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CCAA CAMBU EXTRA MATERIAL 1
Present Simple
The Present Simple
Affirmative Form:
I, you, we, they play.
He, she, it plays.
Remember the verbs in the third person singular (he, she and it)
always
take an "s". For example, "he plays, she sings, it works..."
Examples:
Nancy and James speak good German.
Nancy works in a restaurant downtown.
The children play in the garden every weekend.
Interrogative Form:
Do I, you, we, they play?
Does he, she, it
Examples:
Do you speak good German?
Does Nancy work in a restaurant downtown?
Negative Form:
I, you, we, they do not
play. don't
He, she, it does not
doesn't
Examples:
No, I don't speak German.
No, she doesn't work in a restaurant downtown
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CCAA CAMBU EXTRA MATERIAL 2
Present Simple
Uses:
The simple present is used:
To give your opinion: I like ice cream. I don't like spicy
food.
To talk about schedules: The library opens at eight. It doesn't
open at 7.
To talk about daily habits (routine actions): Sara eats a cheese
for
breakfast every day. She doesn't eat cereal.
To give facts: The earth circles the sun.
Spelling:
All the verbs take an "s" in the simple present when conjugated
in the
third person singular (he, she, and it) form. So the rule
is:
He / she / it + Verb + S
There are however some special cases. Here are the spelling
rules:
Verbs ending in
Silent e Vowel + y Consonant + y o s, z, sh, tch, ch
close = closes note = notes
play = plays say = says
study = studies marry = marries
go = goes do = does
miss = misses buzz = buzzes
hatch = hatches finish = finishes teach = teaches
Exception:
The verb to have changes its forms as follows:
I have two sisters. But she has one sister and two brothers.
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CCAA CAMBU EXTRA MATERIAL 3
Present Simple
Choose the correct form of the following verbs:
wake up open - speak - take - do - cause live - play - close -
live
1. Ann __________ hand ball very well. 2. I never __________
coffee. 3. The swimming pool __________ at 7:00 in the morning. 4.
It __________ at 9:00 in the evening. 5. Bad driving __________
many accidents. 6. My parents __________ in a very small flat. 7.
The Olympic games __________ place every four years. 8. They are
good students. They always __________ their homework. 9. My
students __________ a little English. 10. I always __________ early
in the morning.
Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form:
1. Jane (not/drink) __________ tea very often. 2. What time (the
banks/open) __________ in Britain? 3. Where (John/come) __________
from? 4. It (take) __________ me an hour to get to work. 5. She
(not/wake) __________ up early on Sundays.
Choose the right verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes you
need
the negative:
write - turn - eat - tell - rise
1. The earth __________ around the sun. 2. The sun __________ in
the east. 3. Vegetarians __________ meat. 4. A liar is someone who
__________ the truth. 5. A novelist __________ novels.
