牛津上海版英语八年级上册课件：U2-Grammar1（共18张PPT）

To talk or write about things that happen all the time or a number of times, we can use verbs in the simple present tense. For example: She gets up at six o’clock every morning. We play basketball on Mondays and Thursdays. They often discuss business at dinner. We use the simple present tense when we talk about: My hair is long. things that are true now. We use the simple present tense when we talk about: things that we do regularly. Simon plays football after school. We use the simple present tense when we talk about: Cats eat fish. things that are always true. We use ‘I’m’, ‘you’re’, ‘we’re’, ‘they’re’, ‘he’s’, ‘she’s’ and ‘it’s’ when we write to our friends or when we speak. We make positive and negative sentences using the verb ‘to be’ in the simple present tense like this: I am/’m happy. I am not/’m not happy. You/We/They are/’re You/We/They are not/aren’t He/She/It is/’s He/She/It is not/isn’t We ask and answer questions using the verb ‘to be’ in the simple present tense like