Present Simple: SHIT-rule

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo
• Leerjaar 1

Present Simple

We use the Present Simple to talk about:

Present Simple 'gewone' (bevestigende zinnen)

I/you/we/they + werkwoord

examples: I go, you see, we think, they walk

he/she/it (Jim, Miss van der Weiden, my mother) + werkwoord+s

Examples: she walks, he sees, she fixes, it flies

I .... pizza

1. love
2. loves
3. loveses

We .... to school from Monday to Friday

1. go
2. goes
3. gos

They ..... robbers

1. catch
2. catches
3. catchs

Peter and Miranda .... in Breda

1. live
2. lives
3. liveses

My parents .... two cars

1. own
2. owns
3. ownes

Patrick ..... English

1. teach
2. teaches
3. teachs

My brother .... a cat

1. have
2. haves
3. has

The plane .... to Ireland every Sunday

1. fly
2. flys
3. flies

My dad .... the dishes every day

1. do
2. does
3. dos

She always .... outside

1. play
2. plaies
3. plays

Pete always .... to Spain in the summer holiday

1. go
2. goes
3. gos

The students .... the English lessons

1. like
2. likes
3. likeses

Present Simple: + / - / ?

Present Simple & negative (-)
You (not / like) ___________ chocolate.

Fill in the gap & Use Present Simple (negative)


They ....... (look) happy today. I wonder if something is going on.

1. not look
2. don't looking
3. don't look
4. doesn't look

Fill in the gap & Use Present Simple (negative)

Sara ........ (watch) the news. She thinks it's boring.

1. doesn't watch
2. doesn't watches
3. don't watch
4. not watches

Make the present simple - negative.
John .......... French. (not speak)

Questions?

QUESTIONS in the present simple

Present Simple - QUESTIONS

Do / Does + Subject + verb?

Make the present simple question
I enjoy playing the piano.

Make the present simple question
The bank closes at 5:30 pm.

Make the present simple question
It mixes the sand and the water.

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