Present Simple (2)

1.- We use the Present Simple:
--> to talk about feelings and opinions:


I like pop music. I don't like classical music.
She loves football¡
Philip wants a cup of tea, thanks.
he feels sick.

--> to talk about thoughts:

I don't think she likes her new job.
I don't know the answer.
He doesn't understand me.

2.- We form Present Simple questions like this:

Questions

Singular

Do I/you --> know?
Does he/she/it --> know?

Plural

Do we --> know?
Do you --> know?
Do they --> know?

Note thet we put do before I/you/we/they:

Do you speak Spanish?
Do you work in the town centre?
Do they know the answer?

We put does before he/she/it:

Does he walk to work?
Does Steve enjoy his job?
Does she play the piano?

Note: that we say:

Does he walk? (not Does he walks)

Present Simple (1)

1.- We form the Present Simple like this:

Positive

Singular I Know
you know
she/he/ it knows

Plural we know
you know
they know


I know the answer.
She stars work at 9.30.


* We add -s after he/she/it:

I start --> he stars I live --> She lives

* If a verb ends in -ch, -o, -sh or -ss we add -es after he/she/it:

I watch --> he watches you do --> she does
they go --> it goes we wash --> she washes

*If a verb ends in a consonant (b, c, etc.) + y (e.g. study), we use -ies after he/she/it:

I study --> he studies I fly --> it flies

2.- Now look at these examples of the negative:

I don't like that music.
He doesn't listen to his teacher

Negative

Full Form

I do not know
you do not know
he/she/it does not know
we do not know
you do not know
they do not know

Short form

I don't know
you don't know
he doesn't know
we don't know
you don't know
they don't know

* Note that we say:

He does not know. (NOT He does not knows)

3.- We use the Present Simple:

--> to talk about things that happen regurlarly:

He plays golf every day.

--> to talk about facts:

She comes from France. (= she is French)

Greengrocers sell vegetables.

I don't speak Chinese

Be: Present Simple (2)

1. We use be:

---> to talk about about how we feel:

I'm happy They're sad
we're bored she's tired
he isn't afraid they're cold

---> to greet people:

Bill: Hello. How are you?
Jane: I'm fine thanks . How are you?

---> to apologize:

I'm sorry I'm late.

---> to describe things:

It isn't expensive. It's cheap
It's an old film. It isn't very good

2. We use There + be to talk about the existence of something. There + be can be used to talk about where things are:

Singular: There's a supermarket in this street.
There is a telephone in the flat.

Plural: There are some good cafes in the centre of the town.

We also use there + be to talk about when things happen:

There is a bus to London at six o'clock
There are taxis, but there aren't any buses on Sunday.
There isn't another train to Manchester today.

3 We form questions with be in the Present Simple like this:

Questions

Singular Am I late?
Are you late?
Is he/she/it late?

Plural Are we
Are you late?
Are they

Here are some examples of questions using all the forms of be:

Am I late for the film?
Are you twenty years old?
Is he at home now?
Is she French Or ITalian?
Is it time to go home?
Are we ready to leave?
Are you both at university?
Are they in London today?

Be: Present simple

1. Here are some examples of Be in the Present Simple:

• This is my brother. He's ten years old
• I'm a student. These are my books
• They aren't at home. They're at the theatre.

2. We form the Present Simple of be like this:

Positive


Full Form Short Form

Singular I am I'm
you're you're
he/she/it is he's/She's/it's


Plural we are we're
you are you're
they are they're

Negative

Singular

Full Form Short form

I am not I'm not
you are not you aren't
he/she/it is not he/she/it isn't

PLural

we are not we aren't
you are not you aren't
they are not they aren't

3. In speech, we usually use the short forms:

She's my sister. He's my brother.

4.We use be:

-----> to say who we are:

I'm Steve and this is my friend Bill. We're from Scotland.

-----> to talk about the weather:

It's cold today

-----> to talk about the time:

It's ten o'clock.

-----> To talk about places and people's ages:

Mylan is in the north of Italy.
My sister is six years old.