The document provides an overview of how to use the present simple tense in English. It discusses that the present simple is used to talk about permanent states, habits, and things that are always true. It also lists some common stative verbs like "love" and "think" that take the present simple. Additionally, it covers using frequency adverbs, negative sentences, questions, and spelling rules for third person singular verbs in the present simple tense.

1. The Present Simple with THE SIMPSONS by Pepa Mut

2. When do we use the Present Simple?

4. -things that are always true

5. -permanent states

6. -regular habits or routines

8. -love, like, hate, prefer...

9. -feel, smell, taste, hear, …

10. -think, consider, agree, believe,...

11. -have, own, belong to

12. -cost, weigh, measure...

14. Lisa sometimes plays the saxophone at home.

15. Maggie always goes to bed at nine.

16. But after “to be”:

17. He 's never late.

18. Longer time expressions can either go at the beginning or at the end:

19. Patty and Selma love watching old movies in the evening.

21. Mr Burns doesn't like spending money.

22. Willie, the janitor, doesn't like Bart's pranks.

23. Carl and Lenny don't talk much at work.

24. Questions Does Milhouse like playing with Bart? Yes, he does. Where does Ned Flanders live? He lives... Does the Chief of Police catch all the criminals? Do children like Crusty the Clown? What do the kids think of Otto?

25. Affirmative Negative Questions I speak You speak He speak s She speak s It speak s We speak You speak They speak *spelling: goes, does, misses, watches, washes, studies,flies, but: plays, stays I don't speak You don't speak He doesn't speak She doesn't speak It doesn't speak We don't speak You don't speak They don't speak Do I speak? Do you speak? Does he speak? Does she speak? Does it speak? Do we speak? Do you speak? Do they speak? Short answers: Yes, I do No, I don't Yes, he does. No, he doesn't

26. Third person singular spelling: He, she, it + verb -s: Smithers work s for Mr. Burns. -Verbs ending in ss, x, sh, ch, o add -es Miss miss es Fix fix es Wash wash es Watch watch es Do do es -Verbs ending in consonant + y change to: -ies Cry cr ies

27. To be continued...