{"id":7031,"date":"2017-08-25T13:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T11:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=7031"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:27:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:27:12","slug":"present-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2017\/08\/present-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Present Simple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTwui3bZ0c5MftkBSTvY7KVsAsAAsE71jpzsbERLp0qPb0K9e-ZARHgLseWEyzNQtA1jzoRBd1ThAle\/embed?start=true&amp;loop=true&amp;delayms=10000\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"580\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>Usage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for statements that are true <\/span><b>all the time<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I come from Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria lives in Madrid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They have two dogs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forms:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>positive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>I<\/strong>\/<strong>You drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>He<\/strong>\/<strong>She<\/strong>\/<strong>It drinks<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We<\/strong>\/<strong>They drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Negative<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>I<\/strong>\/<strong>You don&#8217;t drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>He<\/strong>\/<strong>She<\/strong>\/<strong>It doesn&#8217;t drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We<\/strong>\/<strong>They don&#8217;t drink<\/strong>&nbsp;coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Do I<\/strong>\/<strong>you drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Does he<\/strong>\/<strong>she<\/strong>\/<strong>it drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Do we<\/strong>\/<strong>they drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Answers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Yes, <strong>I<\/strong>\/<strong>you do drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Yes, <strong>he<\/strong>\/<strong>she<\/strong>\/<strong>it does drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Yes, <strong>we<\/strong>\/<strong>they do drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No, <strong>I<\/strong>\/<strong>you don&#8217;t drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No, <strong>he<\/strong>\/<strong>she<\/strong>\/<strong>it doesn&#8217;t drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No, <strong>we<\/strong>\/<strong>they don&#8217;t drink<\/strong> coffee at breakfast.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spelling Rules: 3rd Person Singular Pronouns<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">verb ending in a consonant + y&nbsp;\u2192 i + es<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marr<strong>y<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;He marr<strong>ies <\/strong>Lucy today<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li 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400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">irregular verbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I <strong>am<\/strong> \u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he\/she\/it&nbsp;<strong>is<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I <strong>don&#8217;t<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he\/she\/it <\/span><strong>doesn&#8217;t<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I <strong>haven&#8217;t&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he\/she\/it <\/span><strong>hasn&#8217;t<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usage: for statements that are true all the time I come from Spain. Maria lives in Madrid. They have two dogs. Forms: positive I\/You drink coffee at breakfast. He\/She\/It drinks coffee at breakfast. We\/They drink coffee at breakfast. Negative I\/You don&#8217;t drink coffee at breakfast. He\/She\/It doesn&#8217;t drink coffee at breakfast. 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