Present Simple Tense

1.

The Present
Simple Tense
WHEN
to use it
HOW

2.

repeated actions / habits
I drink coffee in the morning.
He usually gets up at 7:30.
We watch TV in the evening.

3.

facts and laws of nature
Fish swim in the sea.
Birds fly.
Money doesn’t buy happiness.

4.

timetables
The match finishes at 7:45.
The plane leaves at 6:15.
School starts at 8 o’clock.

5.

Present Simple
Repeated actions / habits
Facts and laws of nature
Timetables

6.

How to make a sentence?
V
I drink coffee in the morning.
Vs (es)
She
He usually gets
s up at 7:30.
It
V
Birds fly.
V
base form

7.

Negative sentences
do not
V
I don’t watch TV in the afternoon.
does not
V
(It) The plane doesn’t leave at 5.
V
(It) A hen doesn’t fly.

8.

Questions
V
Do you drink tea in the evening?
It
V
Does the match finish at 7:10?
V
Does he get up at 8 o’clock?

9.

V,
The Present
Vs (es) Simple Tense
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