Simple Present Tense

You use simple present tense to talk about..

• Habits and routines

• Actions that are happening now

• Actions in the past

• Events in the future

What does Emma before going to bed? She _____ her teeth

• Wash

• Washes

• Brush

• Brushes

Debby isn't at Home. She _____ at school

• Study

• Studies

• Plays

• Playing

The present simple does not use expressions of permanent and command

• True

• False

The family don't watch TV at 6 o'clock. They usually ______ dinner.

• Cooks

• Have

• Cookie

• Cook

Which of these is a habit and routine phrase in the simple present tense?

• His mother arrives tomorrow

• They drive to Mónaco every summer

• She only eats fish

• Her mother is Peruvian

Which of these is a permanente situation phrase in the simple present?

• John works in Iberia

• The train leaves at 7 o'clock

• Steve goes to school every day

• Water toils at 100 degrees

Which of the following are sentences with a future sense in the simple present tense?

• The restaurant opens at 8:30 tonight

• I drinks water every morning

• México is in America

• The plane leaves in ten minutes

Which of these sentences are instrucciones or commands using the present simple?

• I drink coffee every morning

• You go down this street to the cinema, then you turn right

• Tomorrow is my birthday!

• Closes the window

The present simple describes the simple things in life?

• False

• True