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Simple Present
Simple Present
NPLE
PRESENT PRESENT
S!NPLE S!NPLE
PRESENT PRESENT
!NDEX !NDEX !NDEX !NDEX
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IkLULNC ADVLk8S
1IML LkkLSSICNS
NLGA1IVL
AIIIkMA1IVL
IN1LkkCGA1IVL
Lxpress da||y customs hab|ts or often repeated act|ons
SE SE SE SE
1he s|mp|e present tense |s used to
Mory cur/s her hoir with ro//ers doi/y
lohn shoves every morninq
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Lxpress genera| truths facts or |aws of nature
Lxpress ||kes and op|n|ons
Joter freetes ot 0 deqrees
1rionq/es hove three sides
l /ike choco/ote very much
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A!RNAT!vE A!RNAT!vE
I work
ou work
ne ]She]It works
We work
ou work
1hey work
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1nIkD LkSCN SINGULAk!!!
SU8ILC1 + VLk8S
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Most Verbs +s
work works ] know knows ] ra|n ra|ns
Verbs end|ng |n s sh ch x
pass passes ] wash washes ] teach teaches ] m|x m|xes
Lxcept|ons go goes ] do does ] have has
Verbs end|ng |n vowe| + y
say says ] p|ay p|ays
Verbs end|ng |n consonant + y
f|y f||es
"RN "RN "RN "RN
H" T" NAKE HE/SHE/ !T "RNS H" T" NAKE HE/SHE/ !T "RNS
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NECAT!vE NECAT!vE
I don't work
ou don't work
ne]She]It doesn't work
We don't work
ou don't work
1hey don't work
SU8ILC1 + DCN'1 ] DCLSN'1 + VLk8
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"RN "RN "RN "RN
!NTERR"CAT!vE !NTERR"CAT!vE
Do I work?
Do you work?
Does he]she]|t work?
Do we work?
Do you work?
Do they work?
DC ] DCLS + SU8ILC1 + VLk8 ?
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REQENCY ADvERBS REQENCY ADvERBS REQENCY ADvERBS REQENCY ADvERBS
W e often use the s|mp|e present tense w|th words that te|| 'how
often' 1hese words are known as frequency adverbs
ALWAS he o/woys forqets my birthdoy
Irequency adverbs are a|ways |ocated 8LICkL the verb nowever |f we
use the verb 'to be' they are p|aced AI1Lk |t
choo/ o/woys storts ot eiqht oc/ock
My breokfost is o/woys different
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CI1LN l often reod ot niqhts
NLVLk Mory never eots meot
USUALL Je usuo//y drink mi/k for breokfost
SCML1IMLS l sometimes hove o coffee ot middoy
T!NE EXPRESS!"NS T!NE EXPRESS!"NS T!NE EXPRESS!"NS T!NE EXPRESS!"NS
We can a|so use t|me express|ons wh|ch |nform the frequency of the
act|on every doy in the morninq ot niqht once o week
1h|s express|ons are p|aced e|ther at the beg|nn|ng or at the end of the
sentence
1om bokes breod every morninq
very morninq 1om bokes breod
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