grammar present tenses
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We use Present Simple to talk about:
• things that happen regularlyShe visits her grandparents every
weekend.• when we talk about facts
The Moon goes round the Earth.• with verbs expressing emotions (hate, like,
love), state of mind (believe, know, need, remember, seem, think, understand, want) or senses (feel, hear, see)
I don’t understand this task.
Present Simple time expressions
• always, regularly, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, hardly ever, never
She never gets up early in the morning.
• every day/week/month etc.They go on holiday to Greece every
year.• once/twice/three times a week/month etc.
We have English three times a week.
Present Simple form
• AffirmativeI/You/We/They enjoy going to the cinema.
He/She/It enjoys going to the cinema.• Negative
I/You/We/They don’t want to study abroad.
He/She/It doesn’t want to study abroad.• Questions
Do I/you/we/they live in Edinburgh?Does he/she/it live in Edinburgh?
1) Tina (sometimes miss)
____________________________the bus to school.
Present Simple
sometimes misses
3) (Alice and Peter, walk) ____________________________
to work?
Present Simple
Do Alice and Peter walk
6) We (usually/play) ____________________________
football after school.
Present Simple
usually play
7) My brother and I (not watch) ____________________________
TV every day.
Present Simple
don’t watch
9) (all the buses/leave) ____________________________
from this bus stop?
Present Simple
Do all the buses leave
12) (Mr Smith/usually/have) ____________________________
lunch in this restaurant?
Present Simple
Does Mr Smith usually have
We use Present Simple to talk about:
• things happening at the moment of speaking
Look! Mr Brown is going to work.• things happening temporarily
I’m studying Japanese this semester.
• changesAutumn is coming. The days are
getting shorter and shorter.
Present Continuous time expressions
• at the moment, (right) nowShe’s taking a shower now.• today, this morning/afternoon/year,
these days, at presentThey’re having a lot of work
these days.
Present Continuous form
• affirmativeIam/You are/He is enjoying
the party very much.• negativeHe isn’t/They aren’t/I’m not
going to school this week.• questions
Is he/Are they sleeping?