3-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE

PRESENT TENSE

SINGULAR PLURAL
1st PERSON I walk we walk
2nd PERSON you walk you walk
3rd PERSON she walks they walk
he walks
it walks

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 3-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE
PRESENT TENSE

(a) I eat lunch every afternoon. Monday

(b) Max drives to work every day. Tuesday
(c) We get up every morning. Wednesday
(d) Kyle calls Mimi every weekend. Thursday
Friday
M T W Th F Sat S
HABITS = USUAL Saturday
1 2 3ACTIVITIES
4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sunday
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21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31

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We _____
watch television every day.

watch watches

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Jara _____
takes a walk in the morning.

take takes

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 3-2 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS, USUALLY,
OFTEN, SOMETIMES, SELDOM, RARELY, NEVER

100% (a) Mary always eats lunch at school.

90%- 99% (b) Mary usually eats lunch at school.
75%- 90% (c) Josh often eats hamburgers.
25%- 75% (d) Tia sometimes eats lunch at school.
5%- 10% (e) Tia seldom eats lunch at school.
1%- 10% (f) Eva rarely washes her car.
0% (g) Jay never goes to the zoo.

frequency adverbs
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always
Talia _______
always feeds her dog. usually
often
sometimes
Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed.Thurs. Fri. Sat. seldom
rarely
√ √ √ √ √ √ √
never

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always
Luke _______
usually cooks dinner. usually
often
sometimes
Sun.Mon. Tues.Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. seldom
rarely
√ √ √ √ √ √
never

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 3-3 OTHER FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS

once a week.
(a) She goes to the library twice a week.
five times a week.

Sun.Mon. Tues.Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.

√ √ √ √ √

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(b) I go to school five times a week.

(c) I go to the movies twice a month.
(d) I go to the beach once a year.

how many times

a day a week
a month a year

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(e) I feed my dog every morning.

I ride my horse every week. Every

is
I wash my car every year. singular.

Correct? no
every weeks

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How often
do you Every
drink morning.
coffee?

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So you always
always usually
Yes.
drink coffee? often
sometimes
seldom
rarely
never

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I know. She
Mei doesn’t never drinks
drink coffee. coffee. always
usually
often
sometimes
seldom
rarely
never

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 3-4 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH BE

Jeff is
always dirty.

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 3-4 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH BE

SUBJECT + BE + FREQUENCY
ADVERB
Jeff + seldom
usually
never
often
rarely
always
is + sometimes dirty.

am
FREQUENCY
is + ADVERB
are

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 3-4 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH BE

SUBJECT + FREQUENCY + OTHER SIMPLE

ADVERB PRESENT VERBS

seldom
Sergio + sometimes
usually
rarely
never
often
always + rides a bike.

all simple
frequency present
adverb + verbs
except be

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He is tired. usually
______________________________________

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Jeff is sad. never

_________________________________________

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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S / -ES

SPELLING PRONUNCIATION

(a) run runs

rain rains -s as /z/
scrub scrubs voiced
love loves

3rd person singular

add -s
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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES

SPELLING PRONUNCIATION

(b) sink sinks

meet meets -s as /s/
fight fights voiceless
cough coughs

3rd person singular

add -s
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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES

SPELLING PRONUNCIATION

(c) push pushes

watch watches
-es as /əz/
miss misses
tax taxes
-sh, -ch, -ss, -x
3rd person singular
add -es
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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES

SPELLING PRONUNCIATION

(d) dry dries

study studies -es as /əz/
consonant + -y

3rd person singular

change y to i, add -es

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SPELLING PRONUNCIATION

(e) pay pays

buy buys -s as /z/
vowel + -y

3rd person singular

add -s

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 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S I -ES

SPELLING PRONUNCIATION

(f) have has /ha z/

e
go goes /gowz/
do /d z/
e
does

3rd person singular forms

irregular

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push

Mark ______
pushes his
bike up the hill
every afternoon.

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dream

Brenda often ______

dreams
about her old home.

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 3-9 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE

(a) They
I do not drink milk.
We
You
I NEGATIVE:
We
You + do not + main verb
They

(b) She
It does not drink milk.
He
She
He + does not + main verb
It
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(a) I do not drink milk.

(b) She does not drink milk.

do and does = helping verbs

She does not drinks milk. ?

3rd person singular no -s on main verb

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(c) I don’t drink milk.

They don’t go to the lake.
(d) He doesn’t drink milk.
Jack doesn’t like dogs.
CONTRACTIONS:
do not = don’t
does not = doesn’t

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smile not

This child doesn’t smile

___________.
(use the contraction)

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We ________
don’t like snakes.
(use the contraction)
like not

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don’t feed
doesn’t jump
run
speak

Sometimes I ____ feed my cat.

don’t ____

My husband _____
feeds her.

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don’t sit
doesn’t need
like
run

She doesn’t
______ ____
run fast at the gym.

She gets tired.

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 3-10 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO QUESTIONS

QUESTION SHORT ANSWER

(i) Do you like ice cream?

Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.
(j) Does Max like ice cream?
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn’t.
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Question: Does the child have a toothbrush?

Answer: Yes, he does.

(The child has a toothbrush.)

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Question: Where does he brush his teeth?

Answer: In the bathroom.

(He brushes his teeth in the bathroom.)

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 3-12 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME

When do you go shopping?

What time do you go shopping?

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 3-12 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION
QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME

Q-WORD + DO/ + SUBJECT + MAIN

DOES VERB

(a) When do you go to work?

At eight o’clock.

(b) What time do you go to work?

At eight o’clock.

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 3-13 SUMMARY: INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH BE

AND DO
Q-WORD + BE + SUBJECT LONG ANSWER

(b) Where are your gloves?

They are at home.

(c) When is lunch?

Lunch is at noon.

(d) What is your name?

My name is Uma.

(e) What time is the movie?

The movie is at 5:00.

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AND DO
Q-WORD + DO + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(f) Where does she live?

She lives in Belgium.

(g) What time does school start?

It starts at 9:00 A.M.

(h) What does she play?

She plays tennis.

(i) When do you study?

I study at night.
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is are does do

do they buy food?

Where ____

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is are does do

does the train leave?

What time _____

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is are does do

is your test?
When ____

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is are does do

are their names?

What ____

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