Present simple

3rd person
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Lets look at
some examples.

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Do you know when we use simple

present tense?

We use simple present tense when we talk about

______________
habitual actions.. Thats things that
regularly

we do ____________.

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Positive Sentences

verb1

Subject

Rest of the
sentence

He, she, it

The boys

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goes

to the pool every day.

Yes, we use simple present tense for

things which are

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__________.
always true

Oh, youre so smart! And how

about these?

I know. We use simple present tense

true now
for things that are _________
.

rotates
The Earth _______
around the Sun.

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PRESENT SIMPLE

Gets up
He
She
it

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has breakfast
goes to bed

at seven oclock.
at half-past seven.
at nine oclock.

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Rule 1 :

He, She, It

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s es
or

Rule 2:
For third person singular form, verbs have to be changed as follows

Verbs ending in o,

-s, -x,-ch,-sh
Verbs ending in
Consonant +y

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Add

-es

y
Add -ies
Remove

Write the correct he/she/it form of these verbs.

crosses
1. Cross ___________

wants
7. Want ___________

fixes
2. Fix ___________

begins
8. Begin ___________

stays
3. Stay ___________

washes
9. Wash ___________

studies
4. Study ___________

does
10. Do ___________

allows
5. Allow ___________
is
6. Be ___________

multiplies
11. Multiply _________

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likes
12. Like ___________

The coming pictures show what Mimi

does every day. Describe the pictures
by completing the given sentences with
the suitable form of the verbs from
the box.
Make have help brush
Watch wash take start

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go practise
eat get

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

a. Mimi _______ up
at 6 oclock.

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practise

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

practise

b. She ________ her bed,

__________ her teeth,
__________ her face
and then ___________
breakfast at about half
past six.
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Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

c. After breakfast, she

_________ the
school bus to school.

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practise

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

practise

d. In the afternoon, she

sometimes ________
her mother to make
cakes and biscuits.
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Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

e. After tea, she

________ the piano
for about one hour.

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practise

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

practise

f. She ______ dinner at about

eight with her family. Then
they _______ television
together for a while before
she _______ doing her
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homework.

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

She usually_______
to bed at
about eleven.

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practise

I. Use the present simple affirmative

1. Peter ________ (go) shopping with his

brother.
2. Mary sometimes ________ (use) a
dictionary in class.
3. My friend ________ (study) Italian at
their school.
4.The dog ________ (live) near me.
5. She ________ (play) tennis in school on
Wednesday afternoon.

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I. Use the present simple negative form

1. He studies French from Monday to Friday.

________________________________________
2. School finishes at two o clock in the afternoon.
________________________________________
3. He copies from other students every weekend.
________________________________________
4. My teacher goes to university by bus every day
________________________________________
5. Peter lives in Peru in the summer.
________________________________________

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I. Use the present simple interrogative form

1. Mary studies French from Monday to Friday.

________________________________________
2. School finishes at two o clock in the afternoon.
________________________________________
3. He copies from other students every weekend.
________________________________________
4. My teacher goes to university by bus every day
________________________________________
5. My friend lives in Peru in the summer.
________________________________________

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