Simple Present: Statements, Negatives, Questions

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Simple present

STATEMENTS, NEGATIVES, QUESTIONS


When to use it?
When we talk about things that happen again and again (habits, routines).

When we're talking about facts.

When we use non-action verbs (be, have, know, like, need, want).

—Simple present
How do we structure sentences?
AFFIRMATIVE

Subject + verb + complement

NEGATIVE

Subject + auxiliar + not + verb in base form + complement

— Simple present
How do we
conjugate the
verb to be?
Some examples
1. She jumps the rope every weekday morning.
2. He studies math after class every day.
3. They are amazing psychologists.
4. I wake up every day at 6:30 am.
5. My brother walks our dog every day.
6. They stay up late every night.
7. We play board games every weekend.
8. She has a drivers license since last week.
9. You play videogames after dinner every Tuesday and Thursday.
10. They like wild animals such as wolves.

— Simple present
Activity Time
Each one of you write 6 different sentences in
your notebooks using affirmatives and negatives.
Try to include at least one profession, one animal,
and one place.
Exercise
There are eight mistakes in the following text.
Can you find them?
Alex Turner is a teenager. She live in Chile. She like clothes, and
the shops in Santiago. She say: "My friends and I love fashion. We
goes to the stores, but we doesn't always buy much. Clothes are
expensive. But we still look good. My friends and I knows cheap
ways to dress cute. For example, sometimes we are make our own
clothes. And we mix styles. Sometimes we put on gothic clothes
with punk clothes or schoolgirl uniforms. Sometimes we wears
lots of makeup. And sometimes we dresses like dolls.".

—Simple present
Now, how do we
formulate yes/no
questions? FIRST, WE HAVE TO
KNOW WHAT DO WE
NEED...
Use the auxiliar do or does
before the subject.
There are two types of
answers: short ones and
long ones.
How do we structure yes/no questions?
QUESTION

Auxiliar + subject + verb in base form +


complement + ?

AFFIRMATIVE

Yes, subject + auxiliar


EXAMPLE

No, subject + auxiliar + not


— English Class | Laredo York Primary School
Do or does? 1. _____ HE COME LATE?
2. _____ THEY HAVE A LOT OF
WORK TO DO?
3. _____ THEY LIVE IN A
DORMITORY?
4. _____ YOU HAVE A SISTER?
5. _____ YOUR ROOMATE PLAY
HOCKEY?
6. _____ YOU COOK WELL?
7. _____ SHE COME FROM
BRAZIL?
8. _____ YOU OFTEN WATCH TV?
9. _____ HE NEED HELP?
10. _____ YOUR DAD DPEAK
ENGLISH FLUENTLY?
Do you remember these statements?
1. She jumps the rope every weekday morning.
2. He studies math after class every day.
3. They are amazing psychologists.
4. I wake up every day at 6:30 am.
5. My brother walks our dog every day.
6. They stay up late every night.
7. We play board games every weekend.
8. She has a drivers license since last week.
9. You play videogames after dinner every Tuesday and Thursday.
10. They like wild animals such as wolves.

— Simple present
What was your
last dream?

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