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Timpul verbal PresentSimple ne ajut s ne referim

ceea ce se ntmpl cu regularitate sau este un ade
Intermediate nsoit de multe ori de adverbe de frecven, care
ntmpl. n aceast lecie, gseti explicaii detaliate
pentruPresentTenseSimple.

1.Iwakeupat7everyday
PresentSimple

Punecursorulpetextpentruavedeatraducerea.

1.Present Simple is the tense that refers to: repeated actions, preferences,
generaltruthsandscheduledevents.

2.PresentSimplerequiresthefirstformoftheverb.(Verbshavethreeforms.You
willlearnabouttheminthefollowinglessons.)

WhendoIusePresentSimple?

Present Simple is used for repeated actions, preferences, general truths and
scheduledevents.

repeatedactionsdailyroutine:Iwakeupat7everyday.
repeatedactionshabits:Iusuallyswimattheweekend.
likesanddislikes:Ilikehorrormovies.
generaltruths:Waterboilsat100degreesCelsius.
generalizations:Peopletalktoomuch.
scheduledevents:Theplanetakesoffat9.

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HowdoIrecognizePresentSimple?

Present Simple is often marked by explicit or implicit adverbs or time

expressionsthatindicatefrequency.

always,usually,regularly,normally,often,sometimes,occasionally,rarely,seldom,never(adverbsoffreq
everyday=daily,everyweek=weekly,everymonth=monthly,everyyear=yearly
onceaday,twiceaweek,threetimesamonth,fourtimesayear
inthemorning,intheafternoon,intheevening,atnight
onMondays,onThursdays,onSaturdaysetc.

Affirmative/Interrogative/Negative

Readthesentencesinthenexttable.TheyareatPresentSimple.Thenread
the following section How do I form Present Simple? to understand how
PresentSimpleworksintheaffirmative,interrogativeandnegativeforms.

Affirmative Interrogative

1stperson
Iwakeupat7everyday. DoIwakeupat7everyday? Idono
Singular

2ndperson
Youlikeapples. Doyoulikeapples?
Singular

HeplaysfootballonTuesdays. DoesheplayfootballonTuesdays? Hedoesn

3rdperson
Shetravelsinsummer. Doesshetravelinsummer? She
Singular
Ittakesoffat9. Doesittakeoffat9?

1stperson
Wepayourbillsmonthly. Dowepayourbillsmonthly? We
Plural

2ndperson
Youeattwiceaday. Doyoueattwiceaday?
Plural

3rdperson
TheyusuallyskiinDecember. DotheyusuallyskiinDecember? They
Plural

HowdoIformPresentSimple?

Affirmative

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Subject+VerbI+(...)
e.g.:I(subject)wakeup(verb)at7everyday.

1stperson,sg.Ireaddaily. 1stperson,sg.IoftenwatchTV.
3rdperson,sg.Hereadsdaily. 3rdperson,sg.HeoftenwatchesTV.

Rememberthat:

Forthe1stperson(sg.andpl.),the2ndperson(sg.andpl.)andthe3rdperson
pl.,theverbhasthesameform.Onlythe3rdpersonsg.functionsdifferently.

Theverbisusedinitsfirstform,e.g.:Iread.Thefirstformistheinfinitiveform
withoutto.Atthe3rdpersonsg.,weaddansattheendoftheverb,e.g.:He
reads.

Someverbstakeanes(insteadofans)attheendforthe3rdpersonsg.,e.g.:
HewatchesTV.

Theverbstobeandtohavebehavedifferently:a)Seehowtousetheverbto
beb)Theverbtohavehasanirregularformforthe3rdpersonsg.Hehas
anapple.

Interrogative

Do/Does+Subject+VerbI+(...)+?
e.g.:DoI(subject)wakeup(verb)at7everyday?

1stperson,sg.DoIreaddaily? 1stperson,sg.DoIoftenwatchTV?
3rdperson,sg.Doeshereaddaily? 3rdperson,sg.DoesheoftenwatchTV?

Rememberthat:

Ininterrogativesentences,weusetheauxiliaryverbsdoordoes.

Weusedoforthe1stand2ndpersons(sg.andpl.)andforthe3rdpersonpl..
Weusedoesforthe3rdpersonsg..

Ininterrogativesentences,wedoNOTaddsoresattheendoftheverbfor
the3rdpersonsg..

TheshortanswerforaPresentSimplequestionis:
Affirmative:Yes,Ido(forI,you,we,you,they)orYes,hedoes
(forhe,she,it)

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Negative:No,Idon't=No,Idonot(forI,you,we,you,they)or
No,hedoesn't=No,hedoesnot(forhe,she,it)

Negative

Subject+DoNot/DoesNot+VerbI+(...)
e.g.:I(subject)donotwakeup(verb)at7everyday.

1stperson,sg.Idonotreaddaily. 1stperson,sg.IdonotwatchTVoften.
3rdperson,sg.Hedoesnotreaddaily. 3rdperson,sg.HedoesnotwatchTVoften

Rememberthat:

Innegativesentences,weusetheauxiliaryverbsdoordoesandtheadverb
not.

Weusedonotforthe1stand2ndpersons(sg.andpl.)andforthe3rdperson
pl..Weusedoesnotforthe3rdpersonsg..

Innegativesentences,wedoNOTaddsoresattheendoftheverbforthe
3rdpersonsg..

Theshortformofdonotisdon't.Theshortformofdoesnotisdoesn't.e.g.:
Idon'tlikehorrormovies.Hedoesn'tlikeactionmovies.

Adverbplacement

Placeadverbsafterthesubjectandtheverb.e.g.:Iwalkeveryday.DoIwalk
everyday?Idon'twalkeveryday.

Withadverbsoffrequency,thingsareabitmorecomplicated.It'sbesttolearn
theirplacementthroughpractice.Listentotheaudiotutorialinthislesson.

Surprise!

Thefirstformoftheverbisalsocalledthepresentsimpleform.Wealsorefer
toitastotheinfinitiveform.

Seldomisthemoreformalequivalentofrarely.

Weusephrasalverbs(verbswithmorethanoneelement)inthe3rdpersonsg.
likethis:
Hewakesupat6.
Ittakesoffat9.

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Weaddsoresattheendofthemainverb,notattheendoftheentirephrasal
verb.Moredetails..

The first exercise in the Exercises section is a reading exercise. Read it

carefullyitisthefirststepingettingfamiliarwithPresentSimple.

Vocabulary

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