Present Simple Revision

1. Write down the tables into your notebook:

Present Simple
a) b) Use
Statements
Positive I / You / We / They play. We use the Present Simple

He / She / It plays. ⬧ for habits and actions that

Negative I / You / We / They do not (don’t) play happen regularly
He / She / It does not (doesn’t) play e.g. Kelly goes to school at
9:00 o’clock every day.
Questions Short answers
⬧ for permanent situations
Do I / we / you / they play? Yes, I/ you/ we/ they do.
No, I/ you/ we/ they don’t. e.g. My uncle lives in Italy.
Does he / she / it play? Yes, he / she / it does. ⬧ for timetables
No, he / she / it doesn’t.
e.g. The train leaves at 4 pm.

Wh- questions
d) Time expressions
What do I / we / you / they play?
Where does he / she / it play? on Monday, Tuesday, etc.
c) in January, February, etc. /
Remember! winter, spring, etc.
 Verbs which end in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o takes -es in the third person
in the morning, afternoon,
singular, e.g. I wash. – He washes. evening, etc.
 Verbs which end in -e, take -s. e.g. I dance. – He dances.
at the weekend / 8:00, etc.
 Verbs which end in a consonant + -y change the -y to -i and take / night
-es. e.g. I fly. – It flies.
every day / Monday/ week
 Verbs with end in a vowel + -y simply take -s . e.g. I play. – She
/ month / year, etc.
plays. once / twice a week /
month, etc.
three / four times a week /
month, etc.

2. Read and circle, then write down the correct sentences.

1 Dora get / gets up at half past seven in the morning.
2 I wash / washes my dog every month.
3 My sister and I have / has dinner at 8:00 in the evening.
4 George go / goes to a karate class on Mondays and Fridays.
5 The children swim / swims and eat / eats ice cream in the summer.
6 Sophie cook / cooks chicken with rice at the weekends.
7 Kelly and Tim wash / washes the car every Friday afternoon.