UNIVERSITY OF LA GUAJIRA

FACULTY: PROGRAM:
TEACHER´S NAME: STUDENT´S NAME:
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Present Simple Part

Affirmative sentences
Sentence construction Rules of forming the 3rd person singular
I The verbs in the 3rd person singular get –s ending. There
are some spelling rules you have to learn.
You volleyball.
play 1) Y changes into –i in the end of the verbs if there
We football. is a consonant before it.
They basketball. e.g.: try  tries
the piano. 2) If the verb ends with –ss, -sh, -ch, -o or –x, it
He
gets –es ending in 3rd person singular.
She plays the drums. e.g. : wishes, mixes, matches, watches, misses,
It goes, does

TASK 1 - Write the correct form of the Task 2 – Write the correct forms of the
verbs in the brackets on the lines. verbs in the brackets on the line. You
E.g.: They ……… to school. (to go)  go have to use 3rd person singular.
1) I usually _________ a bike in spring. (to E.g.: She ……… to school. (to go)  goes
ride) 1) Tim _________ to Paris every month. (to
2) You _________ dinner at 4 o’clock every fly)
day. (to prepare) 2) Sandra _________ carefully on the
3) Mary and I _________ to school at lessons. (to listen)
quarter past 7. (to go)
3) Molly _________ her homework in the
afternoons. (do)
4) My parents _________ work at 4 o’clock
4) Britney often _________ when she
in the afternoon. (to finish) _________ a romantic film. (to cry, to
5) They _________ new dresses for Mary see)
in May. (to buy) 5) She _________ her hair in the bathroom.
6) You never _________ meat. (to eat) (to brush)
7) I always _________ home after school. 6) It _________ a lot in England. (to rain)
(to walk) 7) He never _________ at me. (to laugh)
8) The students _________ English from 8) Mrs Davis _________ after lunch. (to
Mrs Harrison. (to learn) wash up)
9) Tigger _________ jumping. (to like)
9) We _________ a lot on Saturdays. (to
10) Mum rarely _________ the bus. (to
dance)
miss)
10) You _________ your house for 11) Ms Martin usually _________ about
Christmas. (to decorate) the housework. (to worry)
11) Charlie and Mandy _________ the table 12) Bill _________ his girlfriend. (to
Taskbefore
3 – lunch. (to set)the signal words in
Underline kiss)
Task 4 – Circle the verbs which haven’t
task 1 and 2. got the ‘regular’ 3rd personal singular form
in task 2.
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Task 5 – Write the correct forms of the Task 6 – Write the correct forms of the
verbs in the brackets on the line. verbs on the line from this list.
1) The students _________ their books to
school. (to bring)  to bake  to play
2) The pop group _________ a lot. (to  to build  to read
practise)  to drink  to wear
3) His brother never _________ the ball.  to get up  to work
(to catch)  to know  to write
4) She _________ we _________ hungry.
(to think; to be) 1) I _________ a letter to my grandma.
5) We _________ on Fridays. (to go out) 2) We _________ milk for breakfast.
6) The boys usually _________. (to fight) 3) The teachers _________ at school.
7) Mum _________ to cook something new 4) They _________ football every Friday.
on weekends. (to try) 5) I _________ a cake for Jake in September.
8) Brian and Frank _________ every day. 6) We _________ your address.
(to swim) 7) The Lees _________ at 6 o’clock.
9) I _________ to tell you the truth. (to 8) The children _________ a sandcastle in
want) summer.
10) Her parents _________ her up when 9) The women always _________ beautiful
she _________ ill. (to call; to be) skirts.
11) Dick always _________ my homework. 10) The pupils often _________ books.
(to copy)

Task 7 – Write the correct forms of the Task 8 – Write the correct forms of the
verbs on the line from this list. verbs on the line from this list.
 to bark  to fry
 to carry  to have  to arrive  to live
 to collect  to sleep  to ask  to open
 to come  to watch  to begin  to remember
 to eat  to work  to blow  to study
 to fix  to win
1) Mark __________ by day because he
__________ at night. 1) The school __________ at 8 o’clock.
2) Fred __________ TV in the evenings. 2) I __________ your birthday every year.
3) Mr Thomson __________ dinner at 6 3) My class __________ every competition.
o’clock. 4) Mr Sand __________ cars, he is a
4) Winnie-the-Pooh always __________ mechanic.
honey. 5) We __________ in New Hampshire.
5) The dog __________ when the postman 6) The teacher __________ the students on
__________. the lessons.
6) The meat __________ in the oven. 7) Fiona __________ Spanish.
7) Peter __________ huge boxes at his 8) The wind often __________ in autumn.
workplace. 9) Father __________ the window when he
8) Mr Brown __________ stamps. __________ home.
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Task 9 – Multiple choice. There are three

different verbs given for each sentence.
You have to choose the correct one, and
then you have to write the correct form
of this verb on the line. Look at the
example.

e.g.: I ____ school at half past 7. (begin,

start, finish) start

1) The clothes ________ in the garden.

to wash to fall to dry

2) Tom ________ to work every day.

to drive to take to jump

3) Mrs Brown ________ the beds in the

mornings.
to take to make to do

4) The leaves ________ down in autumn.

to fly to break to fall

5) Mother ________ in the kitchen.

to start to cook to lie

6) I never ________ anyone your secret.

to give to forget to tell

7) We ________ on holiday in July.

to go to spend to do

8) Tyler ________ fast.

to hit to run to smile

9) Children ________ chocolate.

to love to make to break

10) Barbara always ________ to do her

homework.
to answer to do to forget
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Present Simple Tense Part 2

Negative sentences

Sentence construction Task 2 – Rewrite the negative sentences

I into affirmative.
1) Tim doesn’t copy music.
You do not ___________________________________
volleyball.
We don’t _________________________________
football. 2) The Smiths don’t drink juice for dinner.
They play basketball. ___________________________________
He the piano. _________________________________
does 3) My father doesn’t wash the car.
the drums.
She not ___________________________________
It doesn’t _________________________________
4) Dennis and I don’t clean the windows.
___________________________________
TASK 1 – Don’t or doesn’t? _________________________________
5) I don’t want a new bicycle.
E.g.: They ……… go to school.  don’t ___________________________________
_________________________________
12) Mary _______ travel to France. 6) Steve doesn’t speak Arabic.
13) We _______ write an essay every ___________________________________
day. _________________________________
14) My mum _______ sell flowers. 7) They don’t watch late night films.
15) Peter and Sam _______ fish. ___________________________________
16) I _______ talk to him about love. _________________________________
17) Kim _______ usually sit next to 8) Lola doesn’t miss the last bus.
Mike. ___________________________________
18) You _______ build houses. _________________________________
19) Lilith _______ teach Jim. 9) Grandma doesn’t write a postcard to her
20) They _______ forget my birthday. family.
21) The train _______ arrive in time. ___________________________________
22) Susie and you _______ go to the _________________________________
shop. 10) You don’t worry about your exam.
23) The child _______ smile at Luke. ___________________________________
24) My family _______ spend money on _________________________________
silly things.
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Task 3 – Write the correct forms of the

verbs in the brackets on the line. Then
rewrite the sentences into negative. Look
at the example below.
e.g.: I ____ to school . (to go)  go / I
don’t go to school early.

12) Cindy ________ (to put on) mini

skirts.
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13) The students _________ (to listen)
to the teacher.
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14) My class _________ (to make) an
excursion in May.
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15) We ___________ (to decorate) the
Christmas tree at Christmas.
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16) I _________ (to lock) the door of
my office after work.
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17) Phil _________ (to arrive) home at
5.
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18) You _________ (to sleep) ten hours.
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19) We _________ (to wear) a school
uniform.
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20) Linda _________ (to lie) in the sun
in summer.
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21) Lisa and Frank _________ (to meet)
their friends after school.
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