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enPresent Simple Active
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Affirmatives |
Questions |
Negatives |
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I You We They |
V(e)s
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Do
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I you we they
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V |
I You We They
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don’t |
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He She It
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Does |
he she it |
He She It |
doesn’t |
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to be forms in Present Simple
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am/is/are в сочетании с: |
Пример |
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имя существительное |
The result is a mass hysteria. Diamonds are a best girl’s friend. |
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имя прилагательное |
Their deaths are ostensibly (=declaredly=объявленный) accidental. |
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наречие места |
The mountains of posh food are over there for your pleasure. |
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причастие настоящего времени |
Mysterious flying objects are currently attacking people. |
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причастие прошлого времени |
Money is stored in the bank account. People are disoriented at night. |
Tense expressions
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all hours |
from time to time |
on occasion(s) |
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always |
generally |
on weekends |
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at nights |
hardly ever |
once a fortnight (fortnight = two weeks) |
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at the weekends |
in the mornings/afternoons/evenings |
once in a while |
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at times |
infrequently |
once/twice/etc. a month/week/etc. |
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commonly |
monthly, etc., |
ordinarily |
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daily |
most/much of the time |
rarely |
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during the day |
never(i.e. zero regularity) |
regularly |
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every day/week/month/year |
normally |
seldom |
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every now and again |
occasionally |
sometimes |
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every now and then |
often |
usually |
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frequently |
on Mondays/Tuesdays…etc |
whenever |
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Meanings |
Examples |
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habituality (привычность) |
She bites her nails. |
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permanence (неизменность) |
I always study hard for exams. |
| regularity (регулярность) |
She cleans her car every Saturday. |
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timetables (расписания) |
They move into their new home next week. |
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scientific laws, facts and general truths (научные законы, факты и общие истины) |
The sun sets in the west and rises in the east. |
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travel or any other scheduled plans (путешествия или любые другие планы) |
The train leaves at 4 p.m. |
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instructions (инструкции) |
Print or type the information in the spaces provided. |
| repeating/long-lasting situations (повторения/долгосрочные ситуации) |
We produce lasers for cosmetic surgery. |
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directions (направления) |
Take the second left. |
| telling jokes, informal stories (рассказывание анекдотов, неформальных историй) |
So, I go to Mr. D and say “I deserve a better mark in this class”. |
| live sport commentary (комментирование спортивных событий в прямом эфире) |
Jones stops in mid-court and passes the ball to Schuster. |
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reviews and summaries (обзоры и резюме) |
To sum up, we work fruitfully in cooperation. |
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stative verbs (стативные глаголы) |
In general, I believe that all people can live in peace. |
| conditional and time clauses (условные предложения, придаточные предложения времени и условия) |
They will believe us, if we show the documents. |
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sequence of actions (последовательность действий) |
He comes in, opens the window and sits at the table. |
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headlines (заголовки) |
Ship sinks in midnight collision. |
More examples
Comment on using the following examples in Present Simple Active
- If you do mind your business, it will be successful.
- Who cares?
- He threatens to fire me.
- The police wear their badges proudly.
- I am all agog to know what will happen.
- These snakes rattle.
- He looks his age.
- They always contrive something unbelievable.
- She knows everything there is to know about her neighbours.
- Time forbids to do it.
- Biodegradable rubbish decomposes completely.
- Stay here, in case I need you.
- The landlord will set a dog on you if you trespass on the premises.
- I promise to do all to save you.
- Light travels more quickly than sound.
- He laughs best, who laughs last.
- The springs in the armchair creak whenever I change position.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- Every star has its own orbit.
- A stitch in time saves nine.
More practice with Dual-Grammar Choice
- She looks/look so tragic.
- Substances freeze/are freezing at the temperature belowzero.
- Birds of feather flock/flocks together.
- The early bird is catch/catches the worm.
- I am meaning /mean you are wrong.
- He waves/is waving his hand in her direction and the story ends/is ending.
- Our train starts/starting at eight tomorrow.
- Nigerians earns/earn a reputation for dodgy (tricky) deals.
- Panic is yield/yields more deaths.
- A mob demands/is demanding protection.
- The news media reports/report each new theory with delight.
- Who do/does you blame?
- Rumours spread/are spreading more quickly among the uneducated.
- Bigwig politicians more often are deceiving/deceive people.
- Heads of state don’t decide/are not decide what they want to eat or drink until the last minute.
- Vintage champagne, fine wines, spirits and liqueurs are flown/are flow in from around the globe so the VIPs can wash down their meals in style.
- The poor live/lives in corrugated shacks (=shabby huts).
- Hungry children plays/play among piles of rubbish and queue/are queue for water at standpipes.
- The average weekly wage for the few who work/works in the township is/are less than the cost of a vintage brandy.
- Each day 6,000 African children are dying/die from diseases caused by contaminated water.
