THE PRESENT SIMPLE 1 THE PRESENT SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE

THE PRESENT SIMPLE 1

THE PRESENT SIMPLE: AFFIRMATIVE SUBJECT S I N G U L A R P L U R A L VERB INFINITIVE I READ YOU READ HE / SHE / IT READS WE READ YOU READ THEY READ EVERY DAY. ONCE A WEEK. AT HOME.

RULES FOR THE 3 RD PERSON SINGULAR (HE / SHE / IT) In general +s Verbs ending in conson. + y y + ies Verbs ending in –o, sh, tch, x, ss + es works study studies go goes eats cry cries washes plays try tries watches swims spy spies mixes writes fly flies kisses

WE USE PRESENT SIMPLE TO TALK ABOUT: facts habits and routines I live in Poland. They swim every day. feeling and emotions general truth They like pizza. Sunday comes after Saturday.

Make affirmative sentences 1 (he/go) He goes to school

Make affirmative sentences 2 (They/eat) They eat a lot.

Make affirmative sentences 3 (She/surf) She surfs the Internet.

Make affirmative sentences 4 (I/play) I play the flute.

Make affirmative sentences 5 (She/cry) She cries.

Negative form S I N G U L A R P L U R A L SUBJECT DO/DOES NOT VERB I DO NOT READ YOU DO NOT READ EVERY DAY. HE / SHE / IT DOES NOT READ ONCE A WEEK. WE DO NOT READ AT HOME. YOU DO NOT READ THEY DO NOT READ

SHORT FORM: do not = don’t does not = doesn’t S I N G U L A R P L U R A L SUBJECT SHORT FORM VERB I DON’T READ YOU DON’T READ EVERY DAY. HE / SHE / IT DOESN’T READ ONCE A WEEK. WE DON’T READ AT HOME. YOU DON’T READ THEY DON’T READ

Make negative sentences 1 (They/read) They don’t read.

Make negative sentences 2 (She/love) She doesn’t love him.

Make negative sentences 3 (He/drive) He doesn’t drive.

Make negative sentences 4 (He/work) He doesn’t work.

Make negative sentences 5 (They/sing) They don’t sing.

YOUR TURN NOW Write the affirmative /negative form of the verbs in brackets: 1. Dave ……………… (not live) in Madrid. 2. Sue ……………… (study) German at school. 3. My dad ……………… (drive) a red car. 4. We ……………. (not walk) to school. 5. The 34 bus ………………… (not stop) here. 6. Mr Brown …………………. (teach) maths. 7. The children ……………… (play) football. 8. Mary ……………… (wash) the dishes after lunch.

INTERROGATIVE & SHORT ANSWERS S I N G U L A R P L U R A L DO/DOES SUBJECT VERB SHORT ANSWERS DO I PLAY ? Yes, you do. / No, you don’t. DO YOU PLAY ? Yes, you do. / No, you don’t. DOES HE/SHE/ IT PLAY ? Yes, he does. / No, he doesn’t. DO WE PLAY ? Yes, we do. / No, we don’t. DO YOU PLAY ? Yes, we do. / No, we don’t. DO THEY PLAY ? Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.

YOUR TURN NOW 1 1. Make questions according to the pictures using the given verb. 2. Write affirmative or negative short answers. 3. Check your answers.

Make questions & short answers 1: STUDY Does he study? No, he doesn’t

Make questions & short answers 2: LIKE Does she like shopping? Yes, she does

Make questions & short answers 3: DRINK Does he drink? No, he doesn’t

Make questions & short answers 4: WATCH Does he watch TV? No, he doesn’t

Make questions & short answers 5: FLY Does it fly? Yes, it does

Make questions & short answers 6: SWIM Do they swim? Yes, they do

Your turn now 2 1. Answer the questions 2. Check your answers

Does Paul have a shower every day? No, he doesn’t He has a bath

Does Alice love Paul? No, she doesn’t … but Paul loves Alice

Do the children smile? No, they don’t They cry

Does he go shopping? No, he doesn’t He goes camping

What do they eat? They eat hot dogs

Do they take drugs? No, they don’t take any drugs

What do they have for lunch? They have watermelon for lunch

Does Dick drive well? No, he doesn’t He drives very badly

Your turn now 3 Fill in the gaps with the correct present simple form of the verbs in brackets: 1. James ………… football at all (not like) 2. ……… you ………… a bath or a shower? (have) 3. My brother ………… medicine (study) 4. We …………… French and German at school (learn) 5. Mary …………. . . English well (speak) 6. I …………… understand the exercise (not understand) 7. ………… your father ………… to the office? (walk) 8. Sarah never ……… her homework (do) 9. Our teachers …………… us lots of homework (give) 10. My gradma ………… glasses (wear)

Your turn now 4 Correct these sentences if necessary: 1. Tom doesn’t never read newspapers. 2. We not like horror films. 3. Do Dave sends e-mails? Yes, he do. 4. Mary drinks sometimes coffee after lunch. 5. My best friend plaies the piano. 6. Do you have a big breakfast? 7. Dad doesn’t the housework, mum does. 8. It doesn’t rains much in summer.