SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE WITH VERB

Function:

·         To express habitual action.

                Example: My father usually drinks coffee in the morning.

                                   I always watch news program on TV every morning.

·         To express general truth.

Example: The sun rises from the east.

                   Water always flows from high to lower area.

Pattern:

                (+) Subject + Verb (1/+s/es) + Object/Complement.

                (-) Subject + do/does + not + Verb 1 + Object/Complement.

                (?) Do/Does + Subject + Verb 1 + Object/ Complement?

                Note:

                I, You, They, we    :               verb 1 / Do

                She, He, It            :               Verb +s / Does

Example:

                1. (+) They play football twice a week.

                    (-) They do not play football twice a week.

                    (?) Do they play football twice a week? Yes, they do/ no, they don’t

                2. (+) She often wins singing competition.

                    (-) She does not often win singing competition.

                    (?) Does she often win singing competition? Yes, she does / no, she doesn’t

Time signal:

                Every…

                Once / twice / Three times…..

                Always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never, etc.

Exercises:

A.      Chose the correct verb and change into negative and interrogative form!

1.       (+) She always (ride / rides) motorcycle to campus.

(-) __________________________________________

(?)__________________________________________

2.        (+) We (study / studies) English twice a week.

(-) __________________________________________

(?)__________________________________________

3.       (+) My father often (read / reads) newspaper in the morning.

(-) _________________________________________________

(?)_________________________________________________

4.       (+) she and I always (go / goes) to school together.

(-) __________________________________________

(?)__________________________________________

5.       (+) He rarely (get/gets) good score on mathematics.

(-) __________________________________________

(?)__________________________________________

B.      Answer these questions!

1.       Do you study in the university?

2.       Does your mother go to market three times a week?

3.       Does your father drive car every day?

4.       Do you hangout on Saturday evening?

5.       Do you understand about simple present?

Related topic:
Simple past with verb