PRESENT SIMPLE

WE USE PRESENT SIMPLE to talk about things IN GENERAL to say that something happens all the time or repeatedly OR in habitual actions: He smokes. Dog barks.

THE PRESENT SIMPLE TO SAY HOW OFTEN WE DO THINGS To permanent situations To do things by saying something or suggest something: I SUGGEST I PROMISE I APOLOGISE I ADVISE I INSIST I AGREE I REFUSE

Simple Present can be used: in newspaper headlines: MASS MURDERER ESCAPES PEACE TALKS FAIL For dramatic narrative, when descibing the action of a play, opera, and is used by radio commentators at sports events, public functions: When the curtain rises, Juliet is writing at her desk. Suddenly the window opens and masked man enters.

for a planned future action or series of actions, when they refer to a journey: We leave London at next Tuesday and arrive in Paris at 13. We spend two hours and leave again at in time clauses: a)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 b) When the main verb is in a future form: It will stop raining soon. Then we’ll go out = When it stops raining we’ll go out

s In the affirmative the simple present has the same form as the infinitive but adds an s for the third person singular.

I, you, we, they I go I run I fly I watch Affirmative he, she, it he goes he runs he flies he watches Affirmative Do Do you go? Do you run? Do you fly? Do you watch? Interrogatives Does Does he go? Does he run? Does he fly? Does he watch? Interrogatives don’t I don’t go I don’t understand I don’t know Negative doesn’t He doesn’t remember He doesn’t like He doesn’t listen Negative + s/es

Verbs ending in ss, sh, ch, x and o add es, intead of s alone, to form the third person singular: I kiss, he kissesI box, he boxes I rush, he rushesI do, he does I watch, he watchesI go, he goes consonanty es When follows a consonant we change the y into i and add es: I carry, he carriesI copy, he copiesI try, he tries y But verbs ending in y following a vowel obey the usual rule: I obey, he obeysI say, he says

The simple present is often used with adverbs phrases such as:

How often do you wash your hair? I go to Church on Sundays. It rains in winter. When you open the door a lights goes on. Whenever it rains the roof leaks.

say It is used, chiefly with the verb say, when - we are asking about, - quoting from books, notices or very recently receives letters: What does that notice say? – It says, ‘No parking’ I see you’ve got a letter from Ann. What does she say? Shakespeare says, ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be.’

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