PRESENT SIMPLE - Kevin Rojas Rodriguez

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We use the present simple to express 
habits and routines, general facts, 
repeated events and actions 
 
 
 
A. Uses: 
 
1. For repeated or regular actions in the 
present time period: 
 I take the bus to the school. 
 The train to Berlin leaves every hour. 
 John doesn’t sleep eight hours every night. 
2. For facts. 
 The President of Peru lives in Lima. 
 A dog has four legs. 
 We don’t come from Switzerland. 
3. For habits. 
 I get up early every day. 
 Carol brushes her teeth twice a day. 
 They don’t go to the park every weekend. 
4. For things that are always / generally 
true. 
 It rains a lot in winter. 
 The sun is yellow. 
 They speak English at work. 
B. Verb Conjugation & Spelling 
 
In general, in the third person (He, she, it) 
we add 'S' in the third person. 
 Subject Verb 
Complement 
I / you / we / they speak / learn English at 
home 
he / she / it speaks / learns English at 
home 
 
The spelling for the verb in the third person 
differs depending on the ending of that 
verb: 
1. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -
X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person. 
 go – goes watch – watches 
bus – buses wash – washes 
 kiss – kisses fix – fixes 
2. For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, 
we remove the Y and add -IES. 
marry – marries study – studies 
carry – carries worry – worries 
 
NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, 
we just add -S. 
play – plays enjoy – enjoys 
say – says 
 
Write the 3rd person singular form of the 
verbs: 
I walk → he walks 
I go → he ____________ 
I dance → she ___________ 
I speak → he ____________ 
I study → she ___________ 
I enjoy → he ____________ 
I fix → he ____________ 
I jump → it ______________ 
I wash → he _____________ 
I find → she ____________ 
I marry → he _____________ 
I keep → she ____________ 
I love → it ______________ 
I bother → he _____________ 
I sing → she _____________ 
I lie → he _____________ 
I catch → he _____________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COMUNICACIÓN 
ROGER CHINGAY 
PRESENT SIMPLE 
 
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C. Forms: 
 
1. Affirmative 
 
 I study chemistry. 
 He studies physic. 
 We wake up at 6:00 am. 
 She wakes up at 7:00 am. 
 
1. She _____ a uniform. 
A) wear B) to wear C) wearing 
D) wears 
 
2. He _____ his car every weekend. 
A) wash B) washes C) washing 
D) washed 
 
3. Rosemary _____ three languages. 
A) speaks B) talks C) tells 
D) know 
 
4. My dad _____ at 7 o’clock every day. 
A) stands up B) looks up C) gets up 
D) jumps up 
 
5. Isabel is a flight attendant. She _____ 
passengers. 
A) serve B) to serve C) serves 
D) serving 
 
 
6. Their son _____ in this hospital. 
A) works B) begins C) starts 
D) likes 
 
7. Jim’s a postman. He _____ letters to people. 
A) answers B) works C) delivers 
D) serves 
 
8. Jane’s a doctor. She _____ ill people. 
A) looks at B) speaks to C) helps 
D) serves drinks 
 
2. Negative: 
 
 I don’t study chemistry. 
 He doesn’t study physic. 
 We don’t wake up at 6:00 am. 
 She doesn’t wake up at 7:00 am. 
 
1. My sister _____ golf. 
A) play not B) not to play C) doesn’t play 
D) don’t play 
 
2. We _____ by train. 
A) don’t go B) goes not C) don’t goes 
D) doesn’t go 
 
3. You _____ a car. 
A) have not B) not have C) doesn’t has 
D) don’t have 
 
4. Susanita _____ English. 
A) speakn’t B) doesn’t speak 
C) don’t speak 
D) do not speak 
 
5. I swimming. 
A)don’t like B) don’t like 
C) doesn’t like D) doesn’t likes 
 
6. My brother _____ English. 
A) doesnt’ study B) doesn’t studying 
C) doesn’t study 
D) doesn’t studies 
 
7. It in the summer. 
A) don’t snows 
B) doesn’t snows 
C) don’t snow 
D) doesn’t snow 
 
8. Nicolás a book in the afternoon. 
A) doesn’t read B) readn’t 
C) do not read 
D) doesn’t reads 
 
3. Question: 
 
 Do I study chemistry? 
 Does he study physic? 
 Do we wake up at 6:00 am? 
 Does she wake up at 7:00 am? 
 
 
1. _____ she _____ French? 
A) Do / speaks B) Does / speaks 
C) Does / speak D) Is / speak 
 
2. _____ she _____ from America. 
A) Don’t / comes B) Do / come 
C) Doesn’t / comes D) Does / come 
 
 
 
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3. “_____ you like pizza?” “Yes, I _____.” 
A) Do / don’t 
B) Does / does 
C) Do / do 
D) Don’t / does 
 
4. _____ he _____ three children? 
A) Does / have 
B) Does / has 
C) Do / have 
D) Has / have 
 
5. ‘’Does she live in Australia?” “ No, she” 
A) do 
B) does 
C) don’t 
D) doesn’t 
 
6. you watching television. 
A) Doesn’t / like 
B) Do / like 
C) Doesn’t / like 
D) Don’t / like 
 
7. it rain in the summer? 
A) Don’t B) Doesnt’ C) Do 
D) Does 
 
8. _____ you study maths? 
A) Doesn’t B) Do C) Do you 
D) Does 
 
D. Time Expressions in the Present Simple 
The most common time expressions in the 
present simple are: usually, always, never, 
on Wednesdays, every Wednesday, twice a 
week, once a month, in general, every other 
day. 
 
Find the mistake in each sentence: 
1. He go to bed very early. 
2. Does they live in Canada? 
3. I usually cooks dinner for my family. 
4. Does they have a meeting every 
week? 
5. She don’t like tennis. 
6. Does John has money? 
7. He know the answer. 
8. Robert playes baseball on the 
weekend.