Present Simple

  • May 12, 2022
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Present Simple

Use the present simple for things that happen regularly or things that are generally true.
I / you / we / they                          work
he / she / it                                      works

•  I work in a bank.
• He works at the university.
• We work every day.
• My sister works at the hospital

Special Case  
For verbs that end in consonant + –y, we remove the –y and add –ies:
• I study English at school.
• Dana studies English at school.
• Bill studys English at school
Other verbs like this include: cry, try, fly, carry

Special Case 2
For verbs that end in -o, -sh, -s, -ss, -ch, -x, we add -es.
• They go to English class on Wednesday.
• She goes to cooking class on Saturday.
• She gos to cooking class on Saturday.
Other verbs like this include: watch, kiss, teach, fix
1-Complete the sentences with the Present Simple of the verbs in parentheses.

  1. Sandra         (live) in Rome but she         (work) in Milan.

 

  1. Joseph and his brother are teachers. They         (work) in the same school.

        3. My best friend   (speak) French and a little bit of English. I      (speak) English and a little bit of French.

 

        4. Henry       (have) two brothers. They         (live) in New York. They       (go) to college there.

2- Complete the sentences with the Present Simple of the verbs from the list below.

speak -live- start -work- go- have

  1. Ahmed and I              to Swan University.
  2. Adeline      three languages: Italian, French and English.
  3. Gregory is a reporter and he          for a newspaper.
  4. My friend                in a small town in Moscow.
  5. My parents                houses in Berlin and Koln.
  6. The semester              in September.

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