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PRESENT SIMPLE

1. Usage :

a. to talk about likes, dislikes and wants.

                  She likes rock music.

                   I want to be an English teacher.

         b. to talk about permanent situations.

                   He plays the guitar in a band.

                   I live in Boyabat.

I come from Eskişehir.

How do you spell “kurtoğlu”?

c. to talk about routines.

                   She sometimes rides her bike to school.

         d. to talk about general statements of truth.

                   Water boils at 100 degrees.     

e. to talk about fixed times.

                   What time does the film start? It starts at five o’clock.

         f. to tell stories, or summarise the plot of a film or book.

                   … When they agree to help their Indian friends, they find themselves racing to save lives…

2. Adverbs of frequency come before the main verb, but after the verb to be.

                     Do you often  cycle to school.          I am sometimes late for school.

                                                   main verb                                           to be

Adverbs of frequency : ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, NEVER

Adverbial phrases of frequency come after the verb and the object.

                        She washes her hair twice a week.

                                                           adverbial clause of frequency

3. Form :

            Positive :                                                                      Negative :

I come from Eskişehir.                                                Ahmet and Veli don’t come from Ankara.

She comes from Boyabat.                                          Seçil doesn’t come from Ankara.

4. To form the third person singular positive,

·      We usually add –s to the infinitive.       

want >> wants           like >> likes                  come >> comes

·      When the infinitive ends in ch, sh, ss, or x we add –es.

watch >> watches                wish >> wishes

·      When the infinitive ends in a consonant +y, we delete y and add –ies.

fly >> flies                          study >> studies

·      The third person singular of do and go is does and goes. The third person singular of have is has.

5. Question form:                                  Short answers:

Do you come from Spain? Yes, I do / No, I don’t

Does he come from Turkey? Yes, he does. / No, he doesn’t