3 The Simple Present Affirmative and Negative Statements

3 The Simple Present: Affirmative and Negative Statements Cultural Customs Focus on Grammar 2 Part III, Unit 8 By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

International Pen Pals Dear Ali, I am very happy at the English Language Institute. Every day, I meet so many interesting students with different customs. For example, my classmates from Thailand bow to the teacher. My roommate, Lia, doesn’t wear shoes inside our room. My classmates from Mexico don’t call the teacher by her first name. This is a great experience! Your friend, Kadesh

The Simple Present 1 Use the simple present to tell about things that happen again and again (habits, regular occurrences, customs, and routines). Ahmed drinks coffee every afternoon. Many American children wear costumes on Halloween.

The Simple Present 2 Use the simple present to tell facts. Peru is in South America. “I think we need sweaters. ” Water freezes at 32° Fahrenheit.

The Simple Present 3 Use the simple present with non-action verbs. Marian and Cara know Arabic. Roberto likes bullfights.

Practice 1 Match each statement to its use in the simple present. STATEMENT Example: “They usually celebrate New Year’s Day with a big party. ” Regular Occurrence Fact 1. “They believe everything she says. ” Non-Action Verb 2. “He goes dancing every Friday night. ” 3. “Triangles have three sides. ”

Affirmative Statements Use the base form of the verb for all persons except third person singular. Put –s or –es on the third person singular. Daniel dances in the Chinese New Year Parade each year. Ted dresses up like a lion.

Use the verbs in the box to describe what these people do every day. Practice 2 make take watch play Example: He makes pizza. 1. She plays soccer. 2. He watches soccer. 3. They take a bath.

Negative Statements 1 Use does not or do not before the base form of the verb. She does not takes take off her shoes. enjoy sushi. Some people do not enjoys

Negative Statements 2 Use the contractions doesn’t and don’t for negative statements in speaking or in informal writing. Italians don’t use chopsticks. Luis doesn’t like bullfights.

Practice 3 Change the affirmative statements to negative statements. Example: Many Chinese eat noodles. Many Chinese don’t eat noodles. 1. Sheila likes to eat spicy food. Sheila doesn’t like to eat spicy food. 2. Some nomadic people live in tents. Some nomadic people don’t live in tents. 3. Monica watches fireworks on the 4 th of July. Monica doesn’t watch fireworks on the 4 th of July.

Irregular Forms Third person singular affirmative forms of have, do, and go are not regular. Subject Have Do Go I You We They have do go He She It has does goes

Practice 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of have, do, or go. goes Example: She _____ shopping every Friday. does 1. Luis _____ his homework every night. have backpacks. 2. Leticia and Janet _____ go 3. I always _____ to the movies on Thursdays. has 4. Shaun _____ a biology class on Mondays. 5. They always _____ do the dishes after dinner.

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