The Present Simple

1.

THE AFFIRMATIVE FORM
I work
We work
You work
You work
He works
They work
If the verb ends in
s,ss, ch, sh, x, z, o+ ES
To tidy-he tidies
To play –he plays
THE NEGATIVE FORM
I don’t work
We don’t work
You don’t work You don’t work
He doesn’t work They don’t work
THE QUESTION FORM
Do I work?
Do you work?
Does he work?
Do we work?
Do you work?
Do they work?
Yes, I do!
No, I don’t!

2.

s/es
[s]
[p]he keeps
[k]he cooks
[t] he puts
[f] he sniffs
[ɪz]
[s] he kisses
[tʃ] he watches
[ʃ] he washes
[z] it fizzes
[d͜ʒ] it plunges
[z]
he opens
he plays

3.

4.

Adverbs of frequency
Usually
Seldom=rarely
Never
Sometimes
Regularly
Generally=in general
Normally
Often=frequently
Always
Occasionally
From time to time
Every day/week/month/year
On mondays/in the morning
Their position in the
sentence
I usually go ....
I always have tea...
( before all the verbs)
But:
I am never late.( to be)
He is often sad.
( after am/is/are)

5.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Regular actions/permanent states
Laws of nature
Official timetables
Sports commentaries/reviews/narration
Why don’t you/ why doesn’t he+ verb
Conditional type 0 ( If+Present Simple, Present
Simple)
7. Conditional type 1 (If+Present Simple, will+verb)
8. A series of actions within trips

6.

7.

I am working
You are working
He is working
I am not working
You are not working
They are not working
Am I working?
Are you working?
Is he working?
Are we working?
Are you working?
Are they working?
Yes, I am! / No,I am not!

8.

PRONUNCIATION

9.

To listen ------listening
To drop--------dropping
To dive---------diving
To lie-----------lying (ie-y)

10.

Now
At the moment
At present
These days
Still (до сих пор)
Nowadays
These days
Today/Tonight
Look!
Listen!
Hurry up!
Don’t bother!

11.

1.Actions which are taking place NOW
2.Actions which are taking place AROUND THIS
PERIOD OF TIME
3.100% PLANS/ARRANGEMENTS IN THE NEAR
FUTURE
4. TEMPORARY SITUATIONS
5. CHANGES/DEVELOPMENTS
6. IRRITATION (WITH ALWAYS)
7. UNTYPICAL BEHAVIOUR ( BEING)
8.BE... NEVER ..V-ING... AGAIN
9. PROCESSES WHICH NEVER STOP ( ALWAYS,
FOREVER, CONTINUOUSLY, CONSTANTLY)

12.

Verbs of likes/dislikes
To love/to like/to fancy/to
adore/ to enjoy/to prefer/to
hate/to detest/to loathe/to
dislike
Verbs of the senses
To see-видеть/to feel быть
на ощупь/to
smell(пахнуть)/to sound
звучать/to look-выгл/to
hear слышать /to
taste(быть на вкус
Verbs of mental abilities
To know/to believe/to
understand/to misunderstand/to
realise/ to remember/to
forget/to notice/to think/to
agree/to disagree/ to expect/to
doubt
)
Verbs expressing properties of
objects
To be/to contain/to consist of/to
include/to belong to/ to fit/to
suit/to need/to matter/to
cost/to mean/to have/to own/to
possess/to want/to wish/to
seem= appear/to weigh/ to owe
быть должным/to harbour
питать/ to keep=continue