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COURSE 3

Simple present tense

TIME
 7:45 It’s fifteen minutes to eight

8:45 It’s a quarter to nine

1:40 It’s twenty minutes to two

W H AT T I M E I S 2:40 It’s twenty to three

IT? 4:45 It’s a quarter to five

5:45 It’s a quarter to six

6:45 It ‘s a quarter to seven

6:50 It’s ten to seven

7:45 It is a quarter to eight

 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Simple present
Türkçede geniş
tense en français
zamana denktir
c’est l’imparfait .
 SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE

We use the present simple when we

talk about things in general. We use
• Examples:
this tense to say that something:
• Beautiful Zeonabou works as a nurse.
Her shift begins at 7 am
happens all the time
• I like apples but my
father likes mangoes.
happens repeatedly • My sister watches TV in the evening and
my brother does his homework
• I usually cook at home but my
is true in general
friend always eats at the local cafe
 SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Verb to be Verb have Verb to do Verb want

I am I have I do I want
you are you have You do you want
He is He has He does He wants
She is She has She does She wants
it is it has It does it wants
we are we have We do we want
you are you have You do you want
they are they have They do they want
 Use the bare infinitive of the verb to make sentences in present simple. Add -s in
the third person singular.
•Agatha (to hate) when her little brothers (to leave) toys in the living room.

Add -es in the third person singular if the verb ends in o, s, ch, sh, x.
•Noah (to wash) the dishes and his wife (to cook) dinner.
Some time markers can explain how often someone does an action, or something happens. These
time markers are always, often, usually, sometimes, rarely, never, every day etc.

I usually cook at home but my friend always eats at the local cafe
Note that in the above examples time markers come before the verb. With the verb
to be the time marker comes after it.

Kim is always late for classes

 • To do can be used as an auxiliary verb or a main verb that
has its own meaning. To do is an irregular verb and in
the affirmative, negative and interrogative form in
present it has different kinds of structures and forms.
• In the affirmative form, the verb to do follows this
structure:
Subject + verb to do + …
• I do my homework.
• He does his work diligently.
TO DO
• In the negative form the verb to do follows this structure:
Subject + to do + not + verb+..…
• You do not do any sport.
• She does not do her work properly
• In the interrogative form the verb to do follows this
structure:
To do + subject + …?
• Do you do housework at home?
 TO DO

A F F I R M AT I V E N E G AT I V E

Subject To Do as main verb To Do as auxiliary verb

To Do as auxiliary
Subject To Do as main verb
verb
I do not do do not + base verb
I do do + base verb

You do do + base verb You do not do do not + base verb

He does not do does not + base verb

He does does + base verb

She does not do does not + base verb

She does does + base verb

It does not do does not + base verb

It does does + base verb

We do do + base verb We do not do do not + base verb

You do do + base verb You do not do do not + base verb

They do do + base verb They do not do do not + base verb

 TO DO
I N T E R R O G AT I I N T E R R O G AT I
VE VE

To Do as main verb Subject Question Mark To Do as auxiliary verb Subject Question Mark

Do I do? Do I base verb + ?

Do you do? Do you base verb + ?

Does he do? Does he base verb + ?

Does she do? Does she base verb + ?

Does it do? Does it base verb + ?

Do we do? Do we base verb + ?

Do you do? Do you base verb + ?

Do they do? Do they base verb + ?

 They don't live in
He doesn't go to the
New York I don't like winter.
cinema at all.
anymore.

Spring doesn't start John lives in New We play football

in December. York. every day.

We leave for work

The meeting starts
EXAMPLES You are really kind.
at 3 PM
at 7:30 AM every
morning. Routine

My husband Susan often meets

They usually play
watches the TV in with her friends
football on Sunday.
the evening. Habit, after school. Habit,
Habit, Routine
Routine Routine

Mark rarely visits

his sick Pinocchio usually
grandmother. tells lies. Tendency
Tendency
 EXAMPLES

The meeting starts at 4 The train leaves at the When does the
PM. noon. plane take off?

Jerry doesn't Person

Person B: Yes, she
teach maths at high A: Does she like going
does.
school. to the mountains?

Person
Person B: No, he
A: Does John have a
doesn't.
dog?
 EXERCISES
Choose the correct phrase.
1.Excuse me, do you know/does you know the time?
2.My sister always is/is always in a hurry.
3.What time you go/do you go to bed on Fridays?
Write the correct answer
4.Kelly (to stay/often) at home on Saturdays to work
on her projects.
2.Her brother (not to use) the Internet. He (to like)
everything the old-fashioned way.
3.When (you/to get) home? We need to talk.
4.(you/to know) Lucy? She (to be) my friend from
college.
Answer the following question.
5.What do you do for a living?
2.What are your hobbies?
 DIALOGE

• Hello! What's your name?

• -Oh, hi, my name's Sarah. And yours?
• -I'm Alex. Nice to meet you, Sarah!
• -Nice to meet you too! So, where do you come from?
• -I come from Germany. And where are you from?
• -I'm from the UK.
• -Oh, I have a lot of friends from the UK. You probably have a great sense of
humour.
• -I'm not sure about that! I don't always get our jokes.
• -You're an exception then!
PRESENT CONTINEOUS
 PRESENT CONTINEOUS

• We use the present continuous to talk about:

• activities at the moment of speaking: Please be quiet. The children are
sleeping.
• future plans or arrangements: What are you doing next week?

• The present continuous verb tense indicates that an action or condition is

happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future.
 THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
FORMULA

• to be [am, is, are] + verb [present participle]

• Sophie is working in Cairo this week. Oliver, Alfie and
Daisy are working hard for their end-of-year exams.
THANK YOU