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Name : ANDREA AMADOR DORANTES Present simple
The usage
The present simple is used to express:
1- A habit in the present (it always or regularly happens)
I always get up at 6 o’clock in the morning.
2- A fact in the present (it is always true)
I come from Lebanon
The form : affirmative
Affirmative(verb to eat) Affirmative (verb to drink) Affirmative (verb to swim)
I eat I _____________ I _________________
You eat You ____________ You ________________
He eats He ___________ He _______________
She eats She ___________ She _______________
It eats It ___________ It _______________
We eat We ____________ We ________________
You eat You ____________ You ________________
They eat They ____________ They ________________
The spelling rules for the third person singular (he/ she/ it)
1- Most verbs : add( -s)
Work : works
2- Verbs ending in –ch / -sh / -ss/ -o/ -x : add (-es)
Go : goes watch : watches wash : washes miss : misses fix : fixes
3- Verbs ending in a consonant + y, change the (y) into (i) and add –es →(- ies)
Study : studies fly: flies carry : carries
C + y → ies
4- Verbs ending in a vowel + y, only add (-s)
Play : plays say : says pray : prays
V + y → s
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Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple tense:
a- School ________________(to finish) at three o’clock.
b- My mum --------------(to like) classical music.
c- Toni -------------(to play) football every Saturday.
d- My cousin ----------- (to go) to school by bus.
e- My grandparents a speak (to speak) French.
f- My grandfather ___________________(to love) pizza.
g- Paul and Kate _____________________(to study) English every day.
h- Kate _____________________(to study) maths at university.
i- My brother ________________ (to do) his homework on the bus.
j- Children a like (to like) eating a lot of chocolate.
k- She ____________________(to watch) TV every evening.
l- He _____________________(to stay) at home on Saturdays.
The form : negative and interrogative
Negative (long form): verb to eat Negative (long form): verb to drink
I do not eat I ___________________________
You do not eat You_________________________
He does not eat He__________________________
She does not eat She_________________________
It does not eat It__________________________
We do not eat We_________________________
You do not eat You________________________
They do not eat They________________________
Negative (short form): verb to eat Negative (short form): verb to drink
I don’t eat I_____________________________
You don’t eat You__________________________
He/she/ it doesn’t eat He/ she/ it ______________________
We don’t eat We _____________________________
You don’t eat You_____________________________
They don’t eat They ____________________________
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Interrogative(verb to eat) Interrogative(verb to drink) Interrogative (verb to work)
Do I eat? ___________________________ _________________________
Do you eat? ___________________________ _________________________
Does he eat? ___________________________ _________________________
Does she eat? ___________________________ _________________________
Does it eat? ____________________________ _________________________
Do we eat? ____________________________ _________________________
Do you eat? ____________________________ __________________________
Do they eat? ____________________________ __________________________
Exercise 2:Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets.
a- I ______________________(not , to like) playing football.
b- _______________________( you/ to like) playing football with your friends?
c- _______________________(he/ to listen) to rap music?
d- She does not listen (not, to listen) to rock music.
e- My friends ______________________(not, to go) swimming on Saturdays.
f- ___________________________(your friends/ to go) swimming every Saturday?
g- My friend DOESN´T LIVE (not, to live) in Beirut.
h- DOES YOUR FRIEND LIVE (your friend/ to live) in Zalka?
i- He ____________________(to speak) Italian.
j- She __________________(to wash) her hands when she ________________(to eat) a sandwich.
k- They _________________(to watch) TV in the evenings.
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