Present Simple

( I do )
 A. Study this example:
• Alex is a bus driver, but now he is in bed asleep.
• He is not driving a bus. (He is sleeping)
• But He drives a bus. (He is a bus driver)
• Drive(s)/ work(s) / do(es), etc. is the present simple.

I/we/you/they drive/work/do etc.

he/she/it drives/works/does etc.
B. We use the present simple to talk about things in general,
something that happens all the time repeatedly, or something
that is true.

• Nurses look after patients in hospitals.

• I usually go away at weekends.
• The earth goes around the sun.
• The cafe opens at 7.30 in the morning.
• She designs websites for the company.
• Many lawyers appear in a court everyday.
• They work for a legal practice.
 C. We use do/does to make questions and negative
sentences.
Do I/we/you/they work?
Does he/she/it drive?

I/we/you/they don’t drive.

He/she/it doesn’t work.

• I don’t go away very often.

• What does this word mean?
• Why do you always drive so fast?
• Rice doesn’t grow in cold climates.
• My class starts at 8 am and finishes at 1 pm.
• Do you work in a law court?
 Make sentences from the words below in simple
present tense! Use the correct form of verbs!
1. Speak (Example: Does she always speak politely?)
2. Take
3. Give
4. Need
5. Pay
6. Talk
7. Close
8. Start
9. Catch
10.Earn
 Present tense of be: is, am, are
• We use be to say who somebody is or what
something is.
– I am Sam -She isn’t from Scotland.
– We are from the UK -We’re not friends
– She is a website developer
– It is in the US. -He’s not my type.
• We use be to ask personal questions.
– Where are you from? -Are you a singer?
– What is his name? -Is she a vegetarian?
– What is her job? -Is he a programmer?
 Make negative sentences from the words below in
simple present tense! Use the correct form of “be”!
1. Mad
2. The dark room
3. Stingy
4. Snobbish
5. The headmaster
6. At the office
7. Bus driver
8. Engineer
9. On the rooftop
10.The thief
 Present Continuous
A. Study this example situation.
• Janet is in her car. She is on her way to work. She
is driving to work.
• This means: she is driving now.
• The action is not finished.

I am driving.
He/she/it is working.
We/you/they are writing. Etc
B. I am doing something = I’m in the middle of doing it;
I’ve started doing it and I haven’t finished.

Example:
• “Please don’t make so much noise! I’m trying to
work.”
• ‘Where is Mark?’ – ‘He is having a shower.’
• Let’s go out now. It isn’t raining any more.
• (at a party) Hi, Lary. Are you enjoying the party?
• What is all that noise? What are you watching?
• They are not working today. It’s Sunday.
c. The action doesn’t always happen at the time of
speaking. For example:

Example:
• Some people are building their own house.
They hope to finish it next summer.
• I’m reading a really good book. It’s about a
boy who lost his family..
• Is your English getting better?
• The population of the world is increasing very
fast.