PRESENT SIMPLE is really simple!

USE:

- routine events, habits, something that happens regularly: I go to school by bus.

- when tal king about people's personality, appearacne, about features: She is nice.

- general truths - The Earth goes around the Sun.

- summaries of books, films, reviews - Harry Potter is the main character of Rowling's series.

- expressing your feelings - He loves her.

TO BE QUESTIONS: NEGATIVES:
I am Am I? I'm not
You are Are you? You aren't
He is Is he? She isn't
She is Is she? He isn’t
It is Is it? It isn't
We are Are we? We aren’t
You are Are you? You aren’t
They are Are they? They aren’t

Apart from TO BE, other verbs conjugate:

I go
You go
He/She/It goes
We go
You go
they go

We add -es, when a verb ends with: -o, -ch, -sh, -x, -tch, -ch
watch - watches; wash - washes
and -ies when ends with 'y' but is preceded by a consonant!> try - He tries

QUESTIONS: We use inversion (we change a PERSON with a VERB) and add DO/DOES!

Do I like pizza?
Do you like pizza?
Does he like pizza?
Does she like pizza?
Does it like pizza?
Do we like pizza?
Do you like pizza?
Do they like pizza?

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 NEGATIVES: WE ADD DON'T I DOESN'T

I don't like pizza

You don't like pizza
He/She/It doesn't like pizza
We/You/They don't like pizza

EXPRESSIONS that appear with Present Simple

always, sometimes, often, usually, never, every day/week/month, seldom/rarely, once a day, twice a day,
three times a week, hardly ever, every now and then, from time to time, most/much of the time
occasionally, frequently, generally, repeatedly, habitually

EXERCISES:
EXERCISE 1. Choose the correct answer.
1. She go/goes to school by bus.
2. My teacher speak/speaks Spanish.
3. We don’t/doesn’t like music.
4. My friends don’t like/likes French.
5. My mother teach/teaches at a foreign school.
6. I don’t copy/copies her essays.
7. They finish/finishes school at 5 p.m.
8. We don’t/doesn’t dance.
9. I eat / eats fruit every Monday.
10. You drink / drinks water.
11. Peter like / likes strawberries.
12. Richard and Paul like / likes lemons.
13. Susan never have / has dinner.
14. I love / loves my mother.
15. He hates/hate her.
16. They swim/swims in the morning.
17. Martha likes/like learning languages.
18. Natalie is/are happy with her life.
19. Jerry drink/drinks too much coke.
20. I understands/ understand everything.

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EXERCISE 2. Write the correct form of the given verb:

1. My brother _________ (play) football.

2. We _________ (eat) pizza.
3. I _________ (study) Spanish.
4. My friends _________ (listen) to popular Korean bands.
5. My mum __________ (like) classical music.
6. She __________ (love) Asian culture.
7. He __________ (draw) trees and people.
8. Kate __________ (sing) like a real singer.
9. They __________ (prefer) swimming to dancing.
10. She __________ (buy) a lot of cosmetics.

EXERCISE 3. Write don’t or doesn’t.

1. He _______________________ like vegetables.
2. She_________________ eat watermelon.
3. We ________________ drink tea.
4. My father _______________ hate wine.
5. David ______________ like peas.
6. I ___________________ eat lettuce.
7. Martha _______________________ watch TV.
8. Natalie _______________________ work as a teacher.
9. Agnes _______________________ swim.
10. Michael and Peter _______________________ like each other.

EXERCISE 4. Write Do or Does.

1. ______________ you like apples?

2. ______________ Martha like peas?
3. ______________ he eat bananas?
4. ______________ she drink juice?
5. ______________ your dog drink milk?
6. ______________ she like peanuts?

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