REPEATED

ACTION

FACTS OF
GENERALIZATION

Scheduled Events in
the Near Future

Now (Non-
Continuous Verbs)
 PRESENT TENSE PART I
We use the Present Tense to talk about
things that always happen, or habits.
I go to school at 7:00.

Also, we use the present tense to talk

about things that are always true, or facts.
The sun rises in the east.

In the Present Tense, if the subject is He,

She, or It, you must add –s to the verb.
Daniel eats dinner at 7:00
 EXERCISES
1. Julie likes to play baseball.

2. My friend lends me a pencil every

day.

3. They walk to school every morning.

4. The baby cries when he is hungry.

 Present Tense (2)
When you add –s • (cry, fly) you have
to a word that
to change the –y to
ends in
consonant-y
–i and add –es

• Fly  Flies
Example • Cry  Cries
• ( X ) Flys or Crys
 Fix the mistakes
1. The bird flies in the sky.

2. The birds fly in the sky.

3. My sister wants to play basketball in

the afternoon.

4. My father reads the newspaper while he

eat pizza.
Introduction to Present Tense (add -s/-es to
verbs)
Present Tense (3)

Miss – misses

Wash – washes
S, SH,
CH, X, Watch – watches
O or Z Go – goes

Buzz -- buzzes
• Wash __________ washes
• try__________ tries
• fax__________ faxes
• ply__________ plies
• apply__________ applies
• pray__________ prays
• win__________ wins
• splash__________ splashes
• pitch_________ pitches
• borrow__________ borrows
• cry__________ cries
• fetch__________ fetches
• hiss__________ hisses
• watch_________ watches
 Present Tense: Negative Sentences
Present Tense (4)
You don’t want to go to
school.
We don’t go to church.

They don’t need more pencils.

He doesn’t like ice cream.

She doesn’t want to play soccer.

It doesn’t need more food.

 Write “don’t” or “doesn’t” to
complete each sentence below.
1. My mother doesn’t want to go shopping today.
2. Tom and Mike don’t have to go to school today.
3. Mary doesn’t feel good today, so she doesn’t have
to go to school.
4. My pet dog doesn’t live in our house.
5. Dogs and cats don’t get along well.
6. If he doesn’t have a map, he won’t know where to
go.
7. That mountain doesn’t have any snow.
8. We don’t need to clean our room today.
9. Lori doesn’t go to school on Sundays.
 Review of Present Tense
Present Tense (5)
Fix the mistakes in these sentences:

1. The airplane flies in the sky.

2. Bill doesn’t want to play soccer after
school today.
3. My grandmother likes to watch TV in the
evening.
4. Jamie doesn’t throw fast, but he catchs
very well.
5. Do you want to go shopping with me
tomorrow?
 Continue…
6. My baby brother cries when he hear
loud noises.

7. My father cooks food and my mother

wash dishes.

8. If John doesn’t finish his homework,

he can’t watch TV.