Thi HTD

He goes to school every morning.. He does not go to school every morning.. *The pesent simple tense is used to express habits, hobbies, repeated actions, customs, ability, the truths, th

The present simple tense.

Form:

Affirmtive: S + V(s/es) ( + O + )

Eg: They live in Ha giang

She often gets up early

He goes to school every morning

Negative: S + do/does + not + V ( + O + )

( do + not = don’t does + not = doesn’t)

Eg: They do not live in Ha giang

He does not go to school every morning

Interreogative: Do/ Does + S + V (+ O + ) ?

Eg: Do you like football ?

Does she go to bed early ?

Question: Wh_ + do/ does + S + V (+ O + ) ?

Eg : where does he live ?

How do you go to school ?

Spelling notes.

-Verbs ending in ss, sh, ch, x, o add es, instead of s alone, to form the third person singular:

Eg: Kiss  kisses

Go  goes

When y foolows a consonant we change y into i and add es

Eg: carry  carries

copy  copies

But verbs ending in y following a vowel obey the usual rule

Eg: Say  says

Pronunciation:

‘s’ is pronunced as /s/ when the verbs ending in ( voiceless) /f/, /k/, /p/, /t/

(/h/ , /θ/ =?)) but not /s/, /ʃ/,/tʃ/

‘s’ is pronunced as /z/ when the verbs ending in voiced sounds but not /z/, /ʒ/, / dʒ/

‘s’ is pronunced as /iz/ when the verbs ending in /z/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/, /s/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/

Main Usages.

*The pesent simple tense is used to express habits, hobbies, repeated actions, customs, ability, the truths, the facts

Eg: - They often go to the church on sundays

- I like ice- cream

- The sun rises in the east

*The pesent simple tense is often used with adverbs or adverb phrases such as: always, never, occasionaly, often, sometimes, usaully, every week,

Eg: - How often do you wash your hair ?

*The pesent simple tense is often used with time clauses( expressing routine or

habitual actions When and Whenever are particularly useful)

Eg: - When you open the doors a light goes on

- As soon as he earns money he spends it all

- When it stops raining we’ll go out

*The pesent simple tense is used, cheifly with the verb Say, when we are asking

about or quoting froms books, notices or very recently recieved letters

Eg: - What does the book say ? It says, “ cook very slowly”

* It can be used in Newspaper headlines

Eg: - MASS MURDERER ESCAPES

* It can be used for dramatic narrative This is particularly useful when

describing the action of a play, opera, and is often used by radio commentators

at sport events, public functions

Eg: - When the curtain rises, Juliet is writing at her desk Suddenly the window opens an a masked man enters

* It is used in conditional sentences, type 1

Eg: - If I see her I ‘ll ask her