Uploaded by Reyhaneh Saeedi

simple present

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Format:
Subject
pronouns
I
Positive
Negative
brush my teeth don’t brush my
teeth
Question
Do I brush my teeth?
You
Brush your
teeth
don’t brush your
teeth
Do you brush your
teeth?
She
brushes her
teeth
doesn’t brush her
teeth
Does she brush her
teeth?
He
brushes his
teeth
doesn’t brush his
teeth
Does he brush his
teeth?
It
brushes its
teeth
doesn’t brush its
teeth
Does it brush its teeth?
We
brush our
teeth
don’t brush our
teeth.
Do we brush our
teeth?
they
brush their
teeth.
don’t brush their
teeth.
Do they brush their
teeth?
Simple present
Functions/Usages:
(Permanent situations)
• To talk about routines/ repetitive action
I usually don’t take a shower in the morning.
I always have tea for breakfast.
I never get up late.
I work in the evenings.
• To talk about habits
I bite my nails.
I speak loudly when I’m stressed.
She smokes.
• To talk about scientific facts/ General truth
The moon turns around the sun.
Flowers need water.
Ali lives in Tehran.
Reysa teaches English.
Men earn more money than women in Iran.
• Stative verbs
Thinking verbs: know, believe, agree, disagree, think, promise, doubt, …
Feeling verbs: love, like, hate, dislike, adore, prefer, want, need
Sense verbs: sound, seem, look, smell, touch, taste, feel
Possession: have, own
Signs: Adverbs of Frequency
Always- Usually- Often- Sometimes-occasionally- Hardly ever/RarelyNever
F.A+ main verb
He always has breakfast.
To be + F.A
He’s always late.
Every day, every month, every ….
On Sundays
He goes swimming every day.
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