Afirmative Negative Interrogative Do I walk?
I walk You walk He walks
I don’t
She walks
walk You
It walks
don’tWe
walk
walk
HeYou
doesn’t
walk Do
walk
They
youwalk
walk? Does he walk? Does she walk? Does it w
She doesn’t walk It doesn’t walk We don’t
Do we
walk
walk?
You don’t
Do youwalk
walk?
They
Dodon’t
they walk?
walk
Short answers Affirmative
Yes, I / you / we / they do
Yes, he / she / it does Negative
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
BUT
We add –es to verbs that end in –ss,
-sh, -ch, -x, -o. We use the Present Simple:
I watch – he watches for habits and actions that we do regularly:
With verbs ending in consonant + y, we change the –y to –ies. He visits his friends every Sunday.
I cry – he cries She goes to school by bus.
But with verbs ending in vowel + y, we just add –s as usual. for general truths:
I play – he plays The sun rises in the East.
for permanent situations: He lives in Athens.
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 starts
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 eat 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. He
teaches History, (teach)
7. Our lessons start at 9.00 and finishe 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 jogs . He loves the countryside,
so he always goes to his country house with his
wife. Mr and Mrs Letty fishing in the river and
they rest 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?
No he doesn’t play the guitar in the
afternoon. He plays the accordion.
2. walk / after lunch
Does it walk after lunch?
No, it doesn’t walk after lunch.
It takes a nap after lunch.
3. cride / their / bicycles / to work / every day
Do they ride their bicycles to work every day?
No, they don't ride their bicycles.
The run after bus 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.
She goes to the cinema every sunday.
5. clean / the house / on Mondays
Does he clean the house on mondays?
No, he doesn't clean the house on mandays.
He sings on Mondays.
6. watch / TV / after school
Do they watch tv after school?
No, they don't watch tv after school.
They do their homework.
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 have (not have) a favourite player. Everyone on the team is
good.
Mark: Does the attacker moves (move) fast?
Tess: No, he doesn’t move (not move) fast, but he's very clever.
Do you like (like) football, Mark?
Mark: No, I don’t like (not like) it. I like basketball. It's a great sport.
