Simple Present Tense

Simple Present Tense

also known as "present simple" and "present indefinite"

What is a "Simple Present Tense"

• Verbs that tell you about things that happen again and again and again

• Something that happens either every day, every week, every month, every ever and ever

For example:

• I play videogames every day.

• They eat chicken every week.

• We buy hamster food every month.

• You read books every night.

Simple Present Tense is basically...

• Subject + Verb 1 + The Rest of the Sentence

• Like this: I (Subject) + eat (Verb 1) + mushrooms every day (Rest of the Sentence)

• And you have: I eat mushrooms every day.

I, You, We, They

• When we use these words as the subject, we don't have to do anything to the verb.

• Just go: I / You / We / They + Verb 1 + The Rest of the Sentence

Multiple Choice

Choose the Simple Present verb!

I ________ with my gadgets every day.

• play

• will play

• played

Multiple Choice

Choose the Simple Present verb!

We _______ movies every night.

• watched

• will watch

• watch

Multiple Choice

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Every morning, you ______ milk.

• drank

• drink

• will drink

Multiple Choice

Choose the Simple Present verb!

On Saturdays, they _______ dinner for my family.

• cook

• cooked

• will cook

Multiple Choice

Choose the Simple Present verb!

My friends and I _______ the bus to school every morning

• rode

• ride

• will ride

Multiple Choice

Choose the Simple Present verb!

The neighbors ______ wild boars every spring.

• hunted

• will hunt

• hunt

He, She, It

• When we use He / She / It as the subject, we'll have to change the spelling of the verb.

• Like this:

• He (Subject) + eat (Verb 1) + fish every day (Rest of the Sentence).

• He eats fish everyday

But how do we change the spelling of the verb?

• For most verbs, all we need to do is add an -S

• eat -> eats

• look -> looks

• write -> writes

• kick -> kicks

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present verb!

She ______ with her friends every day.

• play

• plays

• will play

• played

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present verb!

I _______ with my friends every day.

• play

• played

• plays

• will play

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present verb!

He _______ books all day long.

• read

• reads

• will read

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present verb!

I _____ books all day long

• will read

• read

• reads

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present verb!

I _______ the kitchen every night.

• cleaned

• will clean

• clean

• cleans

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present verb!

Every night, it ______ the kitchen.

• cleaned

• cleans

• will clean

• clean

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present verb!

James ______ his dog for walks in the evenings.

• takes

• take

• taked

• will take

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present verb!

Susan _______ bread for the bakery.

• bake

• baked

• will bake

• bakes

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present verb!

The cat _______ from his bowl.

• eat

• eats

• will eat

• eaten

For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -X, -Z

• We can't just add an -S, we'll have to add an -ES

• go -> goes

• punch -> punches

• shush -> shushes

• mix -> mixes

• Remember, we only have to change the spelling when we use He / She / It as the subject

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

She _____ to church every Sunday.

• go

• gos

• goes

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

He _________ English every day.

• teaches

• teachs

• teach

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

It ______ buildings when it's angry.

• smashs

• smashes

• smash

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

Ali _______ for fun on the weekends.

• boxed

• boxes

• box

• boxs

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

Nadia ______ her cat every night to make sure it's clean.

• brushed

• brushs

• brushes

• brush

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

That robot ________ potatoes so the chefs don't have to.

• mashes

• mashed

• mashs

• mash

For verbs that end with -Y

• Now this one is tricky.

• When a verb ends with a consonant and -Y, we change the -Y to -IES

• Like this:

• He (Subject) + study (Verb) + every night (Rest of the Sentence)

• He studies every night.

• Why did we use -IES? Because the letter D in STUDY is a consonant.

For verbs that end with -Y

• When the letter before -Y is a vowel, we just need to add an -S.

• Like this:

• He (Subject) + play (Verb) + football every Thursday.

• He plays football every Thursday.

• Why did we add an -S? Because the letter A in PLAY is a vowel.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

He ______ with his dog every day.

• plays

• play

• plaies

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

She _______ science every Tuesday.

• study

• studys

• studies

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

The dragon ______ any monster that attacks him.

• slay

• slays

• slaies

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb spelling!

It _______ to visit us at night.

• trys

• tries

• try

Simple Present Affirmative

• Affirmative means yes

• Like this:

• I am a child.

• He is my friend.

• They are FC Barcelona fans.

• Subject + Verb 1 + (is / am / are) + Rest of the Sentence

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Affirmative!

I _______ a student.

• is

• am

• are

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Affirmative!

She ______ beautiful.

• is

• am

• are

Multiple Choice

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They ______ my friends.

• is

• am

• are

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Affirmative!

My mom ______ awesome.

• is

• am

• are

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Affirmative!

John, James, Jim _____ my friends.

• is

• am

• are

Simple Present Negative

• Negative means no.

• It could be Subject + Verb 1 (is / am / are) + Not + Rest of the Sentence

• Like this: She (Subject) + is (Verb 1) + not + a boy = She is not a boy.

• For Simple Present Negative, we don't need to change the spelling of the verb.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Negative!

I _____ _____ a lazy person.

• am not

• is not

• are not

• do not

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Negative!

He _____ _____ a bad person.

• are not

• am not

• does not

• is not

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Negative!

They _____ _____ footballers.

• am not

• are not

• is not

• do not

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Negative!

Mr. Budi _____ _____ our science teacher.

• is not

• am not

• are not

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Negative!

Jake and Sam _____ _____ fans of video games.

• is not

• am not

• are not

Simple Present Negative

• Or it could be Subject + Don't / Doesn't + Verb 1 + Rest of the Sentence

• Like this: I (Subject) + Don't (Don't / Doesn't) + teach (Verb 1) math for adults (Rest of the Sentence) = I don't teach math for adults.

• We use "DON'T" when the subject is I, YOU, THEY, or WE

• Remember, for Simple Present Negative we don't need to change the spelling of the verb,

• We use "DOESN'T" when the subject is HE, SHE, or IT

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Negative!

I _____ _____ spinach.

• don't like

• doesn't like

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Negative!

He _____ _____ on Sundays.

• don't cook

• doesn't cook

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Negative!

Gordon _____ _____ the ball well enough.

• don't kick

• doesn't kick

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Negative!

Cats _____ _____ their friends.

• don't bite

• doesn't bite

Simple Present Interrogative

• We use Simple Present Interrogative to ask questions.

• Its like this: Do / Does + Subject + Verb 1 + Rest of the Sentence

• Do + you (Subject) + eat (Verb 1) + grapes every morning (Rest of the Sentence) = Do you eat grapes every morning?

• We use "DO" when the subject is I, YOU, THEY, or WE

• We use "DOES" when the subject is HE, SHE, or IT

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Interrogative!

_____ I need to take vitamins?

• do

• does

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Interrogative!

_____ he build houses for a living?

• do

• does

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Interrogative!

_____ you want a glass of water?

• do

• does

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Interrogative!

_____ Arnold wear leather jackets?

• do

• does

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Interrogative!

_____ Uber drivers wash their cars?

• do

• does

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Simple Present Interrogative!

_____ the television need to be repaired?

• do

• does

And we're all done for today!

Good job!