expressions below and the simple present tense. Example: once a week You say: I go to the movies once a week. 1. once a week 2. every weekend 3. twice a week 4. on my birthday 5. once a year 6. at 7:30 in the morning 7. on Friday nights 8. in September 9. in the summer 10. all the time 11. on December 31 12. at 6:00 in the evening 124 UNIT 8 form Present Continuous. Present Continuous Tense. Rule: Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + object. Example: She is eating food. Here the subject is She, followed by “is”. The first form of verb (V1) here is “eat” and “ing” has been added to it, followed by the object “food”. Present Tense. Simple present tense describes a constant or repeating action that is currently happening. For example: We sing all the time. Simple present tense is usually formed using the infinite form of a verb except for when it's singular third person when an -s is added, e.g. I sit, we sit, you sit, they sit, he sits, she sits. What tense are they? 2 Look at answers 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7. What tense are they? 3 Which sentences are about regular actions? 4 Which sentences are about actions at or around the time of speaking? 5 Look at answer 8. Does it fit the pattern? A Lisa Millie 12 Present simple; present continuous; state verbs; the verb to be 1 Present tenses grammar This is not the case with present tense novels. Present tense novels may only use the simple present! At most, they tend to use 4 of the tenses – the simple present, the present progressive and small amounts of the simple past and the simple future. Example: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY 3. 1/30/2016 DAILY ROUTINE. 4. Frog’s Family’s Daily Routine Mr. Frog and Mrs. Frog love their garden. They keep it clean and beautiful. 1/30/2016. 5. Frog’s Family’s Daily Routine Every day, Mr. Frog gets up early. He goes to the river nearby. 1/30/2016. 6. Frog’s Family’s Daily Routine He brings water in a bucket. p4WGYc.

3 examples of simple present tense