Present Simple Tense

Present Simple Tense
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Present Simple Tense

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Lesson Aims:
* To understand how to use the present simple tense in both a grammatical and communicative manner. 
* To understand how to use the present simple tense in affirmative, negations, and using questions. 
* To avoid translation traps in the present simple form. 

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Table of Contents:
* Present Simple Form 
* Usage
* Present Simple Rules
* Auxilary Verbs
* Clue Words 
* Present Simple Exercises
*Video (explanation in Dutch)

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Present Simple Form
Affirmative
Negation
Questions

Singular/Plural

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Affirmative: (positive)
Subject + Verb (1st) + s/es + Object 

Examples:
I enjoy basketball.  
He works at Albert Heijn. 
We travel to school together. 
They like to go to the cinema (on Fridays). 

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Negations: (not - n't)
Subject + do/does + not + Verb (1st) + Object

Example:
I do not (don't) enjoy basketball. 
He does not (doesn't) work at Albert Heijn. 
We do not (don't) travel to school together. 
They do not (don't) like to go to the cinema. 

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Questions (Interrogative):
Do/Does + subject + Verb (1st) + Object + ?
- Is usually asked directly at someone.
- Ending with a question mark. 
Examples:
Do I like fruit?                                   Don't you (all) want to stay for dinner?
Do you speak English?                 Doesn't he like her?
Does he/she speak English?     
Do we know each other?
Do they like it here? 

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Usage: 
to talk about...
Facts, habits, routines, feelings/emotions, general truth


Examples: 

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Present Simple Rules:

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Using he/she/it - change spelling verb at the end 
Examples: He plays basketball. /The train departs at 7:00. / She looks like a movie star. 

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Auxiliary Verbs: (affirmative, negations, questions) 
to be, to do, to have (got)

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To be:

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To do: 

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Rules (to do):
* Add an -es when a verb ends in -ch, -sh, –th, –ss, –x, or -z. 
* If the verb ends in a consonant followed by -y, change the -y to an -i and add –es. (Example: cry, fly, study, try)

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                                                                                          To have (got): 
Regular: (I /You- Singular) 
                 (We/They/ You - Plural)
Irregular: (He/She/It - Singular) 


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Clue Words (examples):

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Present Simple Exercises:
Multiple choice, open questions and fill in the blanks. 

Affirmative, Negations, and Questions

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Aaron ..... his homework at school.
A
does
B
did
C
do
D
doing

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On Mondays in classroom 10 ..... an English lesson.
A
will be
B
was
C
is
D
has been

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Negation:

Bill ....... to play tennis.
A
doesn't like
B
don't like
C
have not like
D
like not

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Sheila (to study) hard for every test.
A
study's
B
studies
C
studied
D
studys

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Clue words (100%)
John ........... gives his best effort in class.

A
sometimes
B
never
C
often
D
always

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Clue words: (70%)
Fleur ........ does her homework at school before going home.
A
sometimes
B
usually
C
seldom
D
often

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Clue words: (20%)
I .......... watch Netflix during the week.
A
usually
B
never
C
sometimes
D
seldom

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Write the sentence in the negation form.

Anna eats vegetables.

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Write the sentence into a question.

The Taliban has taken over Afghanistan.

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Fill in the blank:
Sheila (to study-not) hard for every test.

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Following lesson:

Present Continuous

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