The simple present

Forms:

-I / You / We / They + verb

s (play /stay / swim / read / write / work / visit…)

-He/She / It + verb + (----o) (go / do )

(----sh) (finish / wash / brush..)

es (----ch) (watch / match / catch…)

(----ss) ( kiss / cross / dress up …)

(----x) (fix / mix…)

ies (---- y) (try tries / study studies / cry cries / fly flies…)

consonant(t – f – l – r – d – b - c…)

İnterrogative form (?)

Do + (I/You/We/They)+ verb?

Does + (He/She/It)+ verb?

Affirmative form (+) Negative form (-)

do not
Yes, (I/You/We/They)+ verb No, (I/You/We/They)+ don’t +verb
do. don’t.
Yes, (He/She/It)+verb+(s/es/ies) No, (He/She/It)+doesn’t+verb
does. doesn’t.

Examples:

-Do you go to school on Monday? -Do they play tennis?

-Yes, I go to school on Monday. -No, they don’t play tennis.
do. don’t.

-Does Tom visit his friend today? -Does Sally wash her face?
-No, he doesn’t visit his friend today ? -Yes, she washes her face.
doesn’t. does.
 Uses: We use the simple present to:

 Introduce self (My name is Aly. I am Tunisian. I live in Jerba. I study in a prep school.)
others ( This is Sarra . She lives in Sousse. She studies at university.)

 Describe likes ( I like football. My sister enjoys watching cartoons. We love videogames.)

 Describe daily routines/habits: (every day I get up early. I have breakfast. Then I go to
school.My father is a bank manager. He goes to his work by car. At midday, we go home together.)

 Give a general rule ( π equals 3,14 .) (The sun raises from the east.)

 Express opinion ( I think Peter is an intelligent pupil because he works hard and has good marks.)

Let’s practise:

1. Rewrite the sentences using bracketed subjects:

 I go to school at 8 o’clock. (He)

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 We usually play basketball on Saturday. (Tim)

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 I watch TV in the evening. (She)

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 They visit their friends in the afternoon. (My mum)

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 I have dinner at 7.30 (He)

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 2. Put the bracketed verbs in the simple present:

Papa
Smurf The smurfs (be)…….. blue small creatures and
they (live)……… in mushroom houses in a village in
deep forest. There are 100 smurfs in the village.
Smurfs (have)…………… got different jobs and
features in the village. Papa Smurf(be)……….. Smurfette
the leader of the smurfs and he (make)…………….
Handy Smurf magic. Smurfette(be) the only girl smurf in the Lazy Smurf

village. She (plant)………….. flowers. Brainy smurf is

not really brainy. He always (have)………… a good idea
but it (make)………… things worse.
Handy smurf is very skillful and he (fix)
………… broken things. Jokey smurf (like)………. Grouchy Smurf
making jokes and (give)………… a gift box to other
smurfs, but it bombs. Lazy smurf (sleep)…………….
all day and Chef smurf (cook)………… the all smurfs.
All the smurfs work and (live)………. happily. Only
Grouchy Smurf is not happy and he (hate)…………
Brainy Smurf everything.
But they (be)……… not always happy because Jockey Smurf
Gargamel (try)………… to catch them and Azrael, his
cat, wants to eat them. But Gargamel and Azreal
(be)……… very clumsy and the smurfs always
(escape)…………… from them.

Chef Smurf

Gargamel