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    Day 02

    Present Simple Tense

    I (in English we use “I” as singular & plural)


    We Plural Verb (infinitive)
    You (more than 2 people)
    do, go, eat, drink
    They

    He Verb + S
    She Singular
    does, goes, eats
    It (only one person)

    In the following situations we use the Simple Present Tense


    1. Regular actions
    I go to school.
    2. Repeated actions
    I teach English.
    3. Permanent actions
    My father works in an office.
    4. General truth
    The sun rises in the East.
    5. Scientific truth / mathematical truth
    Water boils at 100 0C.

    1|Fluency Fast
    6. One animal represent whole class
    A lion eats meat. (A lion represent whole class but The lion represents only one.)
    7. Habits
    She bites her finger nails.
    8. Future Tense
    Next school term starts on 2nd of September. (only to the time tables)
    9. Newspaper headlines

    Examples: -

    ▪ She knows four languages.


    ▪ She speaks four languages.
    ▪ My friends play cricket in the afternoon.
    ▪ Our dog barks at night.
    ▪ We go to school early.
    ▪ The children clean the classroom.

    Negative form -ss


    -ch + es
    -o
    I
    We do not (don’t)
    Catch – catches
    You
    Watch – watches
    They verb infinitive
    Pass – passes
    (do, eat, go, drink…)
    He Go – goes
    She does not (doesn’t) Do – does
    It Wash –washes

    2|Fluency Fast
    Omit the ‘Y’ and add ‘ies’. But, if there a vowel before the ‘Y’ we never omit the ‘y’.

    Try – tries Enjoy – enjoys


    Fly – flies Play – plays

    Turn to negative

    1) I know the answer.


    I do not know the answer. (Don’t know)
    2) We play cricket every day.
    We do not play cricket every day. (Don’t play)
    3) Our dog bites.
    Our dog does not bite. (Doesn’t bite)
    4) We clean the classroom.
    We do not clean the classroom. (Don’t)
    5) She has a brother.
    She does not have a brother. (Doesn’t)

    Interrogative (Question) Form

    I
    Question words
    We
    What Do You
    Why They verb infinitive + rest?
    When (Do, does, go, eat)
    He
    Where
    Does She
    How
    It

    3|Fluency Fast
    Examples: -
    ▪ Do you play cricket?
    ▪ Does your principal come to school by car?
    ▪ Does she speak four languages?
    ▪ Don’t you play cricket?
    ▪ What do you do in the evening?
    ▪ Why do you come late to the class?
    ▪ Where does your mother live?

    Exercise 01
    Turn the verbs into correct form

    1. Dineth ______ (love) sports.


    2. We ______ (play) table tennis.
    3. She ______ (know) lots of people.
    4. No breakfast for me. Thank you. I don’t ______ (eat) breakfast.
    5. My sports kit is really muddy. This shirt ______ (need) a good wash.
    6. What’s the matter? You don’t ______ (look) very happy.
    7. Ramesh is good at table tennis. He ______ (win) every game.
    8. Don’t try to ring the bell. It doesn’t ______ (work).
    9. We’ve got plenty of chairs, thanks. We don’t ______ (want) any more.
    10.The computer ______ (belong) to my sister.

    Answers
    1. loves 6. look
    2. play 7. wins
    3. knows 8. work
    4. eat 9. want
    5. needs 10. belong
    4|Fluency Fast
    Exercise 2
    Complete the conversation
    Gayan: ________ (you/like) football?
    Ramesh: Yes, I ________ (love) it. I’m in the school team. I go to see lots of matches.
    Kaween usually ________ (come) with me and we ________ (travel) too. Why
    ________ (you not) come to a match sometime?
    Gayan: I’m afraid football ________ (not make) sense to me. Why ________ (you take)
    it so seriously?
    Ramesh: It’s a wonderful game.I ________ (like) it very much
    Gayan: But I ________ (prefer) cricket.

    Answers
    1. Do you like 5. don’t you

    2. love 6. doesn’t make

    3. comes 7. do you take


    4. travel 8. like
    9. prefer

    Difference between present simple and present continuous

    Present Continuous Tense Present Simple Tense


    Something happening now Repeated
    • I am doing an online class. • I do online classes.
    • Where are you going? • Where do you go?
    • It’s raining at the moment. • It rains in May.

    5|Fluency Fast
    • Look at that man is trying to open • He is a carpenter.
    the door of your car. • He makes doors.

    Temporary Permanent
    • I’m doing online lessons • I do lessons at university.
    these days. • I work in an office.
    • I’m working at home.
    We use non action verbs with
    simple present tense.
    Non action verbs (state verbs)
    ➢ Love
    ➢ Hate
    ➢ Believe
    ➢ Consist
    ➢ Understand
    ➢ Forget
    ➢ Know
    ➢ Like
    What are you thinking? ➢ Matter
    I’m thinking of selling my car.
    ➢ Prefer
    ➢ Remember
    ➢ Need
    ➢ Contain
    ➢ Depend on
    ➢ Be
    ➢ Mean
    ➢ Own
    I think you are right.

    6|Fluency Fast
    I’m coming from Kandy. I come from Kandy.
    (travelling) (He lives in Kandy)

    I’m seeing the doctor tonight. I see you,


    (appointment)
    Hear
    Taste
    Feel

    He’s being an idiot. (for the moment) We use senses like above
    with present simple

    At the moment we use non action verbs He is an idiot.


    with present continuous.

    Exercise 3
    Put the verb into present simple or continuous.

    1.What _________ (you, do) now? I _________ (have) my breakfast at the moment.
    2.I _________ (enjoy) the video games. I _________ (play) it every weekend.
    3.I _________ (have) two brothers and a sister.
    4.I _________ (think) your answer is correct.
    5.She _________ (love) her mother.
    6.I _________ (think) about your problem.
    7.She always _________ (burrow) from me and she never remembers (remember)
    to pay me back.
    8.Who _________ (own) this umbrella?
    9. _________ (you understand) what the lecturer is saying?

    7|Fluency Fast
    Answers

    1. are you doing, am having 6. think, am thinking


    2. enjoy, play 7. burrow, remembers
    3. have 8. owns
    4. think 9. Do you understand
    5. loves

    Listening Activity 01
    1. Charlton
    2. 115 pounds
    3. Cash
    4. Parking
    5. Music
    6. Entry
    7. Stage
    8. Code
    9. Floors
    10.Decorations

    ------------------------------------ Fluency Fast Team ----------------------------------

    8|Fluency Fast

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