The document provides examples of using verbs in the present simple tense in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. It discusses how the third person singular takes "s", "es", or changes "y" to "i" and adds "es". It also explains that the present simple tense is used for habitual actions, routines, and timetables. It includes examples of filling in sentences with present simple verbs and frequency adverbs.
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2. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I
you
we
they
like ice-
cream
I
you
we
they
do not(don卒t)
like ice-cream
Do
I
you
we
they
like ice-cream
he
she
it
likes ice-
cream
he
she
it
does not
( doesnt) like
ice-cream
Does
he
she
it like ice-cream
THIRD PERSON SINGULAR: HE, SHE, IT
General rule It takes s. like - likes
With verbs ending in:
o, s, x, sh, ch
It takes es. go - goes
With verbs ending in:
vowel + y
It takes y play- plays
With verbs ending in:
consonant + y
It changes y into I and
takes es.
study - studies
USE
We use this tense for:
habitual actions / routines
programmes and timetables (school, buses)
It is frequently used with frequency adverbs. They come:
before the verb - e.g.: He usually goes to school by bus.
after the verb to be - She is often with her grandparents at the weekend.
3. B) Complete the sentences with the present simple:
Mary __________ (watches) TV in the afternoon.
She __________(hurry) home after school.
The baby __________(not go) to bred late.
She __________(not like) coke.
He __________(seldom, tidy) His bedroom.
My father __________(read) the newspaper every day.
Where __________she__________(keep) her books?
__________ your brother __________(live) with you?
A) Complete the sentences with do, does, don卒t, doesn卒t.
_________ you like coke? Yes, I _________.
_________ she play the piano? No, she _________.
_________ the students have good marks? Yes, they _________.
_________they speak English? No, they _________.
C) Make sentences. Put the verbs in the present simple and the frequency adverbs
in the right place.
Familyshe forusuallythewhole.
____________________________________________
Yes, - alwaysheheronSaturdaysvisit.
____________________________________________
Rarelysheislate
____________________________________________
ForisMaryoften lateschool?