Present Simple

Present Simple- positive sentences

What is it?

Present Simple

:אנו משתמשים הווה פשוט במקרים הבאים

לתאר פעולות שחוזרות על עצמן

כמו הרגילים אישיים או מנהגים כלליים

I eat breakfast every morning.

We have a party every Purim.

The dogs bark every night.

Present Simple

.לתאר עבודות ואמיתות בטבע

It snows in New Jersey in the winter.

Israel has hot weather in the summer.

Time Expressions- ביטויי הזמן

every year- כל שנה

once a week- פעם בשבוע

twice a week- פעמיים בשבוע

every day - כל יום

every week - כל שבוע

on Sundays- ביומי ראשון

always- תמיד

often- לעתים קרובות

usually- בדרך כלל

sometimes- לפעמים

never- לעולם לא

Present Simple- Positive

I/You/We/They + verb + rest of sentence.

We live in Haifa.

He/She/It + verb + s, es, ies + rest of the sentence

She watches TV every night.

Spelling Rules

Add es after a verb that ends in ch, s, sh, x, o, z

watch-watches go-goes

If the verb ends in y with a consonant before it, you drop the y and add ies.

cry-cries fly-flies

If the verb ends with a y and a vowel comes before it, we just add s.

play- plays

Multiple Choice

I ________ in Haifa.

• lives

• am live

• live

• are live

Multiple Choice

She ________ the piano.

• play

• is play

• plays

• are play

Multiple Choice

לעולם לא

• always

• sometimes

• once a week

• never

Multiple Choice

The boys _______ pizza once a week.

• eats

• eat

• are eat

• eating

Multiple Choice

Hadar ___________ from the board twice a week.

• copies

• copyes

• copy

• is copy

Multiple Choice

My sister ____________ English.

• speak

• is speak

• speaks

Multiple Choice

לפעמים

• always

• usually

• sometimes

• never