Unit 1: You and your company

• English
• Vocational Education

Simple Present

Simple Present

We use the Simple Present to talk about:

• Facts
• Habits
• Routines
• Things that happen always/ never

Also: to talk about 'timetabled' future events  & a series (completed) of events*.

* (ex: instructions & demonstrations)

Some rules to remember...

Most verbs in the Simple Present have two forms:

1. The base (stem) for all persons except 3rd person singular: 

• I work at Mc Donald's.
  
• You work at ZARA.
  
• They work for Mr. Jones.

Some rules... continued

2. The base +s for the third person singular:

1. She/ He works at Starbucks in the Renaissance mall.
2. Leon works for Bohama N.V.
3. The machine works on solar power.

Spelling

The base of verbs ending in a hissing sound (sisklank) is followed by -es; if the base ends in -e, only -s is added.

• kiss    --> kisses
• mix     --> mixes
• catch --> catches
• fish     --> fishes

Spelling

The verbs do and go get -es:

• She goes to international conferences every year.
• Tara does her homework late at night.

When a verb ends in a consonant +y, the y changes into -ie. 

 !!!!BUT: Vowel + Y --> No spelling change!!!!!

• Mary flies to NY every year.
• John tries to sell cars every day.

Give the third person singular of the simple present tense of the following verb:

(to)enjoy

1. enjoyes
2. enjoy's
3. enjoys
4. enjoye's

When do we use the Simple Present?

Look at the spelling of the verbs in the following sentences. Which one is correct?

1. He payes his taxes.
2. Fenna applies for a job.
3. Jenny rely's on her commision.
4. He cryies after meetings.

What do the following abbreviations & acronyms stand for?

GM	WC	UN
BA	CEO	VAT

1. The ___ of Setar are in Oranjestad.

2. The U.S.A. is Aruba's most important ___ for tourism.

3. Pepsi is Coca Cola's largest ___.

4. Setar's ___ are dissatisfied with their Internet Services.

customers

competitor

market

headquarters

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