Banker’s Wife’s Blues

•Where does John live?

• He lives near the bank.
•Where does he work?
• He works at the bank.
When does he work?
He works all day
and he works all night
at the bank, at the bank,
at the great, big bank.
Let’s look
at some
Do you know when we
examples. use simple present
tense?
Example 1:
gets up early
Mary ____
every morning.
does some
She ______
exercises.
Example 2:
plays football after every
Simon _______
day.
We use simple present tense when we talk
about ______________
habitual actions. . That’s things that
regularly

we do ____________.
There are some more examples.
Example 3 :

eats
Cats ___
fish.
Example 4:
rotates
The Earth _______
around the Sun.
 Oh, you’re so
Yes, we use simple smart! And how
present tense for things about these?
always true
which are __________.
Example 5:

Mr. Li Ka Shing
wears glasses.
_______
Example 5:

lives Ma On Shan.
Millie Wong _____in
I know. We use
simple present tense
for things that are
_________
true now .
Rule 1 :

Basic form of the

I, You, We, They verbs

He, She, It + s or es
Rule 2:
For third person singular form, verbs have to be
changed as follows

Verbs ending in –o,

-s, -x,-ch,-sh Add -es

Verbs ending in Remove y

Consonant +y
Add -ies
Write the correct he/she/it form of these verbs.
crosses
1. Cross ___________ wants
7. Want ___________
fixes
2. Fix ___________ begins
8. Begin ___________
stays
3. Stay ___________ washes
9. Wash ___________
studies
4. Study ___________ does
10. Do ___________
allows
5. Allow ___________ 11. Multiply multiplies
_________
6. Be is
___________ likes
12. Like ___________
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
finishes at 3.15. (finish)
1. School ________
does his homework quickly. (do)
2. Che Yuen _______
tries hard at school. (try)
3. Maggie ________
has a long tail. (have)
4. Our dog _______
dresses in the latest fashion. (dress)
5. Hung ________
is
6. Tom ________ very fat. (be)
locks the door after the lesson. (lock)
7. The teacher _______
cross
8. We _______ this street every day. (cross)
The coming pictures show what
Mimi does every day. Describe the
pictures by completing the given
sentences with the suitable form
of the verbs from the box.
Make have help brush go practise
Watch wash take start eat get
 Make get have help
Brush go watch wash
Take eat start practise

gets up
a. Mimi _______
at 6 o’clock.
Make get have help
Bush go watch wash
Take eat start practise

makes her bed,

b. She ________
cleans
__________ her teeth,
washes her face
__________
and then has
___________
breakfast at about half
 Make get have help
Brush go watch wash
Take eat start practise

c. After breakfast, she

takes the
_________
school bus to school.
Make get have help
Brush go watch wash
Take eat start practise

d. In the afternoon, she

sometimes ________
helps
her mother to make
cakes and biscuits.
 Make get have help
Brush go watch wash
Take eat start practise

e. After tea, she

practises
________ the piano
for about one hour.
 Make get have help
Brush go watch wash
Take eat start practise
has dinner at about
f. She ______
eight with her family. Then
watch television
they _______
together for a while before
starts doing her
she _______
homework.
 Make get have help
Brush go watch wash
Take eat start practise

She usually_______
goes
to bed at
about eleven.
Log on to the following websites for further
practice.
330 Grammar : Forming the Simple Present Tense
esl blue(s) Quizzes: Present Simple Tense
Formation of the Simple Present Tense
ESL Quiz - Present Simple Verbs (Letitia Bradley) I-
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Simple Present Tense Quiz (Schoolteam. Net)