TARGET
1. Knowing how to tell about you (INTRODUCTION)
2. Knowing how to tell about your daily life. (Oral and Written)
3. Knowing how to describe an object, a person, a place, a
situation, etc.
4. Knowing how to differ the use of Simple Present and
Present Continuous.
TENSES
1. FORMULA (RULES)
2. VERB(S)
3. SENTENCE PATERN (+, -, ?)
4. TOBE
5. AUXILIARY VERB(S)
FORM
FORM[VERB] + s/es in third person
Examples:
You speak English.
Do you speak English?
You do not speak English.
SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL
I DO WE DO I MAKE WE MAKE
YOU DO YOU DO YOU MAKE YOU MAKE
HE
SHE DOES THEY DO HE
IT SHE MAKES THEY MAKE
IT
The use of simple present tense
1. Repeated action
2. Facts or generalization
3. Scheduled event in the near future
4. Now (non continuous verbs)
1. Repeated actions
a. Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or
usual.
b. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or
something that often happens.
c. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.
2. I always wake up at 5a.m. but on Sunday I usually get up at 7a.m.
3. My brother sometimes plays basket ball when he is free.
4. I have a class on Monday at 8:00 in the morning.
5. My father does not speak English so he doesn’t understand that
seminar at all.
2. Facts or generalizations
The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true
before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the
speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations
about people or things.
1. Cats like milk.
2. Birds do not like milk.
3. California is in America.
4. The sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
5. Ice is cold and fire is hot.
3. Schedule Events in the near future
Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events in
the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public
transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.
1. The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
2. The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.
3. When do we board the plane?
4. The party starts at 8 o'clock.
5. When does class begin tomorrow?
4. Now ( non continuous verbs)
Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action
is happening or is not happening now.
She has three children now. (V)
She is having three children now. (X)
She is expecting a baby now. (V)
It is extremely important to understand that NOT all English
verbs are the same. English verbs are divided into three
groups:
1. Normal Verbs,
2. Non-Continuous Verbs (State Verbs),
3. Mixed Verbs.
1. NORMAL VERBS
Most verbs are "Normal Verbs." These verbs are usually physical actions
which you can see somebody doing. These verbs can be used in all tenses.
to run, to go to touch
to walk, to say to write
to eat, to fly, to go, etc.
Examples:
I eat dinner every day.
I am eating dinner now.
I ate a very delicious pizza last night.
2. Non-Continuous (State Verbs)
• These verbs are usually things you cannot see somebody doing. These verbs
are rarely used in continuous tenses. They include:
1. Abstract Verbs to be, to want, to cost, to seem, to need, to care, to contain,
to owe, to exist...
2. Possession Verbs to possess, to own, to belong...
3. Emotion Verbs to like, to love, to hate, to dislike, to fear, to envy, to mind...
Examples:
He is needing help now. Not Correct
He needs help now. Correct
He is wanting a drink now. Not Correct
He wants a drink now. Correct
State verbs
State verbs express states or conditions which are relatively static. They include verbs of
perception, cognition, the senses, emotion and state of being:
Examples of state verbs
appear cost have need seem
believe doubt know owe suppose
belong exist like own suspect
consider fit love prefer understand
consist hate matter remember want
contain hear mean resemble wish
o State verbs are not normally used in continuous forms:
o I am needing a new phone. I need a new phone.
o Who is this bag belonging to? Who does this bag belong to?
o They are seeming tired. They seem tired.
3. MIXED VERBS
The third group, called "Mixed Verbs," is the smallest group. These verbs have
more than one meaning. In a way, each meaning is a unique verb. Some
meanings behave like "Non-Continuous Verbs," while other meanings behave like
"Normal Verbs.“
to have:
I have a dollar now. Non-Continuous Verb I possess a dollar.
I am having fun now. Normal Verb I am experiencing fun now.
to hear:
She hears the music. Non-Continuous Verb
She hears the music with her ears.
She is hearing voices. Normal Verb
She hears something others cannot hear. She is hearing voices in her mind.
Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.
1. Today (be) _________ Betty's birthday.
2. Betty (love) __________birthdays.
3. She (be) _________ always very excited and (wake up) __________ very early.
4. At six o'clock in the morning, Betty (hear) _________a noise.
5. She (get up) ___________ and (go) __________ into the sitting room.
6. What _________ (go on) __________ ?
7. Look! Betty's cat Carlos (sit) _________ on the table and he (play) ________ with Betty's
present.
8. Sue (be) ________ a student from South Korea.
9. She (live) _________ in Seoul and (study) _________ medicine.
10. At the moment, however, Sue (live) __________ in London.
Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.
1. She (do) ____________ a six-months practical course in a London hospital.
2. In five days, Sue (go) __________ back to South Korea because the next term at university
(start) ______________ in ten days.
3. Mary and Joe (be) ___________ in a clothes shop at the moment.
4. They (look) _____________ at some jeans.
5. Joe only (have) __________ one very old pair of jeans.
6. So he (want) ____________ to buy a new pair of jeans now.
7. Right now, he (try on) ____________ a pair of blue jeans.
8. “These jeans (fit) ____________ very well, “ he (say) _______________ .
9. “But they (not suit) ___________ you,” Mary (reply) ___________.” Try on another pair.”
10. “What (think / you) ______________?”he (ask) __________ Mary, when has tried on
another pair.
11. “Great! How much (cost / they) ________________?”
