1. Pre-Intermediate Level
VY_32_INOVACE_12-01
Present Simple
Pre-Intermediate Level

2. Usage Universal statement Spring follows winter.
Repeated actions at present John plays tennis every Monday.
Present period She works in a museum.
Fixed arrangement of things The bus leaves at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning.

3. Exercise Write one sentence for each use:
Something that happens regularly
………………………………………………………………………….
Fixed arrangement of things
Universal statement

4. Word order Negative sentence Declarative sentence
S V O A
She drinks water every morning.
Interrogative sentence
Do/Does S V O A
Does she drink water every morning?
Negative sentence
S Do/Does Not V O A
She does not drink water every morning.

5. Exercise Find present simple forms in the text
The Clarks are family from Scotland. There are the parents and two boys – John and Bob. They live in a small village. The father is a vet and he knows a lot about plants and animals. The mother is a nurse. She looks after old people. They like animals and they have two dogs and a cat. Boys walk the dogs every day. They also like swimming in the lake. Their parents don`t swim very often, they rather do gardening or they read books.

6. -s form 3rd person – she, he, it (she drinks, he has, it comes)
-es (-s,-ss,-x,-sh,-ch,-tch,-o)
-ies (fancy----she fancies)

7. Have/ Have got
3rd person has/has got She has breakfast every morning. She has got breakfast every day.
Negative sentence She does not have breakfast every day. She has not got breakfast every day.
Interrogative sentence Does she have breakfast every day? Has she got breakfast every day?

8. Imperative Direct commands Come in! Do help me! You wait here!
Offers, suggestion Do have another cup of coffee! Have a seat!
Direction, instruction Turn left! Open your books!

9. Děkuji za pozornost. Autor DUM: Mgr. Gabriela Marchewková
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