2-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

 

CHAPTER 2

Expressing Present Time (Part 1)

 

2-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

 

	SINGULAR	PLURAL
1st person	I talk	We talk
2nd person	You talk	You talk
3rd person	She talks	They talk
	He talks
	It talks

Notice: The verb after she, he, it (3rd person singular) has a final –s: talks.

Example:

1.      I eat breakfast every morning.

2.      Ann speaks English every day.

3.      We sleep every night.

4.      They go to the beach every weekend.

The simple present tense expresses habits. In (1): Eating breakfast is a habit, a usual activity. Eevery morning = Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, Friday morning, Saturday morning, and Sunday morning

 

 

Exercise:

What do you do every morning? On the left, there is a list of habits. On the right, make a list of your habits every morning. Put them in order. What do you do first, second, third, etc.?

HABITS	MY HABITS EVERY MORNING
a. Stretch, yawn, and rub my eyes	1. Turn off the alarm clock
b. Walk to the bathroom	2.
c. Turn off the alarm clock	3.
d. Brush my teeth	4.
e. Take a bath	5.