present simple: affirmative, negative and question.pptx

Grammar

1. Simple Present Teacher: Antonio Cisneros.

2. Personal pronouns Subject Pronouns. I First person, singular . You Second person, singular . It Third person, singular . She/he Third person singular . We First person, plural . You Second person, plural . They Third person, plural .

3. Examples. 1. I like ice-cream. 2. You have a goat. 3. It is raining. 4. She makes pancakes. 5. He is a gardener. We drink coffee. You are the winners. They work in a restaurant.

4. Simple present. What is simple present? 01

5. The simple present expresses daily habits or usual activities. I take a shower every day . Ann usually eats lunch at the cafeteria. The simple present expresses general statements of fact. The sun shines . The earth revolves around the sun. Basically, the simple present is used for events or situations that exist always, usually, habitually in the past, present, and the future. Expressing present time.

6. Forms of the simple present.

7. Positive and negative form Positive: I work . You work We They She works . He work It Negative: I do not ( don’t ) work . You work We They She does not ( doesn’t ) work . He work It Note: When the subject is third person singular , add a final –s or –es to the verb. Note: Do not add final –s or –es to the main verb in negative sentences.

8. Ending - es and exceptions! Number 1: Add –es if the verb ends in – sh , - ch , -ss, -x, or – zz , -o. Examples: Wash-wash es. Catch-catch es. Pass-Pass es. Fix-Fix es. Buzz-Buzz es . Number 2: If the verb ends in a consonant + -y, change the –y to “ i ” and add –es. Example: Fly-Fli es. Number 3: If the verb ends in a vowel + -y, simply add –s. Example: Buy-Buy s. Do you know how to pronounce this conjugated verbs? Exception- Verb to have. I have You have She/he has It has We have You have They have

9. Question and answer. Question: Answer: Note: Do not add a final –s or –es to the main verb in a question. Do I work ? you we they Does she work ? he it Yes, I do. you we they Yes, she does . he it No, I don’t . you we they No, she doesn’t . he it

10. How to pronunce the –s or –es! The –s. We pronounce –s as /s/ at the end of a word when the last consonant sound is unvoiced. For example: beat-beats. / bit/ /bits / Work-Works. / Wɜrk / / wɜrks / * Bite-Bites. / Baɪt / / baɪts / We pronounce –s as /z/ at the end of a Word when the last consonant is voiced or if it is followed by a vowel or semivowel sound. For example: Buy-Buys. / baɪ / / baɪz / Feed-feeds. / Fid / / fidz / Follow-Follows. / fɑloʊ / /ˈ fɑloʊz / The –es. If the last consonant sound of the word is a sibilant sound (a hissing or buzzing sound), the final S is pronounced as / ɪz /. This / ɪz / sound is pronounced like an extra syllable. If the sound has a J sound (/ dʒ / like the letter J at the beginning of the word jacket or /ʒ/ like the S in pleasure), then the final S is also pronounced as / ɪz /. Examples of words ending in the / ɪz / sound: C: races (sounds like "race- iz ") S: pauses, nurses, buses, rises X: fixes, boxes. Z: amazes, freezes, prizes, quizzes SS: kisses, misses, passes, bosses CH: churches, sandwiches, witches, teaches SH: dishes, wishes, pushes, crashes GE: garages, changes, ages, judges

11. Practice time! I always ____ breakfast. (to eat) I always eat breakfast. She usually ____ at 7 am. (to get up) She usually gets up at 7 am. He ______ two cup of coffee in the morning. (to drink) He drinks two cup of coffee in the morning. They ____ bacon. (negative form) They do not eat bacon. Ann drinks tea. (Question form) Does Ann drink coffee? He does the homework. (negative form) He doesn’t do the homework. You drink coffee. (Question form) Do you drink coffee. The students _____ always in English. (to speak) The students speak always in English. We listen to music after lunch. (Negative form) We don’t listen to music after lunch. Now, create 2 sentences using simple present.

12. Extra material. English Pronunciation Practice - How do you pronounce words ending in S? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJRqZPyuoFM Simple present-Subject pronouns-online practice: https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/present/affirmative-forms-pronouns Link 2: https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present-simple/index.html Link 3: https://www.really-learn-english.com/simple-present-exercises.html

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