Present Simple Tense

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1,2

Lesson Goals:

* To understand how to use the present simple tense. 

* To understand how to use the present simple tense in affirmative, negations, and using questions. 

 

Present Simple Tense

Table of Contents:

* Present Simple Form 

* Usage

* Present Simple Rules

* Auxilary Verbs

* Clue Words 

* Present Simple Exercises

*Video (explanation in Dutch)

Present Simple Form

Affirmative

Negation

Questions

Singular/Plural

Affirmative: (positive)

Examples:

I enjoy basketball.  

He works at Albert Heijn. 

We travel to school together. 

They like to go to the cinema (on Fridays). 

Negations: (not - n't)

Example:

I do not (don't) enjoy basketball. 

He does not (doesn't) work at Albert Heijn. 

We do not (don't) travel to school together. 

They do not (don't) like to go to the cinema. 

Questions (Interrogative):

Examples:

Do I like fruit?                                   Don't you (all) want to stay for dinner?

Do you speak English?                 Doesn't he like her?

Does he/she speak English?     

Do we know each other?

Do they like it here? 

Usage: 

to talk about...

Facts, habits, routines, feelings/emotions, general truth

Examples: 

Present Simple Rules:

Using he/she/it - change spelling verb at the end 

Examples: He plays basketball. /The train departs at 7:00. / She looks like a movie star. 

To be:

Aaron ..... his homework at school.

1. does
2. did
3. do
4. doing

On Mondays in classroom 10 ..... an English lesson.

1. will be
2. was
3. is
4. has been

Negation:

Bill ....... to play tennis.

1. doesn't like
2. don't like
3. have not like
4. like not

Sheila (to study) hard for every test.

1. study's
2. studies
3. studied
4. studys

Clue words (100%)
John ........... gives his best effort in class.

1. sometimes
2. never
3. often
4. always

Clue words: (70%)
Fleur ........ does her homework at school before going home.

1. sometimes
2. usually
3. seldom
4. often

Write the sentence in the negation form.

Anna eats vegetables.

Clue words: (20%)
I .......... watch Netflix during the week.

1. usually
2. never
3. sometimes
4. seldom

Fill in the blank:
Sheila (to study-not) hard for every test.