PRESENT SIMPLE

AFFIRMATIVE

NEGATIVE

with TIME EXPRESSIONS

Verbs ending -x, -o, -ss, -sh, -ch,:

add -es (tax taxes, teach
teaches, wash washes
Verbs ending -y : change into
-ies (study studies)

EVERY DAY / WEEK / MONTH

/ YEAR
FROM TIME TO TIME
ONCE/ TWICE / THREE TIMES
A DAY / WEEK / MONTH /
YEAR
DAILY / WEEKLY / MONTHLY

3.

Write negative sentences using the

verbs in brackets.

1.

At weekends we (go) to
bed late.
Bob (play) rugby.
Brian (get) up at eight o
clock.
He always (start) school
at eight oclock.
How you I
generally (play) the guitar
after school.
My father (come) home at
nine o'clock in the evening.
She (not get up) at six o
clock.
Susan (knit) scarfs and
sweaters.
They often (watch) TV
after dinner.
We usually (have) lunch
at school.
What she
after school?
What they
(do) in the evening?
What time you (get) up?
Where your grandparents
(live) ?

1.

She has a shower every day. "She doesn't

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have a shower every day."

2.

Bob plays the guitar very well.

....

3.

The children study very hard.

...

4.

My baby brother cries every evening.

..

5.

They know my phone number.

...

6.

Dad reads the newspaper every day.

...

7.

My father loves going to the cinema.

..

8.

David always wears a black tie.

..

9.

John lives near us.

..

10.

Write the third person singular

(he, she or it).
catch
_____
break
_____
do
_____
brush
_____
fix
_____
feed
_____
fly
_____
have
_____
go
_____
like
_____
kiss
_____
need
_____
laugh
_____
plant
_____
play
_____
teach
_____
see
_____
water
_____
tidy
_____
work
_____
walk
_____
write
_____
_____

ALWAYS

USUALLY

FREQUENTLY

OFTEN

SOMETIMES

OCCASIONALLY
RARELY

HARDLY EVER

NEVER

Put the verbs between brackets in

the present simple tense.

2.
3.

1.

INTERROGATIVE

2.

Dad drives me to school when it is too cold.

...

revision

4.

1.

Complete the sentences using the

verbs in brackets.

How often (you / go) do you go

to the seaside?
2. I (not / speak) French, but Paul
(speak) it absolutely
fluently.
3. If he (catch) his train, he
will arrive on time.
4. Maria often (see) her
friends after school.
5. Mum (not/think) that
texting is a good thing.
6. My parents (not / live) in
Paris, they (live) in New
York.
7. On Saturdays the post office (close)
at 12 am.
8. Paris (be) the capital of
France and Madrid the capital of
Spain.
9. People (depend) on
earth's natural resources.
10. Plants (give) us oxygen.
11. The earth (go) around
the sun.
12. Water (boil) at 100
celsius.