Present Simple questions and negations

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The Present Simple

Present Simple

Questions

Negations

The Present Simple

What is the present simple?

The present simple is an English tense. 

A normal present simple sentence looks like this:

We eat pizza every Sunday.

They eat sushi.

She eats pasta.

The Present Simple

What is the present simple?

Now you know what a normal present simple sentence looks like.

Next, we are going to take a look at:

- The SHIT-Rule

- Questions

- Negations

The Present Simple

The SHIT Rule

The SHIT Rule has to do with She, He, and IT.

The rule is:

If the subject (onderwerp) is a she, he or it, the verb gets +s.

All other subjects = main verb (hele werkwoord)

 I dance                   She dances

You dance                 He dances

We ..........                       It ............

They ...........

My mom = she

My father = 

The cat = 

My brothers = 

Our class = 

IMPORTANT for using the shit-rule correctly!

Do you know the subject and its pronoun?

For example:  

A short exercise...

She-He-It

They

We

You

You and Tom

You and me

My family

That book

My brother and I

John and Diana

His parents

You and your team

Elisabeth

My uncle

The Present Simple

The SHIT Rule

For the next exercise, try to make logical sentences. 

Also use the SHIT Rule correctly !

Timmy

every Saturday.

They never

with oil.

That tree

very fast.

I always

chocolate ice cream.

Those boys

in class very often.

cook

grows

dances

shout

choose

chooses

shouts

grow

Great work so far!

The next step =

Questions

The Present Simple

Questions

To make a present simple question: 

you have to add the verb do AND put it in front of the sentence:

                       I like ice cream.     becomes      Do I like ice cream?

If the subject is a he, she or it, you have to use does. 

                    Bob plays football.   becomes   Does Bob play football?

Also, look at what happens with the original verb!

Rule: 

• you make questions in the present simple with do/does + main verb 
• exceptions: de hulpwerkwoorden: to be (am-is-are), can, have got

The old man always sits in his chair.

the old man always

in his chair?

Turn the normal present simple sentence into a question

Do

Does

Is

sits

sit

sitting

Did

My sister likes everything pink.

my sister

everything pink?

Do

Does

Is

Be

likes

like

Did

The Present Simple

Questions

For the next exercise, turn the present simple sentence into a question. 

• Think about capital letters
• questions marks (?) and... 
• the SHIT Rule: maar één keer (do/does + hele ww)!

                                      

My dog likes meat.

That tree looks 100 years old.

She goes to parties.

The Queen of England plays golf every evening.

The girls always wear the same dresses.

The Present Simple

Questions

Remember:

The verb 'to be' is a special one. So are 'can' and 'have got'.

If its the first verb in the sentence: just switch it with the subject.

She is very beautiful.  becomes  Is she very beautiful?

They can swim very well.             Can they swim very well?

He has got a dog.                           Has he got a dog?      

But...

He has a dog.                                      Does he have a dog?

She is my best friend.

she 

my best friend?

Do

Does

Is

Be

Am

Are

Did

They are at the club every Tuesday evening.

they

at the club every Tuesday evening?

Do

Does

Is

Be

Am

Are

Did

You are doing great!

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The Present Simple

Negations        (= ONTkenningen)

Now you know how to make a normal present simple sentence and questions in the present simple.

Now we are going to look at negations. (ontkenningen)

The Present Simple

Negations

Negations tell you that something is not happening. 

You can see the word not in negations (=ontkenning), 

but almost always as a short form: n't

 as in don't or doesn't.

An example:

She doesn't swim very well. 

I don't know.

de komma ' vervangt in het Engels altijd een letter, in dit geval een o

n't = not

don't = do not 

doesn't = does not

Dus nu weet je altijd WAAR je de ' moet zetten!

The Present Simple

Negations

So you make a negation by adding don't or doesn't to the sentence. Think about the SHIT Rule! (do/does)

So not like this:          I like not cookies. 

But like this:                I don't like cookies 

The Present Simple

Negations

Look at what happens to the verb in this sentence when we turn it into a negation:

                                 He plays video games every day.

                        He doesn't play video games every day.

The 's' after the verb disappears after doesn't. 

The same happens with the questions, do you remember?

The Present Simple

Negations

In the next exercise, try to turn the present simple sentence into a negation. 

Pay attention to capital letters, full stops and the SHIT Rule.

                                     Use short forms!

The girls wear the same dresses.

The boy cleans his plate after eating.

They give out flyers every morning.

The sun shines very brightly.

Minions like bananas very much.

The Present Simple

Negations

Remember AGAIN:

The verb 'to be' is a special one. So are 'can' and 'have got'.

If it's the first verb in the sentence: just add not.

She sings very beautiful.     She doesn't sing very beautiful.

We are at home.                   We aren't at home.

They can swim very well.    They can't swim very well.

                                                  They cannot swim very well.

He has got a dog.                  He hasn't got a dog.     

But...

He has a dog.                             He doesn't have a dog.

The Present Simple

Negations

For the next exercise, turn the present simple sentences into negations. Pay attention to capital letters, full stops, commas and the SHIT Rule!

                                    Use short forms!

I am a very happy person.

My dog is almost deaf.

They are at the pool every week.

She wears her best dress on Sundays.

Congratulations! 

You have finished this lesson.

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