BESTENGLISH IN CONTEXT

ENGLISH IN CONTEXT · A1

Everyday English, brought into focus.

PRESENT SIMPLE LANGUAGE SYSTEMGHOST FREQUENCY / 02

PRESENT SIMPLE / OVERVIEW

Talking about everyday life

Use the Present Simple to describe people and things, talk about habits and preferences, give facts, and explain regular schedules. The sentence pattern depends on the verb your message needs.

Explore the scenarios for each use ↓

01 / Identity, descriptions and states

Be: am / is / are

am / is / are

Say who someone is, what something is like, how someone feels or where someone is. Be connects the subject to this information.

Say who someone is or what something is. Use a/an when identifying one person with a job noun.

She is a teacher.

02 / Habits, preferences and facts

Other verbs

base verb / verb + -s

Choose the verb that expresses the activity, preference, possession or fact. In ordinary-verb negatives and questions, use do or does.

Describe a repeated activity. She walks to school regularly, but she may be at home now.

She walks to school.

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