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The present simple is used to talk about things we do regularly, everyday, etc. Things we frequently do.

This is the form of the present simple

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I drink You drinkHe drinks She drinks It drinks We drink You drink They drink

I don’t drink You don’t drinkHe doesn’t drink She doesn’t drink It doesn’t drink We don’t drink You don’t drink They don’t drink

Do I drink? Do you drink?Does he drink? Does she drink? Does it drink? Do we drink? Do you drink? Do they drink?

third person singular affirmative:

• we add -s : want-wants /need -needs

• we add -es when the verb ends in -s/-ss/-x/-tch/-sh/-o : mix-mixes / do-does / go-goes / watch- watches / wash-washes

• We add -ies when the verb ends in CONSONANT+Y: fly-flies /study-studies

the present simple usually goes with ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY:

always

usually

often

sometimes

never

Adverbs of frequency go immediately before the verb:

I usually go to school by bus

He often studies English

If we have the verb to be in the sentence,  the adverb goes after the verb to be

He is often lazy

I am always late

PRACTICE

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

exercise 4

exercise 5

exercise 6

you can watch these videos too. They explain the present simple and provide extra practice

the verb to be and the present simple

the present simple 

a typical day is someone’s life

study this presentation

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

PRESENT SIMPLE ACTIVITIES

 

1. What does she do everyday?

 

 

2. What time does she have breakfast?

 

 

3. What does she do in the morning?

 

 

4. And then, what does she do?

 

 

5. What does she have for lunch?

 

6. What does he do in the afternoon?

 

 

7. Where does she go in the evening?