Afirmative Negative Interrogative
I walk I don’t walk Do I walk?
You walk You don’t walk Do you walk?
He walks He doesn’t walk Does he walk?
She walks She doesn’t walk Does she walk?
It walks It doesn’t walk Does it walk?
We walk We don’t walk Do we walk?
You walk You don’t walk Do you walk?
They walk They don’t walk Do they walk?
Short answers
Affirmative Negative
Yes, I / you / we / they do No, I / you / we / they don’t
Yes, he / she / it does No, he / she / it doesn’t
Third person singular
We add –s to the verb to form the third
person singular (he, she, it).
I drink – he drinks We use the Present Simple:
I run – he runs
• for habits and actions that
BUT we do regularly:
• We add –es to verbs that end in –ss, He visits his friends every
-sh, -ch, -x, -o. Sunday.
I watch – he watches She goes to school by bus.
• With verbs ending in consonant + y, • for general truths:
we change the –y to –ies. The sun rises in the East.
I cry – he cries fly flies
But with verbs ending in vowel + y, • for permanent situations:
we just add –s as usual. He lives in Athens.
I play – he plays
Expressions used with the Present Simple
Frequency adverbs: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never
(they are placed before the main verb)
Time expressions: every day / week / Friday…
on Mondays / Sundays…
at the weekend…
in the morning / afternoon…
in winter / spring…
once a day / week…
A. Write the third person singular of the following verbs. I play games in my free time
goes 3rd persons/people
play plays
____________ go ____________
He plays games in his free time
wash ____________
washes teach teaches She plays
____________
It plays
drive drives
____________ carry carries
____________
FLY starts
fly ____________ start ____________
help flies
____________ kiss
kisses
____________
watches
watch ____________ tidy tidies
____________
like
likes
____________ enjoy enjoys
____________
cry cries
____________ mix mixes
____________
PLAY plaies
flies
plays
B. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.
goes
1. Peter and his friends __________ to school by bus. (go)
eat
2. Elephants __________ leaves and grass. (eat)
works
3. David's father __________ in a hospital. (work)
closes
4. The bank opens at 9.30 and __________ at 4.30. (close)
play
5. Tom and Jim __________ football every day after school. (play)
teaches
6. Mr Jones is a teacher. He __________ History. (teach)
start finish
7. Our lessons __________ at 9.00 and __________ at 3.30. (start / finish)
lives
8. My pen friend __________ in Japan. (live)
watches
9. Mary and her brother __________ cartoons every Sunday morning. (watch)
tidies
10. John __________ his room every day. (tidy)
C. Complete the blanks with the Present Simple of the verbs in the box.
go work ride deliver love jog rest fish walk
Mr Letty is a postman. He doesn't work in the post
office. He always works outside in the streets.
delivers
He __________ letters to all the people in the
walks
neighbourhood every day. He doesn't __________
rides
but he __________ his motorbike.
At the weekend, Mr Letty doesn't work.
rests
He __________. loves
He __________ the countryside,
goes
so he always __________ to his country house with
fish
his wife. Mr and Mrs Letty __________ in the river
go
and they __________ in the woods every weekend.
D. Look at the pictures and write questions and answers, as in the example.
1. play / the guitar / in the afternoon
Does he play the guitar in the aftenoon?
I don't usually walk after
No he doesn’t play the guitar in the afternoon. lunch
He plays the accordion.
2. walk / after lunch
do you usually walk after lunch?
_________________________________________
I don't usually walk after lunch
_________________________________________
after lunch i usually sleep
_________________________________________
3. ride / their / bicycles / to work / every day
Do they ride their bikes to work every day?
_________________________________________
They don't ride their bikes to work every day.
_________________________________________
sometimes they take the train to work
_________________________________________
