8 - ] Basic Grammar For Beginners
11 . The Present Simple Tense
|
Positive |
Question |
Negative |
|
I , You ,We , hey (inf.) |
I , You , We , They (do) |
I , You , We , They (do not) |
|
We play football . I usually go to school . |
Do you like fish ? Do they play football ? |
We do not smoke . They do not swim . |
|
He , She , It (s ,es , ies) |
He , She , It (does) |
He , She , It (does not) |
|
He plays football. She usually goes to school . |
Does he sleep much ? Does she go to school ? Does it eat meat ? |
He does not smoke . She does not swim . It does not eat meat . |
1 . Verbs ending in the letters (ch , sh , ss , x ,
and o) , add (es) not (s)
Examples
brush - brushes / guess - guesses / wash - washes /
go - goes / fix - fixes
He teaches English .
She brushes her teeth twice a day .
2 . Verbs ending in (y) following consonant , change
(y) into (ies)
Examples
carry - carries / dry - dries / try - tries / hurry - hurries / cry -cries /
She fries fish .
He carries his bag .
It tries to escape .
3 . Verbs ending in (y) following a vowel ( a, e, i,
o, u ) follow the usual rule and add (s) .
examples
play - plays / stay - stays / pray - prays / say -
says / employ - employs /
He plays football well .
They usually pray .
4 . This tense is often used with adverbs and
adverbial phrases of frequency such as : often , never , always , every ,
usually , sometimes , (once , twice , three ,four etc. times a year , a day , a
month etc.
Examples
We go to the beach every summer .
He usually goes to the club .
She visits her parents twice a week .
5 . This tense is used to express facts .
Example
The earth goes round the moon .
The sun rises in the morning .
6 . This tense is used also to express a habit .
Examples
He gets up early every day .
I usually go to school
Exercise 1
Correct the verbs between brackets :
1 . He always ----------------(play) football on
Friday .
2 . She often ---------------(visit) her grandmother
on Sunday .
3 . ------------he ---------------(come) to school on
foot ?
4 . He --------------(go) to school every day .
5 . We --------------------9not usually eat) dinner
at home ,
6 . Where -----------------your father
-------------(work) ?
7 . They -------------(not go) to the cinema every
night .
8 . He usually -----------------(go) to school on his
bike .
9 . What time ------------the lesson
------------------(begin) ?
10. A doctor ------------------(study) medicine .
11 . It never ------------------- (rain) in summer .
12 . Father ------------------(go) to work in the morning
.
13 . ---------------you(speak) English in class every
day ?
14 . She ----------------(not help) her mother with
the house work .
15 . He -----------------(not brush) his teeth every
morning .
16 . She --------------------(walk) to school with
her friend every day .
17 . Sally always ----------------(sit) in that seat
.
18 . The students --------------------(write) many
exercises every day .
19 . He ---------------------(read) the newspaper
every morning .
20 . Adam ---------------(go) to the zoo very often .
21 . The cat always ----------------------(chase) the
mouse .
22. Edward usually ---------------------(drink) tea
for breakfast .
23 . She often --------------------(get) up early in
the morning .
24 . Harry sometimes -------------------(spend) the
week-end at home .
25 . -------------you ------------------(walk) to
work every day ?
26 . He -------------(want) to be a doctor when he
---------------(grow) up .
27 . He ---------------(take) his car to work every
day .
28 . Mary always ---------------9arrive) at the
lesson on time .
29 . -------------it ------------(rain) very often
during the month of January ?
30 . -----------------you always -------------(come)
to work late ?
31 . How well -----------------he
--------------(speak) English ?
32 . When ---------------the next train
--------------------(arrive) ?
33 . How often -------------it (snow) in Egypt ?
Exercise 2
1 . Change the following into negative .
1 . She walks to school every morning .
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2 . They watch television in the evening .
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3 . He helps his father on the farm .
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4 . It rains in summer in Egypt .
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5 . She has many friends .
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6 . Mary teaches in a primary school .
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7 . Sarah has many English books .
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8 . William plays the guitar well .
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9 . It is hot in London .
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10 . A doctor works in a school .
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11 . Firemen work hard .
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12 . Policemen catch good people .
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13 . Postmen carry radios .
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14 . A teacher flies a plane .
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15 . A farmer helps sick people .
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16 . The sun rises in the west .
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17 . A policeman controls traffic lights .
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18 . Wild animals live in cages .
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19 . Elephants are useful to man .
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Exercise 3
Change the following into questions :
1 . She speaks French well .
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2. She eats with a fork and a knife .
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3 .We make many mistakes in class .
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4 . The baby cries too much .
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5. She goes to bed early .
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6. Nasser watches television every night .
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7 . Mary helps her mother in the kitchen .
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8 . A typist works in an office .
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9 . The teacher comes to school on foot .
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10 . Sandra sweeps the floor every day .
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11 . The girls make much noise .
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12 . Elephants eat grass .
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13 . Elephants live in the forest .
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14 . Birds feed on cereals .
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