Simple Present

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How to uses simple present?

We use the present simple to express habit, thing that we do regularly, permanent situation,
short action that happening now. For example: she runs every day. They work in a pharmacy.

We use it when something is generally or always true; in situation that we think is more or less
permanent.

We use the present simple when to talk about the future when we are discussing a timeable or
fixed plane. Example: the kids doesn´t arrived early to the school, they arrived 40 minutes late.

We also use adverb of frequency that show how often an action happens.

*Often

*Usually

*Sometimes

*Never

In conclusion we use the present simple to talk about actions that are happening right now or
that happening regularly, depending on the person.

Grammatical Rules

Form

To conjugate the present simple we use the infinitive for the subjects "I", "you", "we" and
"they" and for the third persons "he", "she" and "it", we add a "-s" to the end of the verb.

I eat

You eat

He eats

She eats Here verbs are conjugated ´´s´´. Infinitive + s → 3rd person singular

It eats

We eat

They eat

The verb to be is different. Example: I am, you are, he is, she is, it is, we are, they are.
Structure

Affirmative sentences

Subject + verb + object I play basketball

Negative sentences

Subject + does not/ do not + verb + object I do not east okra/ he does not eat Okra.

Question

Do/ Does + subject + verb+ object? Do you like okra? / Does he like Okra?

Wh-question

What, when, how, where, why, how much, what time + do/does (in some case) + subject +
object?

Example, what do you for live?

Where do you work?

What does he do?

5 affirmative sentences.

1. I live in a noisy city

2. I cook delicious

3. I am a good wife

4. Carlos is a strong man.

5. My neighbor is an old woman.

Write a short paragraph indicating the occupation of each one of your family members, and
explaining what you want to be in the future as professional

I live with my husband and my son, my husband is a supervisor of a super market and I work as
pharmaceutical, I use to visit my parents, my mother does not have any job, but my father
work as private security.

I´m studying accounting because I am interested in numbers and accounting is important in all
walks of like, in the future I would like work in an important company like bank, and others.

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