Look at These Sentences!

Where does John live?

He lives in Jakarta.
Where does he work?
He works at the bank.
When does he work?
He works from 8.00 am
until 05.00 pm.
What does he do?
He is a customer service.

Where does he study?

He studies at the library.

Where does he sleep?
He sleeps in the bedroom.
Why does he spend all day
at the office?
Because he works there.

SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE

Lets look
at some
examples.

Do you know when we

use simple present
tense?

Example 1:
gets up early
Mary ____
every morning.
goes to
She always _____
work at 7.00 am
everyday.
does some
She ______
exercises every
Sunday.

Example 2:
plays
Andika _______
football everyday
after school.
is a footballer.
He ___
gets sick.
He seldom ____

Example 3:
Indonesian National Armed Forces always
celebrate their anniversary on October 5th.
_______

We use simple present tense when we talk

about ______________
habitual actions. . Thats things that
regularly
we do ____________.

There are some more examples.

Example 4 :

eat fish.
Cats ___

Example 5:
rotates
The Earth _______
around the Sun.

Example 6:

find Tigers in
We can _______
the jungle.

Yes, we use simple

present tense for things
general truth
which are __________.

Oh, youre so
smart! And how
about these?

Example 6:

Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

_______
wears glasses.

Example 7:
is located in East Java.
Mount Bromo __

I know. We use
simple present tense
for things that are
facts
_________
.

Present Simple Tense

I
You
We
They

get up
have breakfast
go to bed

He
She
It

gets up
has breakfast
goes to bed

at seven oclock.
at half-past seven.
at nine oclock.

Rule 1 :
I, You, We, They

He, She, It

Basic form of the

verbs

s or es

Rule 2: For third person singular form, verbs

have to be changed as follows
Verbs ending in o,

-s, -x,-ch,-sh
Go
Press
Box
Teach
Push
Verbs ending in
Consonant +y
Fly

Add -es
Goes
Presses
Boxes
Teaches
Pushes

Remove y
Add -ies
Flies

Write the correct he/she/it form of these verbs.

wants
crosses
1. Cross ___________
7. Want ___________
fixes
2. Fix ___________

begins
8. Begin ___________

stays
3. Stay ___________

washes
9. Wash ___________

studies
4. Study ___________

does
10. Do ___________

allows
5. Allow ___________

multiplies
11. Multiply _________

is
___________

likes
12. Like ___________

6. Be

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in

brackets.
finishes at 3.15. (finish)
1. School ________
doeshis homework quickly. (do)
2. Akbar _______
study hard at school. (try)
3. They ________
has a long tail. (have)
4. Our dog _______
dresses in the latest fashion. (dress)
5. Raisa ________
is
6. Tom ________
very fat. (be)
locks the door after the lesson. (lock)
7. The teacher _______
cross
8. We _______ this street every day. (cross)

The coming pictures show what

Mimi does every day. Describe the
pictures by completing the given
sentences with the suitable form
of the verbs from the box.
Make have help brush go practise
Watch wash take start eat get

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

gets up
a. Mimi _______
at 6 oclock.

practise

Make get have help

Bush go watch wash
Take eat start

practise

makes her bed,

b. She ________
brushes her teeth,
__________
washes her face
__________
and then
___________

has

breakfast at about half

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

c. After breakfast, she

takes the
_________
school bus to school.

practise

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

practise

d. In the afternoon, she

sometimes ________
helps
her mother to make
cakes and biscuits.

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

e. After tea, she

practises
________ the piano
for about one hour.

practise

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

practise

has dinner at about

f. She ______
eight with her family. Then
watch television
they _______
together for a while before
starts doing her
she _______
homework.

Make get have help

Brush go watch wash
Take eat start

goes
She usually_______
to bed at
about eleven.

practise

Log on to the following websites for further

practice.
330 Grammar : Forming the Simple Present Tense
esl blue(s) Quizzes: Present Simple Tense
Formation of the Simple Present Tense
ESL Quiz - Present Simple Verbs (Letitia Bradley) ITESL-J
Simple Present Tense Quiz (Schoolteam. Net)