SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE USAGE: 1. 2. 3. 4.

I You We They He She It I You We They He She It I You We They He She It I You We They He She It Habitual activities/ actions General facts/ truth States/ feelings/ perceptions Things that happen at all time Am / am not Are / are not 5.

Is/ is not

I am a student in University of Malaya. You are my best friend. We are here to attend the meeting today. They are obedient children. He is not at home now. He is in the library. She is very generous. This is a cheetah. It is not a leopard. I do my revision everyday. You do not have to drive to school today. Ill send you. We do not work on Saturdays and Sundays. Vegetarians do not eat meat or fish. He does not like durians. She does speak/ speaks fluent English. The cat is special. It does not have a tail. I have three sisters. We have many assignments to complete this semester. You have a loving and caring mother who loves you with all her heart and soul. She has a good piano teacher. He has a laptop at home.

do/do not

does/ does not

Have

Has

verb

I like to swim. You cycle to school very often. We clean the school compound twice a month. They always sleep very late at night. He watches the television every evening. She cooks for dinner every day. Alis cat is very fat. It eats a lot everyday. The River Amazon flows into the Atlantic Ocean. If she borrows the book, ask her to return it as soon as possible.

SY Lim UM 2011

Simple present tense.

Verb + -s / -es

EXERCISE 1. The mail .. (arrive) at this town in the evening. 2. The sun . (rise) in the east and (set) in the west. 3. I always (do) my homework in the evening. 4. Here (come) the rain! 5. When he (return), he will have a pleasant surprise. 6. That girl . (get) what she . (want). Her parents . (spoil) her for she ..(be) the only child at home. 7. The restaurant .. (open) at nine oclock in the morning and . (close) at ten at night. It (get) most of its business during lunch time as a lot of office workers . (like) to eat there. 8. The instructions . (state) clearly that each candidate . (have) a choice between Sections A and B. The one who . (choose) Section A has to do only one question. However, the one who (attempt) Section B must do two questions. The answer for Section A . (be) longer than each of those for Section B. 9. There .(be) no doubt that the library .(play) an important part in a students life. Every student (have) access to the numerous books there but there .(be) a limit to the number of books that he can borrow.

SY Lim UM 2011

Simple present tense.