Prof. Lb.

EnglezCaraca Gabriela Marilena

Form: S + vb
Affirmative
I like
You like
He likes
She likes
It likes
We like
You like
They like

Fia 5 : Present Tense Simple

Negative
I do not / dont like
You do not / dont like
He does not / doesnt like
Shedoes not / doesnt like
It does not / doesnt like
We do not / dont like
You do not / dont like
They do not / dont like

Interrogative
Do I like?
Do you like?
Does he like?
Does she like?
Does it like?
Do we like?
Do you like?
Do they like?

Using:
Prezentul simplu desemneaz o aciune sau stare care are loc simultan cu momentul vorbirii.
a) permanent situations or states:
Eg: She works as a teacher.
b) habitual actions:
Eg: I go to work every day.
c) permanent truth:
Eg: Water freezes at 00C.
d) programmes with future meaning:
Eg: The plane leaves at 6.05.
Time expressions:USUALLY ,every day / week / month / year, often, always, rarely, never, sometimes, in the morning /
evening / afternoon, at night, on Mondays.
Spelling:
a.
verbs ending in: -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o takes es
Eg: I watch he watches
I go he goes
b. verbs ending in consonant + y take ies
Eg: I study he studies
c.
verbs ending in vowel + y take ys
Eg: I buy he buys

Prof. Lb. EnglezCaraca Gabriela Marilena

1. Put the verbs in the IIIrd person singular:

Eg: I watch TV in the evening. Jane watches TV in the evening, too.
1.I walk to school. My classmate ...
2.All the pupils work hard. Jane ...
3.My parents live in Braov. My aunt ...
4.I know the answer. My deskmate ...
5.I wash my hands before dinner. She ...
6.We like school very much. Mary ...
7.The children play in the park. Tom ...
8.Those pupils study in the library. My friend ...
9.I receive a lot of letters. My sister ...
10. They finish work at five oclock. She ...
11. We cross the street over there. He ...
12. You want a bicycle. She ...
2. Make the sentence negative:
Eg: I speak English but I dont speak French.
1.I like tea. (milk)
2.He understands French. (English)
3.Mrs. Smith teaches English. (French)
4.I visit my friends on Sunday. (on Saturday)
5.Paul reads novels. (poems)
6.They study geography. (history)
7.My baby brother cries at night. (in the day time)
8.He likes classical music. (modern music)
9.She writes postcards. (letters)
10. My friends see a film every week. (a play)

3. Make questions using the cues below:

Eg: the students / go on trips every summer
Do the students go on trips every summer?
1. we / watch television every Sunday
2. Mr. Brown / read the newspaper on the bus
3. Saly / work at home every morning
4. your parents / like old films
5. the students in the 9th form / study economics
6. the shops / close at 8 oclock
7. Michael / understand the question
8. you / attend a good school
9. it / rain much in summer
10. you / enjoy winter sports
11. she / know what she is doing
12. these magazines / publish interesting articles
4. Answer the following questions using the adverbs to
express habitual actions:
1. What time do you go to school? (usually)
2. When do you do your homework? (always)
3. Do you work late at night? (never)
4. Who do you study with? (generally)
5. Do you sleep in the afternoon? (never)
6. What kind of books do you read? (sometimes)
7. When do you go to the theatre? (occasionally)
8. Do you help your parents? (often)
9. Where do you meet your friends? (sometimes)
10. Where do you spend your weekend? (occasionally)
11. Where do you go during your summer holiday? (often)
5. Make sentences about the people in the table. Use the verbs: LIVE, WORK / STUDY, LIKE, SPEAK
LIVE

STUDY / WORK

LIKE

SPEAK

Michael

Bucharest

at a secondary school

Maths

a little English

David
Mr. Brown
Kate

Braov
London
Iai

at the university
in an office
in a technical school

fishing
sailing
walking

German well
only English
French quite well

Mr. Freeman
Dan

the South of England

Constantza

on a farm
in a factory

swimming
sports

only English
a little Italian

Prof. Lb. EnglezCaraca Gabriela Marilena

6. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple:

Situation: School girl Lucy Hall talks about her life.

I .................... (get up) at 7:30 when the alarm- clock..................... (ring). I ............ (eat) breakfast in a hurry, not to be late for school. Dad
......... (be) off early to the factory where he ............ (run) a label printing business. Mum ................. (drive) to school at 8:00. Unfortunately
she .................. (teach) at my school. Correction she .................. (teach) me at my school, which ............ (be) very hard for both of us. I
..................... (travel) to school with her in the car , although it ........... (do) my reputation no good to be seen arriving with a teacher every
morning. I .................. (spend) the next 25 minutes catching up on homework. I ......... (be) in the sixth form at the High School in Boston,
Lincolnshire. Boston, lovely though it ............ (be), ...........(be) years behind the rest of Britain: we ............. (be) so much of the beaten
track. At 9 oclock assembly ................. (star) the day with singing and notices. Break eventually .................. (arrive) after three periods.
Break ............ (be) over too soon, but only two periods until lunchtime. After lunch we ............. (drag) ourselves back to two more lessons.
Actually, I ................. (admit) it, they can be quite fun. German ............. (be) most, of the time, as we .......... (be) a small group of twelve.
Alison and I ............ (sit) at the back, answering at suitable intervals. We both ............... (like) translations, so in those lessons we ................
(butt) in quite a bit. One student ............... (read) the passage, then other students .................... (help) translate. The teacher ..................
(help) when we .................... (need) her, but otherwise ................. (keep) quiet. She ................. (correct) the more atrocious mistakes at the
end, and ................... (give) us another piece of homework. I ................ (go) home with mother in her car again. I ................. (greet) the dog,
Sinbad, the cat, Abraham, and Father. We .................... (exchange) opinions about the days happenings over a cup of tea. Homework
................ (take) up most of the evening, if not all of it. If I ..................... (organize) myself and my work well, I ............ (go) out on Thursday
evenings to Pilgrim Venture Scouts where I .................... (enjoy) myself with people of my own age. Otherwise, Catie, my best friend,
................. (ring) me just for a chat. I .............. (go) to bed at about 10:30 and ............... (read) a novel until 11 p. m . when I cant absorb
any more, and I ................. (crash) out completely. And everybody ................ (say) these .............. (be) the best years of your life! Well, I quite
............... (enjoy) school really!