INGLÉS III – HANDOUT PRESENT

SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

USES:

 To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging

situations, emotions and wishes:
I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is
a large city (general truth)
 To give instructions or directions:
You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.
 To express fixed arrangements, present or future: Your exam starts at
09.00
 To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before,
as soon as, until:
He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday

THIRD PERSON SINGULAR

 In the third person singular the verb always ends in -s:

he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.
 Negative and question forms use DOES (= the third person of the
auxiliary 'DO') + the infinitive of the verb.
He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want
vanilla.
 Verbs ending in -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies:
fly --> flies, cry --> cries
Exception: if there is a vowel before the -y:
play --> plays, pray --> prays
 Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch: he passes, she catches,
he fixes, it pushes

I .- CHANGE the verb into the correct form.

1. I usually ___________________ (go) to school.
2. They ___________________ (visit) us often.
3. You ___________________ (play) basketball once a week.
 4. Tom ___________________ (work) every day.
5. He always __________________ (tell) us fanny stories.
6. She never __________________ (help) me with that.
7. Martha and Kevin __________________ (swim) twice a week.
8. In this club people usually ___________________ (dance) a lot.
9. Linda ____________________ (take care) of her sister.
10. John rarely _________________ (leave) the country.
11. We __________________ (live) in the city most of the year.
12. Lorie __________________ (travel) to Paris every Sunday.
13. I ___________________ (bake) cookies twice a month.
14. You always __________________ (teach) me new things.
15. She __________________ (help) the kids of the neighborhood.
16. London __________________ (be) in England.
17. The summer ______________ (be) hot.
18. She __________________ (drive) very well.
19. They _________________(open) the store at 8:00.
20. Linda ____________________ (be) a very pretty girl.
21. I _____________________ (have) several jobs.
22. Water ___________________ (boil) at 100 degrees.
23. Water ___________________ (freeze) at 0 degrees.
24. My sister __________________ (speak) English.
25. He _____________________ (have) a big apartment.
26. A triangle ___________________ (have) three corners.
27. My birthday ___________________ (be) in June.
28. Books _____________________ (have) many pages.
29. Dogs _____________________ (be) good friends.
30. I ____________________ (work) very hard.

II .- CHANGE the verb into the correct form.

1. I ___________________ (go) to the city once a week.
2. You ___________________ (play) the guitar very well.
3. She never __________________ (visit) me.
4. Tom always __________________ (find) new ways to do things.
5. Ann ___________________ (want) to speak.
 6.Toronto __________________ (be) in Canada.
7. Cars ____________________ (have) wheels.
8. My mother __________________ (have) a big house.
9. We __________________ (play) a lot.
10. They ___________________ (sell) fruit and eggs.
11. The building _________________ (be) on fire.
12. Martha ___________________ (seem) sad.
13. I usually ____________________ (help) my neighbors.
14. His brother rarely ____________________ (leave) the town.
15. Daniel __________________ (fly) to Paris once a year.
16. She never __________________ (do) her homework.
17. Lisa __________________ (try) to help her sister.
18. Mark __________________ (go) home at seven.
19. The baby __________________ (cry) every night.
20. He ___________________ (miss) her a lot.
21. Joe ___________________ (study) really hard.
22. A boy __________________ (meet) a girl.
23. Joana __________________ (buy) new stuff all the time.
24. Tim __________________ (watch) his show every night.
25. Sara __________________ (say) this all the time.
26. The teacher __________________ (teach) us new things.
27. He ___________________ (pay) me well.
28. Barbara _______________ (wash) the dishes and Leo washes the
floor.
29. Nick ____________________ (play) tennis twice a week.
30. The girl always ___________________ (push) somebody.
31. Isabella _____________________ (enjoy) listening to music.
32. David never _____________________ (mix) milk and eggs.
33. The bee ____________________ (buzz)
34. Taylor ___________________ (fix) cars.

III .- CHANGE the verb into the correct form.

1. I _________________________ (not ride) horses.
2. You _________________________ (not sell) cars.
3. He __________________________ (not bring) gifts.
 4. She ___________________________ (not take) pictures.
5. It __________________________ (not cost) so much.
6. We __________________________ (not seem) so happy.
7. They __________________________ (not buy) new products.
8. Michael __________________________ (not dance).
9. Melanie __________________________ (not run) fast.
10. Tim and Kate ________________________ (not work) every day.
11. Lucas and Clara __________________________ (not eat) meat.
12. I _________________________ (not swim) much.
13. You _________________________ (not ski) at all.
14. It ________________________ (not hurt).
15. We _________________________ (not give up).

IV .- CHANGE the verb into the correct form.

1. ____________________________ (I wake up) at five in the
morning?
2. ____________________________ (you go) to work by train?
3. ____________________________ (she drink) coffee every
morning?
4. ____________________________ (he smoke)?
5. ____________________________ (it hurt)?
6. ____________________________ (we dance)?
7. ____________________________ (they travel)?
8. ____________________________ (Emma cook) well?
9. ____________________________ (Alexander exercise) regularly?
10. ____________________________ (I look) well?
11. ____________________________ (you rest) enough?
12. ____________________________ (William work) too hard?
13. ____________________________ (they travel) often?
14. ____________________________ (Anthony go) to sleep too late?
15. ____________________________ (you bake) cakes?