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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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Answer 1

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