Tema 1 B (GRAMMAR)

Present simple

•     Use the present simple for thing you do every day/ week/ year, or for things          which are generally true or always happen.
•         Use don’t/ doesn’t to make negative sentences, and do/ does to make questions.

I/ you/ we/ they		He/ she/ it
+ - ?	I usually work at home. They don’t live near here. Do you speak French?	Holly knows me very well. It doesn’t often rain here. Does Alice like jazz?
Yes, I do / No, I don’t		Yes, she does / No, she doesn’t

Spelling rules for the 3rd person –s (he, she, it)
infinitive	3rd person	spelling
work study finish go/ do have	works studies finishes goes/ does has	add –s consonant + y > ies add –es after sh, ch, s, x add –es change to -s

•         We often use the present simple with adverbs of frequency (always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly, ever, never).

o   Adverbs of frequency go before the main verb.

o   Adverbs of frequency go after be.

She’s never ill. NOT She’s ill never

o   Remember to use a + verb with never.

It never rains. NOT It doesn’t never rain.

•         Expressions of frequency (every day, once a week, etc.) usually go at the end of a sentence.

1.     We often go out on Friday night. She doesn’t usually study at weekend. I’m never ill. He’s always late for work.         2.     She gets up early every day. We have English classes twice a week.