Simple Present Tense

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Form and basic meaning of the simple present tense (Affirmative)
1st person 2nd person 3rd person	SINGULAR I talk You talk She talks He talks It rains	PLURAL We talk You talk They talk	Notice : The verb after she, he, it (3rd person singular) has a final –s -à talks
(a)    I eat breakfast every morning. (b)   Olga speaks English everyday (c)    We sleep every night. (d)   They go to the beach every weekend (e)    She wakes up every morning at 07.00			The simple present tense expresses habits. In (a) : eating breakfast is a habit, a usual activity. Every morning = Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, Friday morning, Saturday morning and Sunday morning.

The simple present tense : Negative form
(a)    I We You They	do not do not do not do not	drink coffee drink coffee drink coffee drink coffee	Notice in (b) : in 3rd person singular, there is no –s on the main verb, the final –s part of does. Incorrect : She does not drinks coffee
(b)   She He It	does not does not does not	drink coffee drink coffee good taste
(c)    I don’t drink tea They don’t have a car			Contractions : Do not --- don’t Does not --- doesn’t People usually use contractions when they speak People often use contraction when they write.
(d)   He doesn’t drink tea Mary doesn’t have a car

The simple present tense : Yes / no questions (Interrogative)
Do/does	subject		Main verb	Notice in (e) : the main verb in the question does not have a final –s. The final –s is part of does. Incorrect : does she likes coffee? Are you a student? Incorrect : do you be a student?
(a)    Do (b)   Do (c)    Do (d)   Do (e)    Does (f)    Does (g)   Does	I You We They She He It		like coffee? like coffee? like coffee? like coffee? like coffee? like coffee? taste good?
Question		Short answer		Do, don’t, does and doesn’t are used in the short answers to yes/no questions in the simple present.
(h)   Do you like tea? (i)     Does Bob like tea?		Yes, I do No, I don’t Yes, he does No, he doesn’t

  

Exercise : Chapter review

Direction : Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

I (have) ________ two roommates. One of them, Sam, is always neat and clean. He (wash) ________ his clothes once a week. (you, know) ________ Matt, my other roommate? He (be) ________ the opposite of Sam. For example, Matt (change, not) ________ the sheets on his bed. He (keep) ________ the same sheets week after week. He (wash, never) ________ his clothes. He (wear) ________ the same dirty jeans every day. Sam’s side of the room (be, always) ________ neat, and Matt’s side (be, always) ________ a mess. As my mother always (say) ________, it (take) ________ all kinds of people to make a world.  

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