Present Simple Tense

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Present Simple Tense
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VERB

• For all subjects ( I , We , You , They) except
  third person singular
• 1. I (read) the newspaper every morning.
• 2. You (go) to the market every morning.
• 3. We (drink) milk every morning.
• 4. They (play) tennis every Saturday.

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Exercise 1

• 1. Tom and Mary ____ _____ (go) to school
  by bus.
• 2. I __________ (drink) a glass of milk every
  day.
• 3. We usually ___________ (watch) television
  in the evening.
• 4. You _________ (read) a book every day.

go
drink
watch
read
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VERB S/ES

• For third person singular subjects ( He , She ,
  It )
• He (drive) home every night.
• She (sweep) the floor every morning.
• 3. The dog (bark) every morning.

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Exercise 2
boils

• 1.When water _________ (boil), it changes into
  steam.
• 2. Sandy often _________ (write) articles for her
  newspaper.
• 3. Jane sometimes ________ (go) to bed late.
• 4. It ________ (rain) a lot in summer.
• 5. Tony ________ (watch) television every evening.

writes
goes
rains
watches
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Language Practice
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1. Talk about facts -- things that are true
now or that are always true.

• There (be) seven days in a week
• The sun (rise) in the East.
• My brother (be) in Form
• He (work) very hard.

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2. Talk about repeated actions and habits

• Mary walks (walk) to school every day.
• 2. He goes (go) to church with his family every
  Sunday.
• 3. Peter and John play (play) football once a
  week.

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3. To give instructions and orders

• 1. (take) out your book and (turn) to page
  nine.
• (stop) talking and (keep) quiet.
• (close) the door behind you.

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4. Talk about the future in a numbers of ways
depending on the purpose

• E.g. talk about timetables , programmes
• 1. Hurry up, Jane. The train (leave) in five
  minutes.

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Revision Exercise

• Write what Andy does every Sunday.
• Every Sunday I wake up at half past nine. I
  have tea with my family in a restaurant. Then I
  go to the park. I swim and play football with my
  friends in the afternoon. I like Sundays very
  much.
• If you want to do more exercises and find out
  more about tenses. Please go to
  www.edunet.com/english/grammar/Tenses2.cfm

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