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English Practicing

English Practicing. THE. TENSES. The Present Simple. The Usages of the Present Simple. USE 1: Repeated Actions. USE 2: Facts or Generalizations. Use 1. USE 1: Repeated Actions.

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English Practicing

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  1. English Practicing

  2. THE TENSES

  3. The Present Simple

  4. The Usages of the Present Simple USE 1: Repeated Actions USE 2: Facts or Generalizations

  5. Use 1 USE 1: Repeated Actions Use the PresentSimple to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.

  6. Examples Subject + (Verb)+(s, es) + Object play - I tennis. -She play tennis. - Thetrain every morning at 8 am.-The train leave at 9am. does not leaves does not

  7. USE 2: Facts or Generalizations The Present Simple can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.

  8. . Examples Subject + (Verb)+(s, es) + Object like - Cats milk.- Birds like milk. - Windows made of glass.- Windows made of wood. do not are are not

  9. Grammatical View Present Simple, third person singular Note: he, she, it s A: in the third person singular the verb, always ends in: s s she need he want

  10. es B. Add to verbs ending in: ss sh x es es es he fix it push he pass o ch es es she catch He go

  11. y y ies C: Verbs ending in ;the third person changes the to fly fl cry cr ies ies Exception: y If there is a vowel before the : play play s pray s pray

  12. §Negative and questionforms useDO or DOES(=the third person of theauxiliary'DO') + the infinitive of the verb.He wants. Doeshe want? Hedoes notwant.

  13. Examples: . 1.Third person singular with s or esa.He goes to school every morning.b.She understands English.c. It mixes the sand and the water.d. He triesvery hard.e. She enjoys playing the piano.

  14. Affirmative Interrogative Negative I think Do I think? I do not think You think Do you think? You don't think thinksHe, She, It Does he, she, it think? He, she, it doesn't think We think Do we think? We don't think You think Do you think? You don't think 2. Present Simple, form: Example: to think, present simple

  15. Thepresent simpleis used: A.to expresshabits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes: §I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth). . -He drinks tea at breakfast -She only eats fish. -They watch television regularly

  16. B. to give instructions or directions: §You walk for two hundred metres, then you turn left. § -You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford. -Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.

  17. c. to express fixed arrangements, present or future: -Your exam starts at 09:00. -The bell rings at 8:00. The bus arrives at 7:00

  18. D.to express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until: -He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday -His mother arrives tomorrow. §-Our holiday startson the 26th March. -She'll see you before sheleaves.

  19. Time expressions There are time expressions that we use only with the Present Simple and they are: 1.Every day, every Friday, every week, every month, every summer, every month, every year, always, usually, etc. .2.All the time I go to school every day. He visits me every summer.

  20. Activities 1.Ask your friends questions about what they do at different times. Also ask about their families.- "What time do you get up?" - "When do your brothers go to bed?"Write down the questions and give them to your teacher for checking.

  21. Write the questions for the following answers. (Present Simple) .                 ?__________________________________1. I work in a bank. ?_____________________________________2. My brother is an engineer. 3.___________________________________? He lives in an apartment building.

  22. . Put in : do/don't/does/doesn't 1.Excuse me, _____________ you speak English? .                .Where's Ann? I _____________ know.2 3.George is a good tennis player but he ___________ play very often.

  23. The End

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