Present Simple

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Present Simple

• When do we use this tense? 
  
• What does this tense look like? 
  
• Exceptions?
  

What do you think we use the present simple for?

1. Gewoonten
2. Feiten
3. Dingen die regelmatig gebeuren
4. Alle antwoorden zijn goed.

Facts (This car is purple.)

   

               Facts

Habits (He snores.)

Regular things (They play Assassin's Creed every weekend.)

Which of these sentences is in the present simple?

1. They will walk to school tomorrow.
2. I always walk to school.
3. My brother walked to the bakery.
4. He always walks to his training.

What does the present simple look like?

The base form (stam) of the verb.

      - I always walk to school.

He / she / it  >  base form + s         (s h it   rule)

      - He always walks to school.

My dad _______ (koken) dinner every day.

1. cooking
2. cook
3. cooks
4. cookt

Daisy _______ (spelen) the piano every Thursday.

Exceptions

Consonant + y

I carry > she carries 

S-sound 

I watch > he watches 

Verb 'to be'

I am

You are 

He / she / it is 

They are 

We are 

You are 

Verb 'to have'

I have

You have

He / she / it has

They have

We have 

You have

Fred ______ (fly) to Spain every year.
We never _____ (eat) brussel sprouts.

Present simple
He ..... (to call)

1. call
2. calls

Present simple
He ..... (to call)

1. call
2. calls