PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

4TH GRADE – ENRIQUE TIERNO GALVÁN

Uses of Present Simple

• Habits and routines:– I go to school everyday– I take piano classes on Saturdays– He plays football every weekend

• Feelings and things you believe:– I feel that I’m going to pass the exam– I think it is a good idea!

• True facts:– Water boils at 100 degrees– Light travels at almost 300,000 kilometres per second.

Present Simple FORM

Notice that you add – S to the verb only in the 3rd person singular of the afiirmative form

Present Simple FORM

READ THE PARAGRAPH BELOW AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE VERBS IN BOLD

Nancy and James are good friends .They speak good German. Nancy works in a restaurant downtown and James works in a library. The children play in the garden every weekend. James and Nancy visit church together every Friday.

Write the verb in the correct form of Present Simple

1.   She always ________ (participate) in dance competitions

2. Kate ________ (go) to school every morning

3. I ______________(live) in France

4. Jane ______ (work) in ZARA home

6. He ________ (get) angry very quickly

EXCEPTION! when we have the verb to be, we put the adverb after the verb:

SUBJECT + AM/IS/ARE + always/often…+ …

She is always bored

They are often enthusiastic about the theatre plays