Easy Way To Learn Present Tense

Introduction

Learning grammar is important for reading and writing skill. Perhaps it's too complex when you learn grammar. If you looking for an easy material to learn English, this is perfect for you. For this time, you are going to learn about Present Tense.

 

Task

Complete the sentence using one choice with the correct answer!

  1. They take some food for me. (take/takes)
  2. She ______ me very much. (love/loves)
  3. We ______ for you all. (come/comes)
  4. It ______ milk everyday. (drink/drinks)
  5. I _______ some poeth for her. (write/writes)
  6. You _______ football when I come. (play/plays)
  7. 'Is she eat rice?'  'Yes, she _____ (do/does)
  8. Water ______ at 100 degree celcius. (boil/boils)
  9. What ______ you do? (do/does)
  10. He ______ at the zoo. (work/works)

Process

The simple present tense is one of several forms of present tense in English. It is used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements. The simple present tense is simple to form. Just use the base form of the verb: (I take, you take, we take, they take) The 3rd person singular takes an -s at the end. (he takes, she takes)

  1. To show the things happens regularly. For example :
  • Diana eats rice everyday.
  • You walk to the office.
  • They spend vegetables

       2. To express unchanging situations. For example :

  • Every human being will die
  • Fire is hot
  • Fish breath in the water

       3. To express apology, command, suggestion, fixed arrangement, etc. For example :

  • I apologize about that ...
  • I suggest that you must pray
  • I promise to love you forever

Notes on the simple present, third person singular

  1. In the third person singular the verb always ends in -s :

Infinitive

Add ‘S’

To sing

Sings

To burn

Burns

To run

Runs

2.  Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch:

Infinitive

Add ‘S’

To go

Goes

To crash

Crashes

To watch

Watches

To mess

Messes

To box

Boxes

3.  Verbs ending in -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies:

Infinitive

Add ‘S’

To cry

Cries

To study

Studies

To carry

Carries

4.  A vowel before the -y:

Infinitive

Add ‘S’

To say

Says

To pay

Pays

To play

Plays

Evaluation

Put the verbs into the correct form.

  1. I (to like) _______ lemonade very much.
  2. The girls always (to listen) _____ to pop music.
  3. Janet never (to wear) ____  jeans.
  4. Mr Smith (to teach) _______ Spanish and French.
  5. You (to do) _______ your homework after school.
  6. I usually (go) _____  to school.
  7. They (visit) _____ us often.
  8. You (play) ______ basketball once a week.
  9. Tom (work) ______ every day.
  10. He always (tell) _______ us funny stories.
  11. She never (help) _________ me with that!
  12. Martha and Kevin (swim) _____  twice a week.
  13. In this club people usually (dance) _____  a lot.
  14. Linda (take care) _______ of her sister.
  15. John rarely (leave) _____ the country.
  16. We (live) _______ in the city most of the year.
  17. Lorie (travel) _____ to Paris every Sunday.
  18. I (bake) ______ cookies twice a month.
  19. You always (teach) ________ me new things.
  20. She (help) ______ the kids of the neighborhood.

Credits

16 Menit Mahir 16 Tenses. Grasindo. Jakarta. 2011.

https://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/simple-present-tense/

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