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1. The document discusses the present simple tense, including its uses, forms of to be, and full verbs. 2. It provides examples of the present simple tense used for repeated actions and eternal truths. 3. Questions are formed using do/does or without do/does depending on whether the question is about the subject or object/adverbial modifier of the sentence.

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Pres Simple

1. The document discusses the present simple tense, including its uses, forms of to be, and full verbs. 2. It provides examples of the present simple tense used for repeated actions and eternal truths. 3. Questions are formed using do/does or without do/does depending on whether the question is about the subject or object/adverbial modifier of the sentence.

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Ivanka Natova – English for Students of Agronomy and Plant Protection – 2017

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE (pp. 16-19)

USES EXAMPLES
1) about repeated actions in the present 1) The shop opens every day at 10 o’clock.

2) about rules and eternal truths 2) Temperatures fall to -80 degrees Celsius in
Antarctica.

THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE OF TO BE


Positive / Negative forms Short forms
(positive ) (negative )
I am I ‘m not / -
He He
She is She ‘s not / isn’t
It It
( not )
We We
You are You ‘re not / aren’t
They They

TO BE – POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

am I
he
Why is she (not) late?
it
we
are you
they

THE PRESENT SIMPLE OF FULL VERBS

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FORMS


POSITIVE FORMS NEGATIVE FORMS
I I
you you
we write we do not
they they (don’t)
write
he he
she writes she does not
it it (doesn’t)
Ivanka Natova – English for Students of Agronomy and Plant Protection – 2017

QUESTIONS – FULL AND SHORT


I
Why you
do we
When they
(not) relax?
Where he
does she
it

I
Why don’t you
we
When they relax?
he
Where doesn’t she
it
VI. Answer the questions and then make dialogues, using them.
1. Who are you named after and why? 1. I am named after …….., who is ………...
2. How tall are you? 2. I am …………cm tall.
3. Who do you take after and how? 3. I take after my ….. in looks/personality. Both of
us are ……………………………..
4. What are you interested in? 4. I am interested in ……. because ………..
VII. Choose the right verb.
1. Are/Is/Do you Bulgarian? 4. Do/Am/Is I a suitable job candidate?
2. Does/Is/Are he happy here? 5. Where are/do/is Maria and her sister?
3. Are/Do/Is we in the right place? 6. Am/Is/Are Petya your best friend?
VIII. Read about the two types of wh-questions in the present simple tense.

REMEMBER!
There are two types of wh-questions of the present simple full verbs:

1) questions with do / does;


2) questions without do / does.
Ivanka Natova – English for Students of Agronomy and Plant Protection – 2017

WHAT IS THE QUESTION


TYPE OF WH-QUESTION EXAMPLE
ABOUT?
1) with do / does 1) about the object or 1) (She writes letters every
adverbial modifier day.)
(допълнението или What does she write?
обстоятелственото
пояснение) in the sentence
2) without do / does 2) about the subject 2) (She writes every day.)
(подлога) in the sentence Who writes every day?

IX. Ask questions about the underlined words.


1. Mother likes butterflies. What …………………………………………………...?
2. I get up early. When …………………………………………………………..…?
3. She differs from her sister in appearance. How …………………………………?
4. I like to make plans. What ………………………………………………………?
5. The teacher doesn’t know the answer. Who …………………………………….?
6. The bus runs every 20 minutes. How often ……………………………………...?
7. The boss is very angry. Who …………………………………………………….?
8. We are in the canteen now. Where ………………………………………………?
9. It is half past one now. What …………………………………………………….?
10. They go to work at weekends because they study. Why ……………………….?

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