Skip to main content

Present simple tense

Present simple tense

 e.g. I go to a restaurant with my friends. 
I get up early. 
I play tennis.

1. Frequency adverbs generally go before the main verb, but they go after the verb be: 
I usually get up at 7.30. BUT I am often late. Students often make mistakes with this, e.g. 
I often am late. 
Also note that the adverb sometimes can also go at the beginning or end of a sentence, e.g. 
Sometimes I go shopping on Saturdays. 
I go shopping on Saturdays sometimes. 

REVIEW 1: Add -s or -es where necessary. 


SNAKES 


(1) Snakes eat all sorts of things. (2) Eggs are a favorite food of many snakes. (3) When a snake eat an egg, the snake first curl around the egg. (4) It don't want the egg to roll away. (5) Then the snake open its mouth and move the egg into its throat. (6) It squeeze the egg with muscles in its neck. (7) The egg break and go into the snake's stomach. (8) Then the snake spit out the eggshell. (9) Snakes love to eat eggs. 

REVIEW 2: Complete the dialogues with your own words by asking questions. 
1. A: _______________________
B: No, I don't. 

2. A: ___________________
B: Yes, I am. 

3. A: _____________________
B: In an apartment. 

4. A: _______________________
B: Monday. 

5. A: ____________________
B: At home. 

6. A: _____________________
 B: No, he doesn't. 

7. A: _____________________
 B: No, she isn't. 

8. A: ______________________
B: In Southeast Asia.

9. A: ______________________
B: Yes, it is. 

10. A: ________________________
B: Yes, they do. 

REVIEW 3: Correct the mistakes in the following sentences. 

1. Yoko live in Japan. 

2. Ann comes usually to class on time. 

3. Peter watch TV every evening. 

4. Anita carry a briefcase to work every day.

5. She enjoy her job. 

6. I no know Joe. 

7. Mike don't like milk. He never drink it. 

8. Tina doesn't speaks Chinese. She speakes Spanish. 

9. Do you are a student? 

10. Does your roommate sleeps with the window open? 

11. A: Do you like strong coffee? 
B: Yes, I like. 

12. Where your parents live? 

13. What time is your English class begins? 

14. Olga isn't need a car. She have a bicycle. 

15. Do Pablo does his homework every day? 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Present continuous tense versus present simple tense

Present Continuous vs Present Simple part  1 (Subject + am/is/are +v-ing and Subject + do/does) Let's compare them together. Present Continuous (Subject + am/is/are + v-ing) - We use the present continuous at or around the time of speaking. The action is not complete. For example, I am writing my resume. The water is boiling . Can you turn it off?   Listen to those people. What language are they speaking ? A: ‘I’m busy.’    B: ‘What are you doing ?’ I’ m getting thirsty. Let’s go and buy some drinks. Kyle wants to work in China, so he’ s learning Chinese. The temperature of the world is increasing very fast. Present Simple (Subject + do/does) - We use the simple for things in general or things that happen repeatedly. For example, I do my homework every day. Water boils at a 100 degrees Celsius. Excuse me, do you speak Russian? It doesn’t rain very much in summer. What do you usually do in the afternoon? I always get ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Vocabulary about personality adjectives

VOCABULARY about personality adjectives  Answer these puzzles for warm up. 1 She’s Spanish. She’s from … .  2 He’s Chinese. He’s from Beijing in … .  3  They aren’t Mexican. They’re British. They’re from … .  4 He’s Japanese. He’s from … .  5 They’re Korean. They’re from Seoul in … .  6 She isn’t German. She’s French. She’s from … .  7 They’re Canadian. They’re from … .  8 She’s Thai. She’s from Bangkok in … .  9 He isn’t Filipino. He’s Malaysian. He’s from … .  10. I'm not from .... Read and underline the personality adjectives used in the  conversations. Conversation 1  A This is my good friend Roman. He’s really friendly.  B Is he from Poland?  A Yes, he is.  Conversation 2  A These are my friends Mia and Diego. They’re really great.  B Are they married?  A Yes, they are.  B Are they Spanish?  A No, they aren’t. They’re from Mexico...
Post a Comment
Read more

Vocabulary about countries and nationalities

VOCABULARY about countries and nationalities Underline the countries and circle the nationalities in the following sentences. 1. She’s from Russia. She’s Russian.  2. They’re from Brazil. They’re Brazilian.  3. They’re from Spain. They’re Spanish.  4. They’re from Germany. They’re German.  5. They’re from Japan. They’re Japanese.  Pronunciation practice Russia, Brazilian, Spanish, Japan, Russian, Germany, Japanese,  German, Brazil, Spain • Check students if they are aware that the stress shifts from the second syllable in Ja | pan to the third syllable in  Jap | an | ese.  • Highlight the changing vowel sound in Spain /speɪn/ and Spanish  /ˈspænɪʃ/.  GRAMMAR be: positive and negative  LEN So where are you from? From New York?  TOM No, I’m not from New York. I’m from a town called Harlem.  L Hmm … Where’s that?  T Oh, it’s a town near New York. It isn’t very big.  L O...
Post a Comment
Read more