1. Simple Present Tense

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

3. What do these people do?

4. bake

5. cut / style hair

6. build

7. deliver

8. draw / design

9. drive

10. fix / repair plumbing, appliances

11. fly

12. garden

13. guard

14. manage / supervise

15. paint

16. use a computer / program

17. answer telephone, type, file, take messages

18. sell

19. serve, help customers

20. teach

21. research, do experiments

22. wash dishes

23. clean, wax

24. weld

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

26. Spelling rules: Third person verbs in simple present tense
teach
research
wash
push

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

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

29. Third Person Spelling Rulesdo go
have

30. 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?

31. What about you? What do you like to do in your free time?
Do you exercise? What exercises do you do or what sports do you play?

32. What about you? What chores do you do in your household?
What do you do at your job?

33. Find and correct the mistakes:
I’m work for a very good company, and I also student at MiraCosta College.
The manager talkes with all employees once a week.
The manager and I has a meeting today.
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.

34. Negatives in Simple Present Tense
Change these to negative:
I work.
I like my job.
They have benefits.
We have a nice boss.

35. Negatives in Simple Present Tense
Change these to negative:
She has a lot of experience.
He drives to his work.
The new employee comes early.
My co-worker talks to me.

36. 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)

37. Questions in Simple Present Tense
Change these statements to questions:
I work.
I like my job.
They have benefits.
We have a nice boss.

38. Questions in Simple Present Tense
Change these statements to questions:
She has a lot of experience.
He drives to his work.
The new employee comes early.
Your co-worker talks to you.

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