1. Presentation by Ethar , Zainab , and Fatimah
Simple Present Tense
Presentation by Ethar , Zainab , and Fatimah

2. Simple Present Tense: Uses
Everyday activities: What do you do every day?
Routines, habits
General truths

3. Third Person He / She / It
Singular subject (my friend, the boss, a co-worker)
Verb + s
Goes, works, talks, does, speaks

4. Third Person Spelling Rules
pass
fix
wax
Rule 1: verbs ending in –ch, -sh, -ss, and –x + es

5. Third Person Spelling Rules
fly
dry
try
study
Rule 2: final consonant + y ->
- y + ies

6. he, she, it s Grammatical View s s
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

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. What about you? Ask and answer these questions with a classmate:
What time do you get up in the morning? I get up at …
What time do you go to bed? How many hours do you sleep per night?
Do you eat breakfast? What do you usually have?

12. Find and correct the mistakes:
The company’s profits looks good.
The technician fixxes any computer problems we have.
Everybody working hard every day, and company morale is high.
The people in this company really likes working here.

13. Negatives in Simple Present Tense
Change these to negative:
Fatimah works hard .
He drives to his work .
They eat break fast .
You are married .

14. Negatives in simple present tense
I / you / we / they
Plural subject (the workers, the people)
+ do not (don’t) + verb
He / she / it
Singular subject
+ does not (doesn’t) + verb (no –s)

15. Questions in Simple Present Tense
Change these statements to questions:
Fatimah works hard .
He drives to his work .
They eat break fast .
You are married .

16. Questions in Simple Present Tense
Do + I / you / we / they + verb + ?
Does he / she / it + verb + ?

17. Any questions?