THE PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE Use: -routines: I do homework after lunch -permanent situations: I live in London He loves cats

PRESENT SIMPLE I/you/we/they + V he/she/it + V- s/es They read a lot Uhmmm… we have pizza on Fridays… She walks to school in the morning He studies hard for the exam

SPELLING REMEMBER: he studies/she walks/it runs I teach English but my sister makes films You like ice-creams and Lucas loves pizza I have he/she/it has -s/-sh/-ch/-ss/-o + es: He passes English every year she finishes homerwork before meeting her friends The dog goes to bed with the babies Mum watches football on TV cons + y -ies but vowel + y - es: John tidies his room after breakfast Rea stays at home on Sunday evenings

PRACTICE Write these verbs + -s or - es: (read) _____________ (fly) _____________ (wash) _____________ (run) _____________ (stop) _____________ (have) _____________ (like) _____________ (cry) _____________ (obey) _____________ (catch) _____________

PRACTICE Write these verbs + -s or - es: (read) reads (fly) flies (wash) washes (run) runs (stop) stops (have) has (like) likes (cry) cries (obey) obeys (catch) catches

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURES WITH THE VERBS IN ORANGE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. STAY GO PLAY SLEEP CRY She _________ the guitar in the evenings They ______________ tennis together He ________ at his granny´s when his parents are away A baby _____________ 20 hours a day We ____________ to a very big school

ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. She plays the guitar in the evenings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. STAY GO PLAY SLEEP CRY She plays the guitar in the evenings They play tennis together He stays at his granny´s when his parents are away A baby sleeps 20 hours a day We go to a very big school