Simple Present Tense : Unit 5, I do/work/have, etc. (Simple Present)

They have  a lot of books                                              She’s eating ice cream cone.
They read a lot.                                                             She likes ice cream cone.

They read / I like / she likes, etc, = the simple present :

I/we/you/they     do          read       like      work        play       watch        have          he/she/it      does      reads     likes     works      plays      watches    has

Remember:
he/she/it –s : he likes(not “he like”)        my sister plays        it rains
                      I live in Los Angeles, but my brother lives in New York.

have       has:  I have        she/he/it has

Spelling :
-es after –s/-ch-sh:  pass = passes            watch = watches              finish = finishes
                           also:   do = does                    go = goes
                                        study = studies         carry = carries

We use the simple present for things that true in general, or for things that happen sometimes or all time :

-          I like animals. I have three dogs and six cats.

-          The stores open at 09.00 a.m. and close at 05.30 p.m.

-          He works very hard. He starts at 07.30 a.m and finishes at 8 o’clock in the evening.

-          The Earth goes around the sun.

-          We do a lot of different things in our free time.

-          She’s very smart. She speaks four languages.

-          It costs a lot of money to stay at luxury hotels.

We use the simple present with always/never/often/sometimes/usually :

-          She always gets up at 7 o’clock.

-          I usually drive to work, but sometimes I walk.

-          Jack never has breakfast in the morning.

-          The weather here isn’t very good. It often rains.