FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE SINGULAR PLURAL 1ST PEESON I talk we talk 2ND

PERSON you talk you talk 3RD PERSON she talks they talk He talks It rains a) I eat breakfast every morning. b) Ann speaks English everyday. c) We sleep every night. d) They go to the beach every weekend. Notice: The verb after she, he, it (3rd person singular) has a final s: talks

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

USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, SELDOM, RARELY, NEVER Always 100 % SUBJECT a) b) c) d) e) f) g) Bob Mary We I They Anna I actually often sometimes seldom rarely never 99-90% 90-75% 75-25% 25-10% 10-1 % 0% FREQUENCY SIMPLE Always, actually, often, sometimes, + ADVERB + PRESENT TENSE seldom, rarely and never are called freqeuncy adverbs. They come between always comes to class. the subject and the simple present verb.* usually comes to class. often sometimes seldom rarely never watch TV at night. drink tea with dinner. go to the movie. makes a mistake. eat paper. Always Usually Often Sometimes Seldom Rarely never

SUBJECT +

+ VERB

*some frequency adverbs can also come at the beginning or at the end of a sentence. For example: Sometimes I get up at seven. I sometimes get up at seven. I got up at seven sometimes.

USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH BE

SUBJECT Tom + is +

BE

FREQUENCY ADVERBS