Simple Present tense

What do we use the Simple Present tense for?

• To talk about an action happening now

• To talk about habits and repeated actions

• To describe general facts and facts that are always true

• to talk about arranged events for the future

Some of the signal words for this tense are: always, sometimes, never, every day.

• True

• False

I can turn a sentence in simple present into the negative form by changing the adverb of frequency.

• True

• False

Holmes always ________ the mysteries.

• solve

• solves

• don't solve

• doesn't solve

Watson _____ the one who ________ the stories.

• is / tell

• is / is telling

• is / tells

• was / tells

Sherlock Holmes (a)   very clever.

Sherlock Holmes _________ as a detective.

• work

• works

• is working

• will work

Sherlock likes to investigate crimes and mysteries _________ .

• at the moment

• every day

• sometimes

• yesterday

• tomorrow

Holmes and Watson ______ in Baker Street, London.

• meet

• meets

• are meeting

• is meeting

Holmes _________ working with other people.

• don't like

• don't likes

• doesn't like

• doesn't likes