Chapter 1 Present Simple

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Chapter 1 - Present Simple

1. Personal Pronouns: Personal pronouns tell which person or thing we are speaking about. The personal pronouns in English are: Singular I You He She It We You They Plural
2. Verb "to be": The verb "be" means to exist. It is a linking verb, it links a subject and a thing connected with that subject. The present simple forms of "to be" are as follow: Singular I am You are He is She is It is We are You are They are Plural
3. First Sentences: English is a Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) language - meaning that sentences are made with the subject first, then the verb, and finally the object. Using the above grammar we can now make basic English sentences, for example: I am a teacher She is happy They are students Languages like French and Chinese are also SVO languages, but other languages are different. For example, Japanese, Korean and Persian are Subject-Object-Verb Continued on next page. 1
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languages, so you wouldn't say "She is happy", you'd say "She happy is"! 4. Present Simple Negatives - Verb to be: Present Simple negatives and questions using the verb "to be"are formed differently from other questions. To make negatives you simply insert "not" before the verb "to be". Statement: You are a doctor. Negative: You are not a doctor. Statement: They are cats. Negative: They are not cats. Here is the negative form of the verb "to be" in the Simple Present: Singular I am not You are not He is not She is not It is not We are not You are not They are not Plural
5. Present Simple Questions: To make questions you simply invert the subject and the verb. Statement: You are a doctor. Question: Are you a doctor? Statement: They are cats. Question: Are they cats? 6. Short Answer: We can often answer these questions with a short answer using the verb "to be". For example: Question: Are you a teacher? Answer: Yes, I am / No, I am not. Question: Is he a student? Answer: Yes, he is. / No, he is not.
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Question: Is he a student? Answer: Yes, he is. / No, he is not.
7. More About Present Simple: The Simple Present is used to make statements about the present time. It is used in the following ways. Permanent facts: These sentences give facts which are always true. It is cold in winter. - The sun shines. - Fish live in water. Present facts: These sentences are true now. I work at home. - She plays the piano.
NOTE: "I work at home" doesn't mean I am working right now, but it does mean that in my present condition I work at home. Habitual actions: These actions are repeated regularly, so they are considered a present reality and are expressed in the Simple Present. I get up at 8.00. - They come here every day.
Here is the verb "to give in the Simple Present: Singular I give You give He gives She gives It gives We give You give They give Plural
8. Spelling Rules for the Present Simple: If you look above you'll see the spelling doesn't change, except for the third person singular (He, She, It) which adds an "s" to the verb. For example "I eat He eats".
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Sometimes other spelling rules also apply to He, She and It. All the following verbs add "es" instead of "s": The short forms for the negative verb "to be" are as follows: Verb Endings Verbs ending in -o add -es Verbs ending in -s add -es Verbs ending in -x add -es Verbs ending in -ch add -es Verbs ending in -sh add -es ----Verbs ending in a consonant and -y often change the -y to -ies: Verbs such as "buy" have no consonant before the "y", so you simply add -s as usual. Spelling Examples do - does, go - goes pass - passes, kiss - kisses fix - fixes, mix - mixes match - matches, catch - catches push - pushes, rush - rushes ----try - tries, cry - cries buy - buys, pay - pays.
9. Simple Present Negatives: Simple Present negatives and questions are used in the same situations as Simple Present statements: for permanent facts, present fact, and habitual actions. - Permanent facts: I do not speak Japanese. - Fish do not live in water. - Present facts: I do not work at home. - She does not play the piano. - Habitual actions: I do not get up at 8.00. - They do not come here every day. To make a negative sentence we put do or does after the subject.
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don't need to add an "s" to the verb "like". Do and does come from the verb "to do". Here is the negative form of the verb "to give" in the Simple Present:
Singular I do not give You do not give He do not gives She does not give It does not give
Plural We do not give You do not give They do not give
10. Simple Present Questions: To make a Simple Present Questions you put do or does before the subject. For example: Statement: I speak Japanese. Question: Do I speak Japanese? Statement: She likes pizza. Question: Does she like pizza? Simple Present Question verbs are as follows: Singular Do I like (pizza) ? Do you like ...? Does he like ...? Does she like ...? Does it like ...? Plural Do we like ...? Do you like ...? Do they like ...?
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Insert the correct form of to be. a. I _______ b. He _______ c. She _______ d. You _______ e. We _______ f. They _______ g. John _______ h. Mary_______ i. Love _______ j. Birds _______ k. He _______ a doctor. l. She _______ a girl. m. I _______ a teacher. n. You _______ my sister. o. We _______ boys. p. Mary and I _______ students. Put the following into correct SVO order. q. They birds are. ____________________________ r. Bob Alice and doctors are ______________________ s. car It is a. ____________________________ t. firefighter is John a. _________________________ u. apples They are. ___________________________ v. students We are. ____________________________ 2. Present Simple Negatives Make each of the following negative. a. You __________ an animal. Continued on next page... 6
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b. John __________ a girl c. Mike and Emily __________ sick. d. She __________ sixteen. e. We __________ from Japan. f. I __________ sad. g. I __________ a student. Change the following into questions. h. I am a student. _________________________ i. It is a bird. _________________________ j. We are friends. _________________________ k. They are farmers. _________________________ l. The dog and cat are mean. _________________________ Insert correct form of to be. m. __________ you happy today? n. __________ she a secretary? o. __________ David smart and handsome? p. __________ they from Italy? q. __________ I dreaming? r. __________we good students? Unscramble the sentences below. s. Korea is from he ______________________________ t. it is sunny _______________________ 3. Present Simple Insert the correct form of the verb to make each of the following present simple. a. I __________ for breakfast. (eat) b. She __________ work at nine oclock. (start) c. Dave and Tim __________ candy. (have) Continued on next page... 7
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d. Charlie __________ movies. (like) e. He __________ the piano. (play) f. You __________ great. (look) Use the correct form of the verb below. g. He __________ homework in the evening. (do) h. Sarah __________ to English class. (go) i. The boy __________ the ball. (catch) j. Jenny __________ her family. (miss) k. The teacher __________ us. (teaches) l. The baby __________ at night. (cry) 4. Self Introduction Fill in the blanks. WORD BANK: love is live have goes am
Hi! My name __________ Tyler and I __________ from America. I __________ in New York and I __________ sports and music. I __________ brother and he __________ to university. Its nice to meet you!
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