PRESENT SIMPLE We like chocolate. I always come to school on time. s She never sleeps in the afternoon. es He watches television every day. They usually.

PRESENT SIMPLEPRESENT SIMPLEPRESENT SIMPLEPRESENT SIMPLE

We like chocolate.I always come to school on time.

She never sleepss in the afternoon. He watcheses television every day.They usually play football in the afternoon.

I am happy.

מספרים על דברים כל המשפטים הנ"לשקורים בדרך כלל או חוזרים בזמנים

קבועים או מתארים מצב.

All the sentences we read are in the present simple

.present simpleכל המשפטים שקראנו הם ב-

When do we use this tense?מתי אנחנו משתמשים בזמן זה?

PRESENT SIMPLE

We use the Present Simple to describe habits, facts, states and regularactions.It is the most common tense in English.

אנו משתמשים בזמן זה כדי לציין פעולות רגילות, הרגלים,מצב ואמיתות כלליות.

זהו הזמן השימושי והנפוץ ביותר בשפה האנגלית.

When do we use it ? Time expressions )ביטויי זמן(

-

alwayson

Mondays

sometimes

never

often

oncea week

usually

every day

We will divide the Pronouns into 2 groups.

נחלק את כינויי הגוף לשתי קבוצות.I - You - We - They

He - She - It

Positive Sentences – משפטיחיוב

SubjectVerb (in the base form)

Rest of the sentence

The boys(They)

goto the pool.

I / You / We / They + Verb (in the base form)

:בגופים אלה, יבוא הפועל בצורתו הפשוטהeat, smile, like, go, play, cry

SubjectVerbRest of the sentence

I We You They

read books every day.

Positive Sentences – משפטיחיוב

I / You / We / They + Verb (in the base form)

:בגופים אלה, יבוא הפועל בצורתו הפשוטהeat, smile, like, go, play, cry

He She It

readss books every day.

SubjectVerb+ s

Rest of the sentence

Positive Sentences – משפטיחיוב

He / She / It + Verb (in the base form)

The boygoeses to the pool in the

summer.בגופים אלה, נוסיף לפועל בצורתו הפשוטה –s/es/ies:

eats, smiles, likes, goes, plays, cries

נקרא שלושת He She It לכינויי הגוף

בפועל. s נובים משום שהם יקבלו סה

+ +

The boy goes to the pool.

SubjectSubject

He She It

verb1+s

פועל בצורת המקור

+s

Rest of the sentence

המשך המשפט

Rules For Adding SS To To He She ItHe She It

1) We add es to the base form when the verb ends with ch, sh, s, x, z, o

watch watches

S ZSh XCh

O

2) When the verb ends with Y and there is a consonant before , we will drop it and add ies

fly fl flies

3) When a verb ends with y and there is a vowel before, we will NOT drop the y and add just s

play plays

LET’S PRACTISELET’S PRACTISEFill in :1) My brother sometimes _____ (go)

fishing.2) The dolls _____ (sit) on the shelf.3) The boys ______ (play) on the

beach every summer.4) The girl ______ (brush) her hair

twice a day.

LET’S CHECKLET’S CHECK

Fill in :1) My brother sometimes goes

fishing.2) The dolls sit on the shelf.3) The boys play on the beach every

summer.4) The girl brushes her hair twice a

day.

Special verbs 1• The verb to be behaves in a special way:

I amhappy.

We You They

are happy.

He She It

is happy.

SubjectVerbRest of the sentence

Special verbs 2The verb to have behaves in a special way:

I havea computer.

We You They

have a computer.

He She It

hasa computer.

SubjectVerbRest of the sentence

Time expressions

Do you remember the time expressions

If you don’t click here.

We use time expression very often to tell us when or how often the action happens.

Where do we put the time expressions in a sentence?

• At the beginning/end of the sentence.

• Before the verb.• After the Be familyץ

Time expressionsTime expressions

At the beginning or end of sentence

They go to ballet lesson once a week. Once a week I visit my grandmother.

every.. once a.. On Sundaystwice a..

Adverb of FrequencyAdverb of FrequencyBefore the main verbAfter family Be

always never sometimes

oftenusually seldom

She always walks to school.He is often late for school.They don’t usually read.

Check YourselfCheck YourselfDouble click on the sites

Summary of the form + spelling of the present simpleExercises on formhttp://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pres1.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pres2.htm

Exercises on form with 'be'Exercises on form with 'have' + do

Exercises practicing the interrogative form