Present Simple PDF

# Present simple ## Present simple - I / you / we / they + verb - He / she / it + VERB+ S (ES) ### Used for: 1. **Regular habits and routines:** EVERY DAY I GET UP AT 6 AM, MAKE MY BED, DO SOME EXERCISES AND GO TO THE UNIVERSITY. - I/YOU/WE/THEY + VERB - HE/SHE/IT VERB + S 2. **Facts and t...

# Present simple ## Present simple - I / you / we / they + verb - He / she / it + VERB+ S (ES) ### Used for: 1. **Regular habits and routines:** EVERY DAY I GET UP AT 6 AM, MAKE MY BED, DO SOME EXERCISES AND GO TO THE UNIVERSITY. - I/YOU/WE/THEY + VERB - HE/SHE/IT VERB + S 2. **Facts and truths:** Aknur lives in Almaty. She studies at KBTU. 3. **Future schedules:** The Aktobe train arrives in Almaty at 9 pm sharp. 4. **Narrating a story in the past:** I was walking down the street the other day when suddenly this man comes up to me and tells me he has lost his wallet and asks me to lend him some money. ### Present Simple - Negative: - I/YOU/WE/THEY + DO NOT (DONT) + VERB - HE/SHE/IT + DOES NOT (DOESNT) + VERB ### Present Simple - Question: - DO + I/YOU/WE/THEY + VERB? - DOES + HE/SHE/IT + VERB? ## Emphatic Present Simple - Used to emphasize someone's action: I DO LIKE LEARNING ENGLISH. - I/YOU/WE/THEY + DO + VERB - HE/SHE/IT + DOES + VERB ## Uses of Present Simple - **Facts:** Two and two make four. - **Regular habits:** I play football every weekend. - **Routines:** I usually eat out twice a week. - **Permanent situations:** I work at Huawei. - **Schedules:** The plan takes off at 8:55. ## Time expressions: - **Always:** ӘРҚАШАН - **Seldom / Rarely:** СИРЕК - **Usually / Generally / Normally:** ӘДЕТТЕ - **On weekends / On Mondays:** - **Every day / week / month / year:** - **Nowadays:** ҚАЗІРГІ КЕЗДЕ - **3-... times a day / week / month / year:** КҮНІНЕ/АПТАСЫНА/АЙЫНА/ЖЫЛЫНА 3-... РЕТ - **Often:** ЖИІ - **Never:** ЕШҚАШАН - **From Time to Time / Sometimes:** КЕЙДЕ ## 12 Essential Verbs in English - **To agree:** келісу - **To ask:** сұрау - **To attempt:** тырысып көру - **To choose:** таңдау - **To decide:** шешім қабылдау - **To demand:** талап ету - **To deserve:** лайықты болу - **To expect:** күту - **To fail:** жасай алмау - **To hope:** үміттену - **To pretend:** түр көрсету - **To promise:** уәде беру ## Vocabulary ### Daily Routines - **Sleep:** - **Wake up:** get up from sleep - **Go to bed:** go to sleep - **Go to sleep:** to start sleeping - **Have a sleep:** to have a short time sleeping - **Straight away:** immediately - **Food:** - **Light lunch:** a small meal - **Snack:** a small amount of food eaten between meals - **Bother:** to make the effort to do something - **Takeaway:** a meal you buy in a restaurant but eat at home - **Feed:** to give food - **Bathroom routines:** - **Have a shower:** to wash oneself in a shower - **Clean my teeth / Brush my teeth:** to clean one's teeth - **Make-up:** cosmetics - **Have a bath:** to wash oneself in a bath - **Instead of :** in place of - **Housework:** - **Housework:** the work of keeping a home clean and tidy - **Cleaner:** a person who cleans - **Washing:** washing clothes - **Do the shopping:** buy food at the supermarket - **Go shopping:** go out to buy things for pleasure - **Spare Time:** - **Stay in:** to stay at home - **Eat out:** to eat in a restaurant - **Come round:** to visit someone's home - **Chat:** to have an informal conversation ## Practice **Match the words on the left with the words on the right:** 1. get up **e** the bed 2. fall **h** asleep 3. make **c** make-up 4. put on **b** my teeth 5. go **f** to sleep 6. clean **a** the dog 7. feed **g** early 8. once **d** a week **Find seven more expressions with have + [noun] and do + [noun] from the opposite page:** - have a shower - have a light lunch - have a late night - have time - do some of my ironing - do the washing - do the shopping **One word is missing in each sentence. What is it and where does it go?** 1. Does it cost much to have a cleaner **to do** the housework? 2. My mother usually **wakes** me up around 7:30, then I get up about 7:45. 3. If I have **a snack** in the afternoon, I usually eat fruit instead of chocolate. 4. I always go **out** on Friday and Saturday, often to the cinema or a club. 5. Sometimes friends **come** round to the flat and we play computer games. 6. I eat **out** at the weekend, usually in a local Italian or French restaurant. 7. I don't **have** with a full meal at lunchtime; I usually just have a light lunch, like a salad. 8. I often have **cereal** for breakfast - usually cornflakes or something like that. 9. I don't like doing housework; I have a **husband** who does most of it. 10. When I get emails, I try to reply to them **straight**. **Complete the dialogue with a word or phrasal verb from the opposite page in each gap:** A: Don't **bother** to cook dinner tonight. B: Why not? A: We could go out **instead** of eating here. B: Yeah. Where? A: Well, I'd like to try that new Korean restaurant. B: That's miles away. No, I think I'd rather **stay in** and have an **early** night. A: But it's Friday. B: Yes, I know, but I'm tired. Why don't we ask Ryan and Charlotte to **come round**? You don't have to cook, we can order a **takeaway**. And we can have a nice **chat** round the dining table; much better than a noisy restaurant. **Make the present simple (choose positive, negative or question):** 1. **He drives to work every day.** 2. **I don't think you're right.** 3. **Do we have enough time?** 4. **I eat cereal in the morning.** 5. **Do they write e-mails every day?** 6. **You watch a lot of TV.** 7. **He doesn't read the newspaper.** 8. **Does she dance often?** 9. **Where do you come on Mondays?** 10. **What do you do at the weekend?**