • For routine or habitual actions; • He smokes • Dogs bark • Whenever it rains, the roof leaks • When you open the door a light goes on

  4. Uses • For adverbs or adverb phrases like always, never, occasionally, often, sometimes, usually, every week, on Mondays, twice a year etc; • How often do you wash your hair • It rains in August • For newspaper headlines; • Pakistan beats Australia by 10 runs • Peace talks fail once again • Mass murderer escapes

  5. Uses • For dramatic narrative (radio commentators at sports events public functions etc. and describing the action of a play/opera); • Here comes ShoaibAkhter for his last over • When the curtain rises Juliet is writing at her desk. Suddenly the window opens and the masked man enters • For conditional sentences type 1 • If I see Rida I will ask her • Unless you take the brake off the car won’t move

  6. Uses • For time clauses: • When there is an idea of routine • As soon as he earns any money he spends it • She takes the boy to school before she goes to work • When the main verb is in a future form • When it stops raining we will go out • For imperative mood; command • Stand easy • Pay attention • Sit down

  7. Uses • For states, things staying the same, facts and things that true for a long time; • They live quite near • For phrases like I promise, I agree etc; • I promise I will pay you back

  8. Formation of the Simple Present • Positive form: • With 1st person singular/plural, 2nd person singular/plural and 3rd person plural like: • I/we/you/they/plural nouns 1st form of the Verb (V1) • Most children like ice-cream • I don’t like cricket, I love it • With 3rd person singular like: • He/she/it/singular nouns (name etc) 1stform of Verb (V1) + s/es • He does well in exams • It rains almost daily in January here

  9. Practice Excercises: • Book: Oxford Practice Grammar by John Eastwood • Page 11, 13, 15, 37, 65, 67 & 370

  10. Reference: • Oxford Practice Grammar by John Eastwood. • A Practical English Grammar by A.J Thomson & A. V. Martinet

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