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THE VIRTUAL
CLASS # 02
 THE SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE
Used for

Fact Repeated
actions

Habit Schedule

Opinion
 THE SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE

Uses:

We use the simple present tense:

- For fact: Horse has four legs.

- For opinión: I like chocolate.

- For Schedule: My English class starts at …

- For habit: Janny eats rice everyday.

- Repeat actions: She always goes to the class by bus.

 THE SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE
Examples:
I I get up after 11 on Saturdays.

You You eat lunch after 2.

POSITIVE

make
We We watch TV every night.

They They make dinner after seven.

Angel and Fiorella Angel and Fiorella walk in the park.

 THE SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE
Monday /
Tuesday etc.
weekdays
He He listens to music in the morning. Friday evening
etc.
She She cleans the house at the weekends .
POSITIVE

two o’clock / half

It listensa nap at two every afternoon.
It takes past nine
the weekend
night / midnight
Zulema Zulema goes shopping on Sunday evening .

Tony Tony checks his email at eight every day.

the morning
the afternoon
the evening
 THE SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE
Rules: (3rd person He, she, it) Examples:
1st verbs end ch, sh, x, o, ss add es
washes - Justin washes his teeth three times a day.
catches - Samy catches her bus to Huaral.
fixes - My dad fixes his bike in the garden.
does - My mom does exercises every afternoon.
kisses - Emma kisses her mother when she visits her.
2nd verbs end a consonant + y change to ies
cry = cries - Teresa cries for her dogs when they lost.
study = studies - John studies for his English test.
3rd Most verbs add s
wants - Marie wants a red dress.
needs - Joseph needs that suit.
plays - Micaela plays basketball with her sister.
enjoys - Michael enjoys with his father a nice day.
Complete the statements. Use the simple present tense.

1. Ed ..................... up at 6:00, but his wife, Amy, ..................... up at 7:00.

get get

2. Amy ..................... breakfast at 7:30 A.M., but Ed ..................... breakfast at

6:30.
eat eat

3 After breakfast, Ed ..................... , and Amy..................... on make up.

shave put

4 Ed and Amy ..................... TV in the evening.

watch
5 Amy ..................... to bed at 10:00 P.M., but Ed ..................... to bed at 11 :
00.
go go

6 Amy ..................... dinner on weekdays, and Ed ..................... dinner on

weekends.
make make

7 Ed ..................... a shower in the morning, but Amy ..................... a bath .

take take

8 They both ..................... their teeth in the morning and the evening.
brush
 HAVE/HAS
There is only an irregular verb in
present
They have a beautiful country house.
I
We hav
You e I have many students in my English class
They online.

He
She has
It Julie has beautiful pets.
Pilar has breakfast at 8 Melissa has red
am. shoes.
Ann and John have dinner at 8
pm.
 The pop star / actress
Miss Eliana Williams, 24, is a pop star and actress.
She's English, but she lives in America, in California.
Every Monday, Eliana gets up at 05:00 in the morning
and drives 50 kilometers to work. She starts work at
approximately 05:45. She works in a film studio in
California. She works from 05:45 in the morning to 13:00
in theAt
afternoon.
13:00 Eliana catches a bus to San Francisco. The journey takes about an
hour. She goes to a studio and has a singing lesson. After, she practices songs for
her new album. She finishes in the studio at 18:00.
Then, she catches the bus to the film studio and drives home. This journey takes
one and half-hours. She arrives home at 20:00.
Fortunately, Eliana only works on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.