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Grammar explanation Sentence construction in the Present Simple Tense affirmative sentence negative sentence I play volleybal l. football. basketbal l. the piano. the drums. I do not don’t pla y volleyba ll. football . basketba ll. the piano. the drums. You You We We They They He play s He does not doesn’ t She She It It interrogative sentences Do I pla do I pla y you volleyba ll? you volleyba ll? we football ? When we football ? the basketba the basketba Rules of forming the 3 rd person singular: The verbs in the 3 rd person singular get –s ending. There are some spelling rules you have to learn. 1) Y changes into –i in the end of the verbs if there is a consonant before it. e.g.: try tries 2) If the verb ends with –ss, -sh, -ch, -o or –x , it gets –es ending in 3 rd person singular. e.g. : wishes, mixes, matches, watches, misses, goes, does
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Grammar explanation
Sentence construction in the Present Simple Tense
affirmative sentence negative sentenceI
play volleyball.football.
basketball.the piano.the drums.
Ido notdon’t
play
volleyball.
football.basketbal
l.the piano.
the drums.
You YouWe We
They TheyHe
plays
He does not
doesn’t
She She
It It
interrogative sentences
Do
I
play
do
I
play
you volleyball? you volleyball?we football? When we football?they
basketball?
Where
they
basketball?
Does
he the piano? Howdoe
s
heplay
the piano?
shethe
drums?she
the drums?
it it
Rules of forming the 3rd person singular:The verbs in the 3rd person singular get –s ending. There are some spelling rules you have to learn.
1) Y changes into –i in the end of the verbs if there is a consonant before it.e.g.: try tries
2) If the verb ends with –ss, -sh, -ch, -o or –x, it gets –es ending in 3rd person singular. e.g. : wishes, mixes, matches, watches, misses, goes, does
The use of the Present Simple Tense:1) We use Present Simple if we want to express a repeated action. These
times we use the signal words mentioned above.E.g.: I always get up at 6 o’clock.
2) We use Present Simple if we want to say a general information or natural law.E.g.: The Earth moves round the Sun.
3) We use Present Simple if the action is the person’s characteristic.E.g.: The Simpson’s eat a lot.
4) We use Present Simple if we ask someone about his/her provenance.E.g.: Where are you from? I’m from Hungary.
5) We use Present Simple if we can’t put the verb into the Present Continuous. E.g.: Sam wants to eat now. I love you. I believe in miracle.
6) We use Present Simple in zero and first conditional sentences.E.g.: If the sun shines, it is warmer. If you visit me, I will be happy.
7) We use Present Simple if we say a fixed arrangement or a scheduled event, programme in the future.E.g.: The bus starts at half past 6 tomorrow.
8) We use Present Simple in a narration.E.g.: The Stuarts go on holiday. They go by car. They like travelling. They pack their luggage, and then they prepare some sandwiches. …
9) We use Present Simple if we want to introduce reported speech in the present.E.g.: Tim asks Mary if she marries him.
10) We use Present Simple in a time-clause sentence to express a future action after when, before, after, as soon as, until, till, by the time …E.g.: When the children arrive home, they will have dinner.
Signal words: every day, week, every
month, every year usually
ever rarely never generally always seldom often sometimes
on Mondays … in the mornings
…
