Simple

present
What do you
know
about the
Simple
Present?
Uses of the Simple Present

0 GENERAL TRUTHS 0 HABITS

-The students are amazing. -I eat a lot of food.
1 -Water freezes at zero 3 -She bites her nails.
degrees.

0 ROUTINES 0 SCHEDULED EVENTS

2 -I study everyday in my room.

-I go to dance lessons every Monday. 4 -The store opens at 8am.
-The wedding is on September
10th.
SIMPLE
PRESENT
 Formula for
Simple Present

Verb to be

Affirmative Negative Questions

Subject + verb to be Subject + verb to be + (wh word) + verb to be +

+ complement. not + complement. subject + complement?

● I am close to my mom. ●I am not close to my mom. ● Am I close to my mom?

● She is a nice person. ●She is not a nice person. ● Why is she a nice person?
 Tag Questions with verb be
Tag Questions are used to confirm what we’re saying.

Formula: verb be (not) + pronoun?

Examples:
+ -
She is a good person, isn’t she?

Michael’s friends are cool, aren’t they?

Exception: I am - +
early, aren’t I? I am not Italian, am I?

Mike and Harvey aren’t lawyers, are they?

 Formula for
Simple Present

Other verbs

Affirmative Negative Questions

Subject + verb + Subject + do/does + not (wh word) + do/does +

complement. + verb + complement. subject + verb +
complement?
● She runs at night. ● She doesn’t run at night.
● They practice soccer. ● They don’t practice soccer. ● Does she run at night?
● When do they practice soccer?
 Tag Questions with other verbs

Tag Questions are used to confirm what we’re saying.

Formula: aux (not) + pronoun?

Examples:

+ - - +
Gaby’s friends go to the park don’t they?
The cats don’t play together, do they?
every Sunday,
doesn’t
Kim looks nice, Hazel doesn’t like avocado, does she?
she?
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PRACTICE

Write 2 sentences for each

one of the uses of the
simple present.
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present-1

Taken from English Grammar Online

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