Tense Time indicators Rule Examples

-always To be : - I+ am -Said is a good student. ( affirmative)

-usually -is + singular - Said is not a good student. (negative)
Simple -often -are + plural - is Said a good student ? ( interrogative)
present -sometimes habit
-rarely
-never
-… To have got : -we have got nice caps. ( affirmative)
Have got + plural -we have not got nice caps. (negative)
Has got + singular
-have we got nice caps ? ( interrogative)

Other verbs :
-Omar always drinks tea in the café. (affirmative)
+S singular - Omar does not drink tea in the café. (negative)
S plural - Does Omar drink tea in the café ? (interrogative)

1. choose one of the verbs in brackets.

1. It __________________ very often in this part of the country. (eat / rain / sing )
2. John ______________in London, but he ______________ from Cardiff. (come / work / be)
3. Although my younger brother Tom ___________ very tired, he ___________ to watch a film. (want / be / prefer)
4. My mother ______________ novels, and she ______________ poetry as well. (love / come / write )
5. Mahdi and Reda _______________ in Erfoud, and their wives_____________ from Errachdia. (live / speak/ be )
6. Samir_____________a blue shirt, and I ________________a red one. (have got )
7. Hanan’s parents ______________ I’m the right friend for their daughter. (write / think / come )

2. Write these sentences in the negative form - Present Simple.

1. Hassan lives in Paris . 1) …………………………………………………………………………………..
2. My friends work at school. 2) …………………………………………………………………………………..
3. we have got nice pens . Negative
4. Hafsa speaks Japanese.
5. My car works well.
6) she has got a red veil.
7) Mourad goes to market .
8) My parents buy a house.

Interrogative 1)…………………………………………………………………………………..? yes……….…… . no, …………..…..

2) …………………………………………………………………………………..? yes……….…… . no, …………..…..

WH questions :

Where (…………………) : ………………………………………………………………………………..?

1 When ( ……………….…): ………………………………………………………………………………....?

Why (………………….): …………………………………………………………………………….……..?
What ( …………..……): …………………………………………………………………………………..?
How ( …………………): ……………………………………………………………………………….…..?