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"SIMPLE PRESENT" IS USED:

To express general habits and facts, repeated actions or situations, emotions and permanent desires:
I watch TV (habit); I work in London (permanent situation); London is a large city.
For instructions or instructions:
You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.
To express scheduled, present or future events:
Your exam starts at 09.00.
To refer to the future, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
I'll give it to you when you eat next Saturday.

Be careful! The "simple present" is not used to indicate actions that are occurring at the moment.

EXAMPLES:

Habits
He drinks tea at breakfast.
She only eats fish.
They watch television regularly.

Repeated actions or events
We catch the bus every morning.
It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
They drive to Monaco every summer.

General facts
Water freezes at zero degrees.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Her mother is Peruvian.

Instructions or guidelines
Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.

Scheduled Events
His mother arrives tomorrow.
Our holiday starts on the 26th March

TRAINING THE "SIMPLE PRESENT": TO THINK (THINK)
Remember the structure? No??? So let's review!

Affirmative                      Interrogative                        Negative
I think                                 Do I think?                             I do not/don't think
You think                           Do you think?                       You do not/don't think
He thinks                           Does he think?                     He does not/doesn't think
She thinks                         Does she think?                   She does not/doesn't think
It thinks                             Does it think?                        It does not/doesn't think
We think                            Do we think?                         We do not/don't think.
They think                         Do they think?                       They do not/don't think.

NOTES ABOUT THE THIRD PERSON OF THE SINGULAR (HE, SHE, IT) IN THE "SIMPLE PRESENT"

In the third person singular, the verb always ends in -s:
he wants, he gives, he thinks.
The negative and interrogative forms use DOES (= third person of the auxiliary "DO") + infinitive of the verb.
He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.
Verbs ending in -y: in the third person singular, change -y by -ies:
fly -> flies, cry -> cries
Exception: When there is a vowel before -y:
play -> plays, pray -> prays
Add them to verbs ending in: -ss, -x, -sh, -ch:
he passes, he catches, he fixes, he pushes

EXAMPLES:

He goes to school every morning.
She understands English.
It mixes the sand and the water.
He tries very hard.
She enjoys playing the piano.

Is it clearer now? Hmmm ... maybe a video can help make it clearer yet! So let's go!

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Forming the Present Simple tense in English

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                                                                                                                                  Time to practice!!!

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Click the file below and download the exercise list. You have to answer the questions for the next class. I'm waiting for your answers. If you prefer, you can also use the notebook. Alright?
The correction will be made in the next class. I count on your participation and commitment. If you have any questions, please post a comment here..

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Check out the following video and answer the exercises on the link below.

https4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-present/form/exercises?05

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1898

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-wh-questions.php

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6 Questions | Fun Reading & Writing Comprehension Strategy For Kids | Jack Hartmann

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Write them down here.

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Exercise I
https://kahoot.it/challenge/0621538
PIN: 0621538

Exercise II
https://kahoot.it/challenge/0552397
PIN: 0552397

Exercise III
https://kahoot.it/challenge/0920524
PIN: 0920524

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Poderia me explicar ão entendi

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'I surf / I am surfing.'

What's the difference between the Present Simple / Present Continuous and how to use them.
We use the present simple tense when we want to talk about fixed habits or routines – things that don’t change.

We use the present continuous to talk about actions which are happening at the present moment.

Compare these two statements:

(present simple) I play tennis.

(present continuous/ progressive) I am playing tennis.

(present simple) ‘I play tennis’ tells us that playing tennis is something the speaker always does. It is part of a routine or habit. We can call this a permanent situation.
(present continuous/ progressive) ‘I am playing tennis’ tells us that the speaker is playing tennis right now. Soon the game will be over. We call this a temporary situation.

With the present simple we say:
I play tennis

You play tennis

We play tennis

They play tennis
He/she/ it play s tennis.  Lu, lembre-se também das outras regras -ES e -IES

With the present continuous we say:
I am playing tennis

You are playing tennis

We are playing tennis

He/she/it is playing tennis

Frequency Adverbs we use with the Present Simple
With the present simple we use these frequency adverbs:
(Notice that the adverb comes before the main verb in the sentence.)

Always: ‘I always read before I go to bed.’
Often: ‘Her sister often comes shopping with us.’
Frequently:‘Michael frequently visits his family.’
Sometimes:‘You sometimes go to the gym, don’t you?’
Occasionally:‘It occasionally rains in summer.’
Seldom:‘They seldom ask for help.’
Rarely: ‘He rarely goes out without his backpack.’
Hardly ever:‘I hardly ever eat pizza.’

Never: ‘Japanese people never wear shoes inside.’

Time Expressions we use with the Present Continuous
With the present continuous we use these time expressions:
(Notice that the time expression can come at the start or at the end of the sentence.)

At the moment: ‘I’m watching TV, at the moment.’
These days: ‘Paul’s living in Cardiff, these days.’

Now: ‘What are you doing, now?’

Nowadays: ‘I think you are smoking too much, nowadays.’

Certain Verbs

The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present (NOT in the progressive form) .

state: be, cost, fit, mean, suitExample: We are on holiday.

possession: belong, haveExample: Sam has a cat.

senses: feel, hear, see, smell, taste, touchExample: He feels the cold.

feelings: hate, hope, like, love, prefer, regret, want, wishExample: Jane loves pizza.

brain work: believe, know, think, understandExample: I believe you.

Introductory clauses for direct speech: answer, ask, reply, say Example: “I am watching TV,“ he says.

Time to practice
Click on the links to practice.
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex02
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex03
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex04
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex05
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/exercises?ex06
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/tests?test2
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/tests?test3

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The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now. Imagine someone asks what your brother Wolfgang did while he was in town last weekend.

Wolfgang entered a hula hoop contest.

He won the silver medal.

The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened. Unlike the past continuous tense, which is used to talk about past events that happened over a period of time, the simple past tense emphasizes that the action is finished.

Wolfgang admired the way the light glinted off his silver medal.

You can also use the simple past to talk about a past state of being, such as the way someone felt about something. This is often expressed with the simple past tense of the verb to be and an adjective, noun, or prepositional phrase.

Wolfgang was proud of his hula hoop victory.

The contest was the highlight of his week.

For regular verbs, add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form already ends in an e):

Play→Played
Type→Typed
Listen→Listened
Push→Pushed
Love→Loved

For irregular verbs, things get more complicated. The simple past tense of some irregular verbs looks exactly like the root form:

Put→Put
Cut→Cut
Set→Set
Cost→Cost
Hit→Hit

For other irregular verbs, including the verb to be, the simple past forms are more erratic:

See→Saw
Build→Built
Go→Went
Do→Did
Rise→Rose
Am/Is/Are→Was/Were

The good news is that verbs in the simple past tense (except for the verb to be) don’t need to agree in number with their subjects.

Wolfgang polished his medal. The other winners polished their medals too.

How to Make the Simple Past Negative

Fortunately, there is a formula for making simple past verbs negative, and it’s the same for both regular and irregular verbs (except for the verb to be). The formula is did not + [root form of verb]. You can also use the contraction didn’t instead of did not.

Wolfgang did not brag too much about his hula hoop skills. Wolfgang’s girlfriend didn’t see the contest.

For the verb to be, you don’t need the auxiliary did. When the subject of the sentence is singular, use was not or wasn’t. When the subject is plural, use were not or weren’t.

The third-place winner was not as happy as Wolfgang. The fourth-place winner wasn’t happy at all. The onlookers were not ready to leave after the contest ended. The contestants weren’t ready to leave either.

How to Ask a Question

The formula for asking a question in the simple past tense is did + [subject] + [root form of verb].

Did Wolfgang win the gold medal or the silver medal? Where did Wolfgang go to celebrate? Did the judges decide fairly, in your opinion?

When asking a question with the verb to be, you don’t need the auxiliary did. The formula is was/were + [subject].

Was Wolfgang in a good mood after the contest? Were people taking lots of pictures?

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Common Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense

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Common Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense

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https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php
https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-simple-past.php
https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-simple-present-be.php

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Pq a opção B está errada ?