Name: Yuri Valentina Morales Avendaño
Date: Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Afirmative Negative
Affirmative I walk Interrogative Do I walk?
You walk He walks I don’t walk You don’t Do you walk? Does he
She walks It walks walk He doesn’t walk walk? Does she walk?
We walk You walk She doesn’t walk It Does it walk?
They walk doesn’t walk We don’t Do we walk? Do you
walk You don’t walk They walk? Do they walk?
don’t walk
Short answers Affirmative
Yes, I / you / we / they do Negative
Yes, he / she / it does
No, I / you / we / they don’t
No, he / she / it doesn’t
Third person singular
We add –s to the verb to form the third person singular
(he, she, it).
I drink – he drinks I run – he runs
We use the Present Simple:
BUT
We add –es to verbs that end in –ss, for habits and actions that we do regularly:
-sh, -ch, -x, -o. He visits his friends every Sunday.
I watch – he watches She goes to school by bus.
With verbs ending in consonant + y, we change the –y for general truths:
to –ies. The sun rises in the East.
I cry – he cries
for permanent situations: He lives in Athens.
But with verbs ending in vowel + y, we just add –s as
usual.
I play – he plays
Expressions used with the Present Simple
Frequency adverbs: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never
(they are placed before the main verb)
Time expressions: every day / week / Friday…
on Mondays / Sundays… at the weekend…
in the morning / afternoon… in winter / spring…
once a day / week…
A. Write the third person singular of the following verbs.
play plays go goes
wash washes teac teaches
h
drive drives carr carries
y
fly flies start stars
help helps kiss kisses
watc watches tidy tidies
h
like likes enjo enjoys
B. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1. Peter and his friends go to school by bus. (go)
2. Elephants eats leaves and grass. (eat)
3. David's father works in a hospital. (work)
4. The bank opens at 9.30 and closes at 4.30. (close)
5. Tom and Jim play
football every day after school. (play)
6. Mr Jones is a teacher.
teaches History. (teach)
He
7. Our lessons starts at 9.00 and finishes at 3.30. (start / finish)
8. My pen friend lives in Japan. (live)
9. Mary and her brother watch cartoons every Sunday morning. (watch)
10. John tidies his room every day. (tidy)
C. Complete the blanks with the Present Simple of the verbs in the box.
go work ride deliver love jog rest fish walk
Mr Letty is a postman. He doesn't work in the post
office. He always works outside in the streets.
He delivers letters to all the people in the
neighbourhood every day. He doesn't walk but he
rides his motorbike.
At the weekend, Mr Letty doesn't work.
He rests. He jogs the countryside, so he always goes
to his country house with his wife. Mr and Mrs Letty
fish in the river and they love in the woods every
weekend.
D. Look at the pictures and write questions and answers, as in the example.
1. play / the guitar / in the afternoon
Does he play the guitar in the afternoon? afternoon
No he doesn’t play the guitar in the afternoon.
He plays the accordion.
2. walk / after lunch
Does the sea urchin walk after lunch?
No, it doesn’t walk after lunch
He sleeps in the grass .
3. ride / their / bicycles / to work / every day
Do they ride their bicycles every day?
No, they don´t ride their bicycles every day
They take a bus late every day
4. listen / to the radio / every Sunday
Does she listen to the radio every Sunday?
No, she doesn´t listen to the radio every Sunday
She goes to the cinema
5. clean / the house / on Mondays
Does he clean the house on Mondays
No, he doesn´t clean the house on Mondays
He sings at the Moe´s bar everyday
6. watch / TV / after school
Do they watch TV after school?
No,they don´t watch TV after school
They do the homework after school
E. Complete the blanks with the negative or the interrogative form of
the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.
Mark: Hi, Tess! What are you doing?
Tess: I'm watching the football team.
Mark: Do you watch (watch) them every day?
Tess: No, I don't. They don´t play (not play)
every day. They play four times a week.
Mark:Do you have (have) a favourite player?
Tess: No, I don´t (not have) a favourite player. Everyone on the team is good.
Mark:Does the attacker move (move) fast?
Tess: No, he doesn´t move (not move) fast, but he's very clever. Do
You like (like) football, Mark?
Mark: No, Idon´t (not like) it. I like basketball. It's a great sport.
