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Simple Present
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simple-present
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Simple Present Uses
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Simple Present: Affirmative Form
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Simple Present: Negative Form
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Simple Present: Question Form
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Simple Present Uses
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Simple Present: Uses
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The simple present is used for:
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  • Repeated actions, such as:

    • habits

    • routines

  • Facts & generalizations, such as:

    • truths

    • facts

    • generalizations

  • Planned events, such as:

    • schedules

    • timetables

    • fixed events

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Routines

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Astronaut driving around on the Moon.
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Astronaut Bob drives the moon rover every day.

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Habits

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Facts

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Space guy holding a coffee mug.
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Astronaut Bob drinks coffee before work.

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Astronaut checking if earth is still round.
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The Earth is round.

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Generalizations

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Fixed event

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Astronauts driving rovers carefully.
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Astronauts drive carefully — except for Bob.

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Astronaut observing the night sky.
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The eclipse begins in 10 minutes.

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Simple Present Keywords
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simple-present-keywords
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A word A word combination
on: every: after: once/twice/3 times/…:

  • always

  • never

  • usually

  • sometimes

  • often

  • rarely

  • weekly

  • on weekdays

  • on weekends

  • on Mondays

  • on occasions

  • on school nights

  • every day

  • every week

  • every year

  • every month

  • every weekend

  • every night

  • after school

  • after work

  • once in a while

  • twice a week

  • 3 times a day

  • 10 times a year
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For Advanced Users: More Simple Present Uses
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For Advanced Users: More Simple Present Uses
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Giving instructions

  • how to do something

  • tutorials

  • recipes

  • building plans

Giving directions

  • maps

  • route instructions
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Commenting on quick, short actions

  • sports commentators

  • fast description of events

Telling or recounting

  • telling a joke

  • telling a story

  • recounting events
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Giving instructions

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Astronaut holding a hammer to break an egg.
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First you break the egg, and then you clean up the mess.

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Commenting on quick, short actions

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Astronaut jumping out of a car and running away.
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He jumps out of his moon rover and runs away.

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Giving directions

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Astronaut asking for directions.
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"You go back 1 kilometre and you take a left at the crater."

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Telling or recounting

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Girl astronaut walking to a house, knocking on the door and waiting.
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So, I walk to the house, knock on the door, wait for a while and then decide to leave.

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Simple Present: Affirmative Form
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simple-present-affirmative-form
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Points to remember when forming affirmative sentences in the simple present:

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Subject + verb + object
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The simple present conjugation rules are:

  1. use verbs in their base form

  2. 3rd person singular takes an s

  3. to be uses a different form

  4. to have uses a different 3rd person form

  to be to have to take to go
I am have take go
you are
he/she/it is has takes goes*
we
you
they		 are have take go

*Some verbs take -es in the 3rd person singular.

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Lost astronaut.
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"I am lost."

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Astronaut complimenting another astronaut on his top hat.
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“You have a nice hat!”

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Astronaut walking his pet rhinoceros.
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He has a pet rhinoceros.

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Simple Present 3rd Person Singular
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Simple Present 3rd Person Singular add S
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Simple Present 3rd Person Singular add ES
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Simple Present 3rd Person Singular : O & Y
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When using the simple present in the 3rd person singular:

verb + s in most cases: sounds
listens
verb + es after: s passes
sh pushes
ch watches
x fixes
z buzzes
ending in o: when consonant + o  ➞ add es does
when vowel + o (rare) ➞add s  woos
 ending in y: when consonant + y ➞ change y to ies tries
when vowel + y ➞add s says
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Adding s

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Astronaut singing.
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Astronaut Bob sings very well.

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Robot writing.
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The robot writes interesting poetry.

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Cat sleeping next to astronaut.
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My cat sleeps all the time.

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Adding es

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Astronaut pointing at a board.
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He also teaches Klingon.

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Astronaut with nice clothes.
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Sometimes, he dresses very well!

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Astronaut relaxing in hot water.
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A hot bath relaxes the body so much.

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Verbs ending in o

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Astronaut piling up dirty dishes.
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He never does the dishes.

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Space cat smiling way too much.
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My cat goes to the dentist every year.

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Cow mooing at the moon.
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That cow moos* at the moon.

*vowel before o → o + s

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Verbs ending in y

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Astronaut Bob carrying a cat in a backpack.
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Astronaut Bob carries his cat in a backpack.

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Robot falling from the sky.
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That robot flies like a brick.

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Astronaut playing quidditch.
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My sister Sally plays quidditch with Astronaut Bob.

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Simple Present—Affirmative Form Exercise
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simple-present-affirmative-form-exercise
Exercice
Simple Present—3rd Person Singular
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Simple Present: Negative Form
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simple-present-negative-form
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Points to remember when forming negative sentences in the simple present:

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With the verb to be

  1. Use the verb to be as the main verb.

  2. Place the function word not after to be.

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Simple present negative form with to be.
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With other verbs

  1. Use the auxiliary do/does.

  2. Place the function word not between do/does and the verb.

  3. Use the base form of the verb.

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Simple present negative form with other verbs
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The negative is often used with contractions.

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To be
I'm not
you're not you aren't
he's not
she's not
it's not		 he isn’t
she isn’t
it isn’t
we’re not
you’re not
they’re not		 we aren’t
you aren’t
they aren’t
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Other verbs
I don’t
you don’t

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verb
base form
he doesn’t
she doesn’t
it doesn’t
we don’t
you don’t
they don’t
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He’s not/is not//isn't very good at darts
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I don't/do not like seafood.
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Astronaut driving without looking where he’s going.
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Simple Present — Negative Form Exercise
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simple-present-negative-form-exercise
Exercice
Simple Present—Negative Form
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Simple Present: Question Form
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Simple Present Yes/No Questions
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Simple Present: Information Questions
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Yes/No Questions
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  • answered by yes or no

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Information Questions
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  • answered with information

  • never answered by yes or no

  • use question words

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Points to remember when forming questions in the simple present:

 

Question form with to be

  1. Start yes/no questions with to be.

    For information questions only:

  2. Place a question word before to be.

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Questions form with to be.
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Question forms with other verbs

  1. Start yes/no questions with the auxiliary do/does.

  2. Place the verb after the subject.

    For information questions only:

  3. Place a question word before do/does.

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Yes/no questions with to be

To be Subject Object*
Are you crazy?
Is the Moon interesting?
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Yes/no questions with other verbs

Do
Does		 subject Verb Object*
Do you like sushi?
Does it hurt?  
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Information questions with to be

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word		 To be Subject Object*
How are you today?
Where is the Moon?  
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Information questions with other verbs

Question
word		 do
does		 Subject Verb Object*
When do we eat sushi?
Where does it hurt?  
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*The object is only used when necessary.

Title (level 3)
Simple Present — Question Form Exercise
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simple-present-question-form-exercise
Exercice
Simple Present—Question Form
Largeur de l'exercice
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Hauteur de l'exercice
720
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Simple Present Exercises
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simple-present-exercises
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https://exercices.alloprof.qc.ca/web/n-anglais/ea2405-01b/
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Sentences
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/en/node/36230
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Questions
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/fr/eleves/bv/anglais/questions-a2110
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Present Continuous
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/en/node/35955
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Verb Tense vs. Verb Tense
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/en/node/36452
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