Unit 05 :
Present simple tens
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Beginner

Summary

The present tense is the base form of the verb：But with the third person singular (she/he/it), we add an –s：

Sentence Building 1

they read / he likes / I work etc.= Present simple tense：

I/we/you/ they

⇒

read / like / work / live / watch / do / have

he/she/it

⇒

reads / likes / works / lives / watches / does / has

Sentence Building 2

In the simple present, most regular verbs use the root form, except in the third-person singular (which ends in -s)：he works/ she lives/ it rains etc.

1.I work in an office. My brother works in a bank.

2.Lucy lives in the US. Her parents lives in London.

3. It rains a lot in the winter.

I have → he/she/it has：

4. John has lunch at home every day.

 

For a few verbs, the third-person singular ends with -es or -ies instead of -s.

Typically, these are verbs whose root form ends in -s/-sh/-ch and -y：

pass

⇒

passes

finish

⇒

finishes

watch

⇒

watches

study

⇒

studies

try

⇒

tries

do

⇒

does

go

⇒

goes

Grammar Introduction

We use the present simple to talk about: something that is true in the present:

1. I like big cities.

2. Your English is good. You speak very well.

3. Tom works very hard. He starts at 7am and finishes at 9pm.

4. We do a lot of different things in our time.

We use the present simple to talk about: something that is true in the present:

5.The earth goes around the sun.

6. It costs a lot of money to build a hospital.

Grammar Introduction

We often use adverbs of frequency like sometimes/always/often/usually/never +the present simple:

1. Susie always gets to work early.

2. I never eat breakfast.

3. We often sleep late on weekends.

4. Mark usually plays tennis on Sundays.

5. I sometimes walk to work,but not very often.