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Present simple vs. present continuous
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Present simple Verb to be PDF exercise 1
- Complete short dialogues with positive, negative and questions forms.
Present simple Verb to be PDF exercise 2
- Complete questions with the forms of the verb to be.
Present simple Questions PDF exercise 3
- Complete the conversation with do/does questions.
Present simple Questions PDF exercise 4
- Find mistakes and correct them.
Present simple Wh- questions PDF exercise 5
- Liz is taking her exam. Complete the conversation with wh- questions.
Present simple Wh- questions PDF exercise 6
- Put jumbled words in the correct order.
Present simple Negative PDF exercise 7
- Complete a general knowledge quiz.
Present simple Negative PDF exercise 8
- What a good student doesn't do.
Present simple Third person PDF exercise 9
- Complete the story about Sam's kitten.
Present simple Third person PDF exercise 10
- My dear family. Complete sentences with the verbs from the list.
Present simple Mixed forms PDF exercise 11
- Complete short dialogues with verbs in brackets.
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Present simple vs. present continuous PDF exercises
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Present simple use and forms PDF
Third person - spelling rules PDF
Present simple questions - PDF rules
Present simple negative - PDF rules
Present simple tense
Learn how to make present simple affirmative, negative and questions.
Affirmative
We use the base form of the verb to make the present simple.
I work in San Francisco. You eat too much chocolate. We get up early. They live in an old house.
In the third person singular (he, she, it) we add -s to the base form.
Peter plays tennis. My sister tries to change her job. Our son goes to primary school.
Third person singular - spelling rules Grammar rules and exercises.
Questions
We use do or does to make questions in the present simple.
Do you know Greg? Does he go to the same school?
Negative questions normally express a surprise.
Does he not work? Doesn't he work?
If the wh- pronoun introducing the question (who, which) is the subject of the question, we do not use the auxiliary verb do.
Who knows you? Which cars belong to you?
Present simple questions Grammar rules and exercises.
Negative
The negative forms are made with do not (don't) or does not (doesn't).
I do not (don't) know. Marion does not (doesn't) want to study.
Present simple negative Grammar rules and exercises.
Verb to be
The verb to be has completely different forms:
I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, they are.
We add not after the verb to be to make negatives.
I am not, you are not, it is not.
Questions are made in a simple way. We just change the word order of a statement.
Am I? Are you? Is he?
In spoken English, however, we normally use short forms.
Verb to be Grammar rules and exercises.
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