PRESENT SIMPLE Teens 3 – March 2014

PRESENT SIMPLE Verb to be Present simple of be: am, is, are Use the present simple of be: with AGE – Carlos is fifteen /I’m fourteen with an ADJECTIVE – You’re right /It’s easy with THIS and THAT – This is my bike/ That is Helen’s house. with NATIONALITY – They are Turkish with JOBS – Jim is a dentist.

PRESENT SIMPLE Verb to be

PRESENT SIMPLE Verb to be

PRESENT SIMPLE verb to be Questions with be swap subject and verb. She’s a secretary Is she a secretary? qqqqqqqqq

PRESENT SIMPLE Verb to be– WH- questions Adjective Noun/noun phrase Preposition (place/origin) Question Auxiliary verb Subject Is she your mother nice? married? at home? Are you fourteen? Italian? a teacher? Where is the camera? the bus stop? from? What your name? What time it?/the time? What colour your bag? How old are you? How your parents? How much it? They?

PRESENT SIMPLE other verbs - affirmative We say: I WALK We WALK You WALK They WALK But He WALKS She WALKS It WALKS

PRESENT SIMPLE other verbs - affirmative Spelling Verbs ending in O, S, CH, SH, X add –ES for the he/she/it form. go  goes do  does miss  misses watch  watches wash  washes relax  relaxes Verbs ending in consonant+ –y change –y to –i and add –es. study  studies try  tries but vowel + -y add –s pay  pays

PRESENT SIMPLE other verbs - negative I, you, we, and they  do not or don’t he, she, it  does not or doesn’t We put do not/don’t and does not/doesn’t after the pronoun. I don’t like ice-cream. She doesn’t eat chocolate. They don’t speak Italian. We don’t live in France. Tom doesn’t play tennis.

PRESENT SIMPLE other verbs - negative

PRESENT SIMPLE other verbs – Yes/No questions We use DO with I, you, we and they when we make questions in the present simple. We use DOES with he, she, it. We put DO or DOES before the pronoun. Do you walk to school or do you take the bus? Does Ana play basketball? Does Harry often arrive late? Do they speak Italian? Do you live in Australia?

PRESENT SIMPLE other verbs – Yes/No questions

PRESENT SIMPLE other verbs – WH- questions Auxiliary Subject Information Verb (inf) + any other word Do you live here? Does she play tennis? Where do they work? What does John study? What time the bank open? Remember! Yes/No A-S-I Wh- Q-A-S-I

PRESENT SIMPLE use The present simple describes General facts I like milk. Maria plays basketball They speak Turkish We live in Australia She is thirteen I’m at home. This is my car I’m thirsty/sad/cold Repeated actions and habits Harry often arrives late. I walk to school every day I usually get up at 7.30 My brother usually walks with me. Things that are always true The sun rises in the east The earth goes round the sun. Use Be with: AGE - ADJECTIVES with THIS and THAT NATIONALITY –JOBS – PLACES

PRESENT SIMPLE Frequency adverbs We often use the present simple with these frequency adverbs:

PRESENT SIMPLE Frequency adverbs - position The frequency adverb goes before all verbs except verb to be: Monday always comes after Sunday Maria is always late. Maria always arrive late.

PRESENT SIMPLE time phrases We can use other time phrases to say HOW OFTEN something happens. On Mondays he goes to the chess class. I have dance lessons every week. Time phrases can come at the beginning or at the end of the sentence.

PRESENT SIMPLE use The present simple describes General facts I like milk. Maria plays basketball They speak Turkish We live in Australia She is thirteen I’m at home. This is my car I’m thirsty/sad/cold Repeated actions and habits Harry often arrives late. I walk to school every day I usually get up at 7.30 My brother usually walks with me. Things that are always true The sun rises in the east The earth goes round the sun. Use Be with: AGE - ADJECTIVES with THIS and THAT NATIONALITY –JOBS – PLACES

Present Simple Use it for… Habits Routines General truths Signal words Form Use Habits Routines General truths + S + verb I/you/we/they LIKE tea He/she/it LIKES tea. Use it for… _ S + aux + verb (inf) I/you/we/they DON’T LIKE tea He/she/it DOESN’T LIKE tea. ALWAYS USUALLY SOMETIMES HARDLY EVER NEVER Signal words ? Aux + S + verb (inf) DO I/you/we/they LIKE tea? DOES He/she/it LIKE tea? Verb to be is always different + I am Australian - He isn’t clever ? Are you ten ? But remember!