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 Present Simple

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1. Where can you write lives?

Alice and Emma ____ in Ireland.

My aunt ____ in Scotland.
I ___ near Birmingham.

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Present Simple
Use:
Sentences in the present simple tense are true all the time.

I come from Japan.

I live in Paris.
I like animals.
I have three sisters.

Form:
1) Form the present simple this way:
Positive

like
I
you
animals
he

she likes

it

we like

they

Negative

don’t
I
you
like animals
he

doesn’t
she

it

we don’t

they

Questions

I
Do
you

he like animals?

Does she

it

Do we

they

Short answers

I do I don’t

you you

Yes, he No, he

she does she doesn’t

it it

we do we don’t

they they

Spelling Rules for 3rd person (he / she / it)

If a verb ends in consonant + y, change y to i and add es.

I study English. He studies English.

If a verb ends in tch, ss, x, sh or z, add es.

She watches television.

Susan misses her family.
He fixes the television.
My dad washes the car on Sundays.

Some verbs have irregular spellings:

I go → he / she / it goes
I do → he / she / it does
I have → he / she / it has
 Common mistakes
1) Some students forget to add s for he/she/it.
My mother like chocolate. → My mother likes chocolate.

2) Some students make the negative form incorrectly.

Tom no work here. → Tom doesn’t work here.
Tom isn’t work here.
Tom don’t work here.

3) Some students forget to use Do and Does to make questions.

You like this song? → Do you like this song?
Is your father work here? → Does your father work here?

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