PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

POSITIVE FORM
RULE: subject + verb (-s, -es, -ies)
Singular Subject –only one
He + runs
She + runs
It + runs
Sarah + runs

Plural Subject – two or more

I + run
We + run
You + run
They + run
Dan and Shy + run
 laugh laughs

He laughs because the movie is

funny.

Carlo laughs because the movie

is funny.

They laugh because the

movie is funny.

Ben and Sarah laugh

because the movie is funny.
 ride rides

He rides a bike every morning.

Tony rides a bike to school.

We ride a bike every

morning.

Lisa and Ken ride a bike.

 sit sits

She sits on her chair.

Meg sits on the chair because

she’s tired.

The students sit on

the chair in the
classroom.
 read reads

I read story books.

Children read books

in the library.

He reads a book about insects.

Dan reads a book about

insects.
 watch watches

I watch cartoons.

People watch
movies in the
cinema.

She watches TV shows.

Donna watches TV
programs.
cry cries

She cries because she’s

sad.

Lina cries at night.

People cry when they are

unhappy.
go goes

Danny goes to the market

alone.

He goes to the market.

Lina and her mom go to

the market every
weekend.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT VERB

Sam, Ces and Jan

( ride, rides) a bike to
school.

Cindy ( ride, rides) her

bike from school.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT VERB

Tom, Mark and Cita

( laugh, laughs) every
day.

I ( laugh, laughs) because

I am happy.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT VERB

Mali ( sing, sings) well.

Don and Dana ( cook, cooks)

soup every morning.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT VERB

Cindy ( kiss, kisses) her

mom before going to
bed.

We ( shake, shakes) our

body when dancing.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT VERB

Tom (fly, flies) when it’s

windy.

I ( wash, washes) my hand

before I eat.