Form and basic meaning of the simple present tense

1. Day after day

2. 4a. Day in, Day out

• in the morning: brush teeth,
have breakfast, go to school,
have lessons at school
• in the afternoon: play sports,
have lessons at school
• in the evening: have dinner
• at night: go to bed
• at weekends: play sports

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FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF
THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st PERSON
2nd PERSON
3rd PERSON
I walk
you walk
she walks
he walks
it walks
we walk
you walk
they walk
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4.

3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S / -ES
SPELLING
(a) run
rain
scrub
love
PRONUNCIATION
runs
rains
scrubs
loves
-s as /z/
voiced
3rd person singular
add -s
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5.

3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES
SPELLING
(b) sink
meet
fight
cough
PRONUNCIATION
sinks
meets
fights
coughs
-s as /s/
voiceless
3rd person singular
add -s
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6.

3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES
SPELLING
PRONUNCIATION
pushes
(c) push
watches
watch
misses
miss
taxes
tax
-sh, -ch, -ss, -x
-es as /əz/
3rd person singular
add -es
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7.

3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES
SPELLING
(d) dry
study
dries
studies
PRONUNCIATION
-es as /əz/
consonant + -y
3rd person singular
change y to i, add -es
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8.

3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES
SPELLING
(e) pay
buy
PRONUNCIATION
pays
buys
-s as /z/
vowel + -y
3rd person singular
add -s
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9.

Let’s Practice
We _____
watch TV every day.
watch
watches
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10.

Let’s Practice
watches TV every day.
He _______
watch
watches
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11.

Let’s Practice
We ____
eat lunch at 12:00.
eat
eats
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12.

3-1 Let’s Practice
Jara _____
takes a walk in the morning.
take
takes
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13.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE
They do not wash their car.
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14.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE
(a) They
You
We
I do not drink milk.
I
We
You
They
NEGATIVE:
+ do not + main verb
(b) She
He
It does not drink milk.
She
He
It
+ does not + main verb
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15.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE
(a) I do not drink milk.
(b) She does not drink milk.
do and does = helping verbs
She does not drinks milk. ?
3rd person singular
no -s on main verb
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16.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE
(c) I don’t drink milk.
They don’t go to the lake.
(d) He doesn’t drink milk.
Jack doesn’t like dogs.
CONTRACTIONS:
do not = don’t
does not = doesn’t
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17.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO
QUESTIONS
Does he exercise?
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18.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO
QUESTIONS
DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN
DOES
VERB
(a)
b) Do
c)
d)
we
you
Ithey
like
like
like
salad?
salad?
salad?
QUESTION FORMS, SIMPLE PRESENT
Do
they
you
we
I
++
main
main verb
verb
(simple form)
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19.

THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO
QUESTIONS
DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN
DOES
VERB
((e)
g)
f) Does
ithe
she
look
like
like
salad?
good?
salad?
QUESTION FORMS, SIMPLE PRESENT
Does
Does
she
ithe
++
main
main verb
verb
(simple form)
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20.

USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS:
100%
(a) Mary always eats lunch at school.
90%- 99% (b) Mary usually eats lunch at school.
75%- 90% (c) Josh often eats hamburgers.
25%- 75% (d) Tia sometimes eats lunch at school.
1%- 10% (f) Eva rarely washes her car.
0%
(g) Jay never goes to the zoo.
frequency adverbs
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21.

3-12
THE SIMPLE
PRESENT: ASKING
INFORMATION
USING
FREQUENCY
ADVERBS:
QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME
I usually go to school?
frequency
main
subject +
+
adverb
verb
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22.

Let’s Practice
Talia _______
always feeds her dog.
Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed.Thurs. Fri. Sat.
always
usually
often
sometimes
seldom
rarely
never
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23.

Let’s Practice
Luke _______
usually cooks dinner.
Sun.Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.
always
usually
often
sometimes
seldom
rarely
never
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24.

Let’s Practice
Mike _________
sometimes cooks
dinner.
Sun.Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.
always
usually
often
sometimes
seldom
rarely
never
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25. 4a. Day in, Day out

1 Harry never walks to school.
2 Hermione always studies a lot.
3 Students usually spend their free
time in the common room.
4 The Dursleys don’t often treat
Harry well.
5 Hedwig sometimes brings Harry’s
mail.

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THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO
QUESTIONS
QUESTION
SHORT ANSWER
(i) Do you like ice cream?
Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
(j) Does Max like ice cream?
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn’t.
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