PRESENT SIMPLE
form
- affirmative: subject + infinitive (+3rd p –(e)s)
- negative: subject + don’t/doesn’t + infinitive
- question: do/does + subject + infinitive
Remember that we only add the –(e)s in the 3rd person affirmative form and that be is an exception: am / is / are
use
- facts and permanent states.
- habits and routines
- 1st type conditional sentences
- stative verbs that are not used in the pres. cont. (see, hear, believe, want, know, understand, think, like, love...)
Key words: how often / always / sometimes / often / never / usually / every day / once a week / twice a month... / if (in conditional sentences)
examples
examples
- Snow melts at
- Harry lives in Liverpool.
- My dog plays football with us.
- Daniel washes his jacket every week.
- We don’t like football.
- She doesn’t understand baseball.
- Do you enjoy dining out?
- Does Rafael Nadal train in the morning?
- If you drink too much you’ll have to go to the toilet.
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GRAMMAR:EXERCISES:
- Present simple tense (Hot Potatoes)
- Isabel Pérez-affirmative1
- Isabel Pérez-affirmative2-word order
- Isabel Pérez-negative1
- Isabel Pérez-questions
- This Hot Potatoes exercise from our Aula Virtual
- Englisch Hilfen-affirmatives1
- Englisxh Hilfen-affirmatives2
- Englisch Hilfen-long negative 1
- Englisch Hilfen-long negative 2
- Englisch Hilfen-contracted negative 1
- Englisch Hilfen-contracted negative 2
- Ego4you affirmatives
- Really Learn English-affirmatives
- Really Learn English-affirmatives2
- Really Learn English-affirmatives3
- Really Learn English-affirmatives4
- Really LEarn English-affirmatives5
READING COMPREHENSION TEXTS:
GAMES
