Índice

Simple Present...................................................................................................................3

1. To express habits or repeated actions. In this................................................................3

2. To give directions or instructions:.................................................................................3

3. To express something that is fixed in the present or in a near future............................3

Conclusion.........................................................................................................................6

Reference bibliographic.....................................................................................................7
Introduction

The simple past is used to express the idea of a finished past.

In the present moment of speech, for example. That means to say that he it has no
relation to either the present or the future.

It is understood, therefore, that the simple past refers to actions, situations, to finished
events.

The simple past tense is equivalent to our past perfect tense and, sometimes to the
imperfect tense. In addition to this association, other Strategies can assist in proper
learning from the past simple. In the following topics, we will study the use of the
simple past and the its main rules.

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Simple Present

The Simple Present have three mainly ways to be used. Let's see each of them in details
on the explanation bellow:
The Present Simples is used:

1. To express habits or repeated actions. In this

first case, it can also express general truths, unchanging situations, wishes and emotions.

Examples:
a) I read. (habit)
b) I live in Goiania. (unchanging situation)
c) Goiânia is a beautiful city. (general truth)
d) He always forget his keys. (repeated actions)

2. To give directions or instructions:

Examples:

a) Open the cookies and put the contents into cold milk. (instruction)
b) You walk for five blocks. Then you turn right on the 9 Street. (direction)
c) You take the bus after you left church. (instruction)
d) You turn left, then right and go straight ahead. It's on your left. (direction)

3. To express something that is fixed in the present or in a near future.

Examples:

a) My mother arrives tomorrow.

b) Her exam starts at 7:00.
c) Christmas' holiday is on December 25 .
d) The next bus leaves at 04:40 this afternoon.

Forming the simple present tense: to love.

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 Affirmative Interrogative Negative

I love Do I love? I do not love

You love Do you love? You do not love
He loves Does he love? He does not love
She loves Does she love? She does not love
It loves Does it love? It does not love
We love Do we love? We do not love
They love Do they love? They do not love

 Third person singular in the simple present

 In the Simple Present, the third person singular ALWAYS ends in -s in the
affirmative sentences. Look the examples:

Verb Sentence
Love He/She loves.
Need He/She needs.
Want He/She wants.
Give He/She gives.
Loke He/She likes.
Think He/She thinks.

 In the negative and questions sentences, use DOES instead of “DO”.

Example:

Negative: She does not like him.

Interrogative: Does she like him?

 Verbs ending in -y in the third person changes. Look the example:

Fly = Flies
Cry = Cries
Try = Tries
Dry = Dries

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*Note: There is an exception if there is a vowel before the -y, like in these cases: play,
stay and pray. In these cases you just add the -s in the end:

Play = Plays
Stay = Stays
Pray = Prays

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Conclusion

This tense works only with a verb, it is called auxiliary and main because both the tense
of the sentence and the action of the subject. The main subjects will be conjugated for
the 3rd person singular and the verb receive "s" at the end and for the other subjects, the
verb will remain in its natural form. For negative and interrogative sentences, we will
use the auxiliaries DO and DOES, which have no translation and only have the function
of indicating time in sentences. In negative sentences, these auxiliaries will be
accompanied by the lowercase NOT (don't and does not).

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