Present Simple

1. What does it mean?

It states that something happens as a habit or regularly (Action)

(e.g.)
Matt plays soccer every Monday You go to school everyday Auxiliary
verbs are verbs
2. Grammar that help other
verbs to make
All tenses in English need Auxiliary verbs. the Negative
In the Present Simple tense we use DO or DOES and Question
forms.

I
YOU DO – DON’T
WE We also add an “s” at the end of the verb when
THEY we use HE, SHE or IT.
HE
SHEI walk to school
DOESeveryday
– DOESN’T She walks to school everyday
IT

3. Formula
All sentences in English begin with a SUBJECT (Pronoun, animate or
inanimate):

3.1. Affirmative sentences

They eat bananas on Wednesdays

SUBJECT AUXILIARY VERB COMPLEMENT

3.2. Negative sentences

SUBJECT AUXILIARY VERB COMPLEMENT

3.3. Questions

AUXILIARY SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT ?

4. Exercises
4.1. Order the words to form sentences. Add “s” when necessary.

a) do / read/ not / We / very often : ______________________________________________________

b) Rose / never / raw meat / eat : ______________________________________________________

c) Always / John / have dinner / at 8: ______________________________________________________

d) Tina and Anna / skiing / love : ______________________________________________________

e) not / My cat / do / at night / sleep: _____________________________________________________

4.2. Pronouns. Write next to each name (s) which pronoun they can be replaced for.

a) My mother : _______________ g) My friends and I: ______________

b) Her dog : _______________ h) Your friends and you: ______________
c) Music : _______________ i) My mother and father: _____________
d) Anthony : _______________ j) My family and me: _______________
e) My name : _______________ k) Those kids: ________________
f) Those dogs: _______________ l) The weather: ______________

5. Questions

There are two types of questions in the Present simple tense, depending on
the answer you are expecting.

5.1. Yes/ No Question (Short answer) Yes, he does

Does Nathan know English?

No, he doesn’t
AUXILIARY SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT ?

5.2. WH- Questions (Long answer)

What does Nathan do on Sundays?

WH- AUXILIARY SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT ?

5.2.1. WH- (QUESTION WORDS)

 What Which

Who
When Where

Why How

How How
much many

How old How long

6. EXERCISES

6.1. Answer the questions according to yourself.

a) What do you do in your free time? _____________________________________________

b) Where do you live? ___________________________________________________________
c) When do you go to school? ___________________________________________________
d) Do you like cooking? __________________________________________________________
e) Do you live with your parents? _________________________________________________
f) Does your mother work? ______________________________________________________
g) Why do you study English? ____________________________________________________
h) Who do you live with? ________________________________________________________
 i) Where do you go to school? __________________________________________________
j) How many brothers or sisters do you have? ____________________________________
k) How long do you stay at school? ______________________________________________

6.2. Write the questions to the answers

a) She lives with her husband :

__________________________________________________
b) No, he doesn’t work : __________________________________________________
c) They go out every Friday : __________________________________________________
d) Maria doesn’t know French :
__________________________________________________
e) We don’t like dogs : __________________________________________________
f) It costs 10 dollars : __________________________________________________
g) I have three cats : __________________________________________________
h) I’m fine, thank you : __________________________________________________
i) I work in an office across the street: ____________________________________________
j) Yes, my dog bites : _________________________________________________

7. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

They are used to indicate how often an activity is performed. We

usually ask: How often do you…?

Never Sometimes Always

I
Hardly Ever Rarely Regularly Usually

Often

7.1. Habits:
Night Year

Everyday Every
Week Monday

Month Weekend

8. EXERCISES
8.1. Read the text and write an adverb of frequency next to each statement below.

I get up everyday very early. I have a shower and then breakfast. I like milk very much so
I usually have that. Then, I go to work. I work from Monday to Saturday and don’t have
much time for eating. I don’t like coffee, so I drink a lot of tea during the day but I like
pastries, so I often have a piece of cake or some biscuits. I usually go from work to home
at about 5:30. I get changed and make dinner. I’m into salads a lot and I like to mix them
with fish or meat. In short, I like simple, easy things to eat. I don’t make elaborate meals.
Then, at night I usually go out with friends, but I get home very early, so I’m usually in
bed by 10:30.

How often does Charlie…?

a) Have coffee?
b) Go to bed late?
c) Eat salad?
d) Drink Tea?
e) Wake up early?
f) Go to work?
g) Have biscuits?
h) Go out with friends?
i) Go to restaurants?

8.2. Write sentences about yourself using adverbs of frequency.

a) ____________________________________________________________________________________
b) ____________________________________________________________________________________
c) ____________________________________________________________________________________
d) ____________________________________________________________________________________
e) ____________________________________________________________________________________

9. VERB TO BE

The verb TO BE implies that something or someone exists:

I am a man

It changes form according to the pronoun/subject that precedes it:

NEVER use
DON 探 or
DOESN 探
when you are
using the verb
to be.
 I AM – AM NOT

YOU
WE ARE – AREN’T
THEY
HE
SHE IS – ISN’T
IT

9.1 Formation
All sentences in English begin with a subject:

9.1.1. Affirmative sentences

I am strong
SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT

9.1.2. Negative sentences

When using the verb TO BE, we only add the word “not” to make the
sentence negative. No extra auxiliary verb is needed.

I am not strong

SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT

9.1.3. Question form

9.1.3.1. Yes/No question (Short answer)

Yes, he is
Is Alan strong?
No, he isn’t
 VERB SUBJECT COMPLEMENT ?

9.1.3.2. WH- Questions

Where is Alan? He is at school.

WH- VERB SUBJECT COMPLEMENT ?

10. EXERCISES

10.1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Verb TO BE.

a) I ________________ sleepy.
b) You _______________ stupid!
c) We ________________ busy.
d) She ________________ friendly.
e) My dogs _______________ hungry.
f) The teacher _______________ kind.
g) What __________ his name?
h) Where ______________ you?
i) When ____________ the party?
j) Where ____________ the party at?

10.2. Circle the correct verb for each sentence.

a) Sara [am/is/are] a teacher.

b) Jan and Sue [am/is/are] here.
c) I [am/is/are] at home.
d) My cat [am/is/are] white.
e) His cat [am/is/are] black.
f) It [am/is/are] warm today.
g) Watermelons [am/is/are] tasty.

10.3. Find the mistake and correct the sentences

a) Bill don’t want to play soccer after school.

b) My grandmother like to watch TV.

c) Does you want to go shopping tomorrow?

d) My father cook food and my mother like it.

e) Am your dog ugly?

f) Are I your friend?

11. PRESENT PROGRESSIVE/CONTINUOUS

We use Present progressive tense to talk about things that are

happening right now.

Tom is playing soccer now.

In this tense we use the verb TO BE and we add –ing at the end of the
verb.

11.1. Formation

Tom is playing soccer now

SUBJECT TO BE VERB+ing COMPLEMENT

Tom isn’t playing soccer now

11.1.1. Questions

Is Tom playing soccer now?

TO BE VERB+ing SUBJECT COMPLEMENT ?

1. Exercises

1.1 Present progressive: Write the correct form of the verb TO BE and add –ing to the
verbs in brackets.

a) Mat __________________ a book right now. (To read)

 b) I _______________________ for my glasses (To look)
c) Louise ______________________ in the festival (To sing)
d) My brother __________________________ home (To walk)
e) They ____________________________ at the party (To dance)
f) My friends ________________________ at the moment (To eat)
g) Me and my girlfriend _____________________________ married (To get)
h) My cat _____________________________ with my teddy bear (To play)
i) The clock ____________________________ very loudly (To tick)
j) I ___________ currently ________________ in an office (To work)

Present simple or Present progressive?

a) Every Saturday, Monica _________________ her kids to soccer practice. (to drive)
b) I hate the south of Chile! It always ___________________ (to rain)
c) This delicious chocolate _______________ made in Germany (To be)
d) Shhhhhh! Be quiet! Jim _______________________________ (to sleep)
e) Don’t forget your umbrella. It ____________________________ (to rain)
f) I ____________________ lunch at the cafeteria everyday (To have)
g) The movie ____________________ at 7:30 (To start)
h) I _______________________________ in a restaurant now (To work)
i) She _______________________ in a restaurant (To work)
j) Don’t lie to me! I _______________________________ anymore! (Not – to believe)
k) English lessons _____________________ at 5 O’clock (To begin)
l) You ______________________________ to me! (Not – To listen)
m) Don’t give Anne any Cheese. She ____________________ it (To hate)
n) My dog _________________________ big ears (To have)
o) I ________________________ you’re crazy! (To think)
p) Once a week, Mary _________________________ swimming (To go)
q) You can’t go out now, It _______________________________ outside (To snow)
r) Susan _________________________________ at the moment (To work)
s) You __________________________ him because he is rude(Not – To like)
t) My sister __________________________________ English(To learn)

2. Countable and Uncountable

2.1. C or U?

a) Water i) Fish q) U$10

b) A cup of tea j) Car r) A bill
c) Apple k) House s) Pencil
d) Air l) Boy t) Milk
e) Music m)Woman u) A glass of milk
 f) People n) Coffee
g) Sugar o) Cheese
h) Rain p) Dog
2.2. Plurals: Write the plurals of the following nouns
a) Boy: ________________________
b) Water: __________________________
c) Ship: ___________________________
d) Person: _________________________
e) Man: __________________________
f) Mother: _______________________
g) Cup: ________________________
h) Car: _________________________
i) Bike: __________________________
2.3. There is / There are
Write is or are in each statement.
a) There ______ a cat in the house.
b) There _______ ten fingers in my hand.
c) There _________ some air here.
d) There __________ people there.
e) There __________ little to do.
f) There _______ some milk in the
fridge.
g) There __________ some countries.
2.4. A or AN
a) ______________ car
b) ______________ letter
c) ______________ airplane
d) ______________ island
e) ______________ apple
v) A kilo of rice
w) Rice
x) CD
j) Woman: ______________________
k) Wife: ________________________
l) Mouse: ________________________
m)Knife: _________________________
n) Country: ______________________
o) Father: _______________________
p) Cheese: _______________________
q) Fly: __________________________
r) Fish: ____________________________
h) There ___________ fish in the table
i) There __________ cars in the street.
j) There __________ four bikes outside.
k) There __________ several books here.
l) There __________ many people.
m) There ________ not much money.
n) There ________ not men here.
f) _______________ Computer
g) _______________ girl
h) _______________ snake
i) _______________ umbrella
j) _______________ stain