PRESENT SIMPLE

Name: Orbegoso Gastelo Jose M.

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 drink I swim

You eat You drink You swim

He eats He drinks He swims

She eats She drinks She swims

It eats It drinks It swims

We eat We drink We swim

You eat You drink You swim

They eat They drink They swim

Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple tense:

a- School __finishes___ (to finish) at three o’clock.

b- My mum __likes____(to like) classical music.
c- Toni ____plays_____(to play) football every Saturday.
d- My cousin ______goes____(to go) to school by bus.
e- My grandparents ______speak______(to speak) French.
f- My grandfather ______loves____(to love) pizza.
g- Paul and Kate ________study_________(to study) English every day.
h- Kate _______studies_________(to study) maths at university.
i- My brother _____does_____ (to do) his homework on the bus.
j- Children ___like______(to like) eating a lot of chocolate.
k- She ________watches____________(to watch) TV every evening.
l- He _______stays______(to stay) at home on Saturdays.
Exercise 2:Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets.

a- I _______don`t like_______________(not , to like) playing football.

b- _______do you like__________( you/ to like) playing football with your friends?
c- ______ does he listen_______(he/ to listen) to rap music?
d- She ______doesn`t listen________(not, to listen) to rock music.
e- My friends ____don`t go__________(not, to go) swimming on Saturdays.
f- ________ do your friends go______(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 _____ spesks_______(to speak) Italian.
j- She _____ washes _____________(to wash) her hands when she ___eats______(to eat) a
sandwich.
k- They ______watches____(to watch) TV in the evenings.

Exercise 3:Write true short answers about you.

Do you like eating chocolate?_______________yes, I do

Does your friend go to school on Sundays?________no, he doesn’t
Does your mother work in a hospital?______ No, she doesn’t
Does your father have a car?____________ No, he doesn’t
Do your friends like swimming in August?_______ No, they don’t
Do you get up early on Sundays?___________Yes, I do

Exercise 4:Change the following sentences into negative and interrogative.

a- Samir studies English at school.

Negative__________he doesn’t study English at school______
Interrogative________does he study English at school? _______
b- Children like football.
Negative__________they don’t like football ______
Interrogative________do they like football?_________
c- They have a new car.
Negative_________they don`t have a new car _____________
Interrogative________do they like a new car?_____________
d- They have got a new car.
Negative___________they don`t have got a new car_______________
Interrogative___________do they have got a new car?_________________
e- He has a pen.
Negative____________he doesn`t has a pen________________
Interrogative_________does he has a pen?_____________________
f- He has got a pen.
Negative__________he doesn`t has got a pen________________
Interrogative________does he has got a pen?___________________
g- He is a doctor.
Negative________he is not a doctor__________________
 Interrogative_________ is he a doctor?_______________
h- They are intelligent students.
Negative____________they are not intelligenting students________
Interrogative_________are they are intelligenting students?__________________