hello everyone how are you today this is
marc, I'm doing just great thanks for
asking actually I'm marc I come from
Canada but I teach English to adults in
Rome I have a small dog called dallas we
sometimes go jogging in a park near
where I live we love spending time
outdoors in the summertime in this
lesson I'm going to talk about the
present simple so stay tuned right I
chose to talk about the present simple or
the simple present it's the same why
because it's very very important in
English and you need to know it so if
you look at the time line that I drew
here we have the past the future and the
vertical line is now we can find the
present simple or the simple present
everywhere we need an auxiliary what
kind of auxiliary in this case do or
does yes the auxiliary is an indicator of
what tense we are speaking of so if you
look at the first example of the first
type of sentence is a negative and in the
negative we need the auxiliary so we have
the subject first then the auxiliary plus
not then the base of the verb then the
object and maybe the time expression I
chose to start with the verb to be and
you know that the verb to be acts by
itself so it doesn't need an auxiliary
so the example is I'm not John, I'm Marc
you know that so I'm not John I am NOT
John now an example without the verb to
be would be he doesn't speak Hungarian
so you can see DOES it's the auxiliary
Plus NOT doesn't does not we prefer to
use the contracted form then the base of
the verb which is speak and then the
object Hungarian now for a question wh
question word if you haven't seen my
lesson on making questions you can click
here so as I said wh-question word
sometimes then the auxiliary do or
does then the subject then the base of
the verb then the object sometimes and
then the time expression sometimes I
gave you two examples also showing the
verb to be so where do you live for
example where do you live you can see
where is the wh-question word auxiliary
do because it's not a third person
singular you would be do you do so do
you and then live the base of the verb
or if you want to use the verb to be who
is he so he would be the verb to be
doesn't need an auxiliary because it
acts as itself as an auxiliary who is he
now if we look at the most important
sentence here because we have the third
person singular which changes let's
start first with the the easiest one so
the subject then the base of the verb
then the object and then the time
expressions sometimes these referring to
I you we and they only so the example we
like music if we have an example with
the verb to be they are friendly they
are friendly so that's it now if you
look at the third person singular we
have the subject then the base
of the verb then we add S or ES
depending on the verb
using then the object then the time
expression sometimes and I noted here
is for a third person singular he she or
it so the example he works S he workS at
a bank or the other example she studies
with ES she studies math I'm going to
erase this and I'm going to show you
when to use this tense so when do we
use the present simple or the simple
present first general present including
the present moment for example I teach
English to adults in Rome then the
second situation when talking about
feelings or thoughts at the present
moment so we love spending time outdoors
in the summertime here the verb of
feeling is love now if you want to watch
a lesson on verbs of feelings such as
love like and enjoy hate you can click
here remember that we need the -ing love
spending now the third situation where
we use the present simple of a simple
present is when talking about general
truths for example the Sun rises in the
east this is always true and is a
general truth right now the fourth when
talking about habitual or regular
actions we sometimes go jogging in the
park and what do I mean by habitual or
regular actions well you can see
sometimes is an adverb of frequency and
there is a lesson on this you can click
here if you want to watch it that tells
you that is a regular or habitual action
we sometimes go jogging in the park
now the fifth situation when discussing
about what's happening in a book a film
etc this is used when you want to make
the story vivid so for example at the
end of the book he looks up he looks up
and smiles at her to make the story
vivid now the sixth situation is when
commentators are describing an event
going on they use the present simple so
for example in a football match or a
soccer match so toti takes the ball he
passes to perotti and shoots now let's
recap right in this video we talked
about the present simple or the simple
present we use it with general truths
don't forget to use the auxiliary do or
does does is for the third person
singular I showed you six situations where
you can use the present simple I
recommend watching the lesson again
that's it for today you people thank you
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