SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

• FORM BASIC MEANING

OF SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE

• SHE WALKS
SINGULAR PLURAL
I WALK WE WALK ------- 1st person
YOU WALK YOU WALK---- 2nd person
SHE WALKS THEY WALK-- 3rd person
HE WALKS
IT WALKS
(a) I eat lunch every • Monday
afternoon • Tuesday
(b) Max drives to work • Wednesday
every day • Thursday
(c) We get up every • Friday
morning
• Saturday
(d) Kyle calls Mimi every
• Sunday
weekend
HABITS=USUAL ACTIVITIES
We …..television every day
watch watches
We watch television every day
He ……….television every day

watch watches
He watches television every day
We ….. Lunch at 12:00

eat eats
We eat lunch at 12:00
• Jara ……. A walk in the morning
take takes
• Jara takes a walk in the morning
• My friend…….her horse every day

ride rides
My friend rides her horse every day
They always drink tea with lunch
 Adverb of frequency
100 % (a) Mary always eats lunch at school
90%-99% (b) Mary usually eats lunch at school
75%-90% (c) Josh often eats hamburgers
25%-75% (d) Tia sometimes eats lunch at school
5%-10% (e) Tia seldom eats lunch at school
1%-10% (f) Eva rarely washes her car
0% (g) Jay never goes to the zoo
Talia . . . Feeds her dog

Always
Usually
Often
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sometimes
V V V V V V V Seldom
Rarely
Never
Talia always feeds her dog
Jara . . . . . watches TV
sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
Always
V
Usually
Often
Sometimes
Seldom
Rarely
Never
Jara seldom watches TV
 Luke usually cooks dinner
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
Always
V V V V V V Usually
Often
Sometimes
Seldom
Rarely
never
Luke usually cooks dinner
Moussad sometimes cooks dinner
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
Always
V V V V
Usually
Often
Sometimes
Seldom
Rarely
never
(a) She goes to the library once a week
She goes to the library once a week
twice a week
five times a week
(b) I go to school five times a week
( c) I go to the movies twice a month
(d) I go to the beach once a year
how many times
A day a month a week a year
(e) I feed my dog every morning
I ride my horse every week
I wash my car every year

Every is singular
Subject + be + adverb of frequency

Jeff is …….dirty

Am
Is + adverb of frequency
Are
• subject + adverb of frequency + verb
sergio + usually + rides a bike
• He is tired usually

• He is usually tired
• Jeff is sad never

• Jeff is never sad

• Lucy reads at the library often

• Lucy often reads at the library
 Geogardo teaches math
• -sh
• -ch
• -ss
• -x