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Simple Present. Use the simple present to: describe what generally happens / repeated actions; Examples: He eats bread every morning. The paper usually arrives at 7.00 a.m. Simple Present. Use for something that is permanently true : Examples: They live in Kelantan.
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Simple Present Use the simple present to: • describe what generally happens/ repeated actions; • Examples: He eats bread every morning. The paper usually arrives at 7.00 a.m.
Simple Present • Use for something that is permanently true: Examples: • They live in Kelantan. • I don’t speak French.
Simple Present • REMEMBER! • I/ You/ We/ They eat. • He/ She/ It eats. • Do I/ you/ they eat? • Does she/ he/ it eat? • I/ You/ We/ They do not (don’t) eat. • He/ She/ It does not (doesn’t) eat.
Simple Present Tense • Use the simple present to talk about situations that are not connected to time such as scientific facts and physical laws. • Examples: The Earth orbits the sun. The sun rises in the East.
Simple Present Exercise • She _______ to me every week. (write) • My boss ______ to Jakarta every month. (fly) • The bank __________ on Sundays. (not open) • Her son ________ her often. (not visit) • He _______ his car every weekend. (wash) • Snakes _______ for most of the day. (sleep) • She ______ to work by train. (go) • We usually ____ to the beach during the weekend ( go)