5816 present simple tense part 1 grammar explanation 2 pages

Grammar explanation Sentence construction in the Present Simple Tense affirmative sentence I You play We They He Do Doe s negative sentence volleyball football basketball the piano the drums I You not don’t play volleyball football basketball the piano the drums We They He She She It It does not interrogative sentences I you play volleyball? I you play volleyball? we football? When we football? they basketball? Where they basketball? he the piano? How he the piano? she the drums? it does she play the drums? it Rules of forming the 3rd person singular: The verbs in the 3rd person singular get –s ending There are some spelling rules you have to learn 1) Y changes into –i in the end of the verbs if there is a consonant before it e.g.: try  tries 2) If the verb ends with –ss, -sh, -ch, -o or –x, it gets –es ending in 3rd person singular e.g : wishes, mixes, matches, watches, misses, goes, does Created by Zsuzsapszi Signal words:  every day, week, every      month, every year ever never always often on Mondays …  usually  rarely  generally  seldom  sometimes  in the mornings … The use of the Present Simple Tense: 1) We use Present Simple if we want to express a repeated action These times we use the signal words mentioned above E.g.: I always get up at o’clock 2) We use Present Simple if we want to say a general information or natural law E.g.: The Earth moves round the Sun 3) We use Present Simple if the action is the person’s characteristic E.g.: The Simpson’s eat a lot 4) We use Present Simple if we ask someone about his/her provenance E.g.: Where are you from? I’m from Hungary 5) We use Present Simple if we can’t put the verb into the Present Continuous E.g.: Sam wants to eat now I love you I believe in miracle 6) We use Present Simple in zero and first conditional sentences E.g.: If the sun shines, it is warmer If you visit me, I will be happy 7) We use Present Simple if we say a fixed arrangement or a scheduled event, programme in the future E.g.: The bus starts at half past tomorrow 8) We use Present Simple in a narration E.g.: The Stuarts go on holiday They go by car They like travelling They pack their luggage, and then they prepare some sandwiches … 9) We use Present Simple if we want to introduce reported speech in the present E.g.: Tim asks Mary if she marries him 10) We use Present Simple in a time-clause sentence to express a future action after when, before, after, as soon as, until, till, by the time … E.g.: When the children arrive home, they will have dinner http://www.phillipmartin.com/