Topic 9 -10

Topic 9       Simple Present Tense    (Positive +)

It is used to express the Fact, Habit and General Truth.

  Ordinary Verb

    

       I           F1                              We  

       You       F1                             You                             F1

       He

       She       F1 + s /es                   They

       It           

      [He]                                         [I       /      We]

      [She]        F1 + s / es             [You  /      You]          F1

       [It ]                                                        [They]

F1 is the root verb/ base form.

For the third person singular or any noun that can be replaced by ‘He/She/ It’, the ordinary verb needs to be suffixed with ‘s / es’.  The words which  ends in ‘s / z / x / ch / sh / o’ are to be suffixed with ‘es’

            I /We/You/ You/They                             He/She/It

                    toss                                                 tosses

                    buzz                                                 buzzes  

                    box                                                  boxes

                    watch                                               watches

                    wash                                                washes

                    do                                                    does

     I watch television every day.

     You watch television every day

     He watches television every day. 

     She watches television every day.

     The dog eats a lot every day.

      We draw every day.

     You brush your teeth twice a day.

     They play hide-and-seek every day.

     The cats drink a lot of milk every day.

                                                                                  (19)

Topic 9

Simple Present Tense

Exercise 29

Circle the correct word in the bracket.

1.  Joseph (play     plays) football every Sunday.

2.  You and Joseph ( slide     slides) a lot every day.

3.  I (read,     reads) the newspaper every day.

4.  My grandmother (walk      walks) in the garden every day.

5.  My parents ( laugh     laughs) a lot every day.

6.  We (swim     swims) at the swimming pool every Saturday.

7.  My mother (cook     cooks) vegetables every day.

8.  My aunts often (visit       visits) us.

9.  The children (like     likes) to eat sweets.

10. My little sister (drink     drinks) milk every day.

Exercise 30

Underline the correct word.

1.  I (go     goes) to school every day.

2.  Ali (read      reads) a story book every day.

3.  We (eat      eats) fish every day.

4.  You (talk     talks) a lot every day.

5.  Ali and I (like     likes) singing.

6.  Mary (drink,      drinks) a lot of milk every day.

7.  You and Joseph (walk     walks) to school every day.

8.  David and I  ( play    plays) every day.

9.  Tom and Ali ( watch     watches) television.

10. Joseph (write       writes) every day.

Exercise 31

Circle the correct word.

1.  Alina (drink      drinks) milk every day.

2.  My mother (work      works) at home.

3.  My father (go     goes) to work every day.

4.  I (do     does) homework every day.

5.  John and I (go      goes) to the library every Sunday.

6.  Ali and Hussein (play      plays) hide-and-seek every day.

7.  They  (like       likes) the game very much.

8.  You and Joseph (jog      jogs) in the park every day.

9.  My parents (enjoy      enjoys) taking a stroll in the park every evening.

10.  The hippopotamus (swim     swims) in the river every day.  It is lovely.

11.  The children (laugh      laughs) loudly every day.

12.  That little girl often (play       plays) alone.                                                                                                                                                         (20)

Exercise 32

Circle the correct word.

1.  Joseph (study      studies) Chinese every day.

2.  I  (work     works) on the computer every day.

3.  We (talk     talks) together every day.

4.  Joseph and I ( play     plays) basketball together every day.

5.  We (run     runs) in school every day.

6.  Sheila (talk     talks) a lot in class.

7.  Susan and I (sing,    sings) every day.

8.  Joseph and his friends ( swim      swims) every Sunday.

9.  You (slide     slides) during recess every day.

10. They (do     does) homework together every day.

Exercise 33

Circle the correct word.

1.  Hui  Hui (sing     sings) every day.

2.  I (dance     dances) every day.

3.  Yalee and I (listen     listens) to the radio every day.

4.  Peter (eat     eats) fish every day.

5.  Peter, Hui Hui and Leela (write     writes) homework every day.

6.  Jeseph (read    reads) every day.

7.  You (jump     jumps) every day.

8.  My mother (wash    washes) clothes every day.

9.  My parents (watch     watches) television every day.

10. My grandparents (tell     tells) us stories every day.

Exercise 34

Circle the correct word.

     Hussein and I (1. am, is, are) good friends.  We (2. go     goes) to school from Monday to Friday.  We (3. like     likes) our school very much.  Hussein’s house  (4. is,    are) very near to the school.  He (5. walk  walks) to school every day.  He always (6. carry      carries) an umbrella.

Exercise 35

Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

1.  Meena ___________ (sing) every day.

2.  Ali and I ____________ (talk) every day.

3.  You _______________ (watch) television every day.

4.  Ali _____________ (write) every day.

5.  Yieng Ing ___________ (close) the door every day.

6.  Pei Pei _____________ (visit) the zoo every Sunday.

7.  Hassan and his friends ____________ (run) a lot every day.

8.  The kitten ___________ (meow) a lot every day.                       (21) 

Topic 10       Simple Present Tense    (Ordinary verb) (Negative -)    

I        don’t     F1                               We

You    don’t   F1                                  You                    don’t F1

He

She    doesn’t  F1                                They

It

[He]                                                [I       /       We]

[She]     doesn’t F1                        [You  /        You]       don’t F1

[It]                                                                    [They]

In the negative expression of the ordinary verb in the simple present tense, you have to use auxiliary verbs ‘don’t / doesn’t’.  You use ‘doesn’t’ for the subjects that can be replaced by ‘He / She / It’.  For the subjects that can be replaced by ‘I / We / You / You/ They/’ , ‘don’t’ is used.  The auxiliary verbs ‘don’t / doesn’t’ are always followed by a root verb / F1.

[I] go swimming on Monday.

[I] don’t go swimming on Monday.

[You] sing every day.

[You] don’t sing every day.

[He] reads every day.

[He] doesn’t read every day.

[Mary] writes me a letter every week.

[She] doesn’t write me a letter every week.

[The dog] barks loudly every day.

[It] doesn’t bark loudly every day.

[We] talk a lot every day.

[We] don’t talk a lot every day.

[You and Hassan] play chess every day.

[You] don’t play chess every day.

[The children] shout loudly every day.

[They] don’t shout loudly every day.                                                                                          

                                                                                     (22)

Topic 10

Exercise 36

Circle the correct answer.

1.  [John] (do      does) not eat a lot of vegetables.

2.  [I] (do     does) not like to eat sweets.

3.  [My grandmother] (do     does) not go to market every day.

4.  [Hassan and I]  (do        does) not play games every day.

5.  [My sister] (do       does) not eat fish every day.

6.  [You and Mark] (do       does) not listen to the radio every day.

7.  [The cat] (do      does) not drink a lot of water every day.

8.  [Sheila and her friends]  (do     does) not speak Chinese well.

9.  [Maria] (do   does) not help her parents every day.

10.  [Leelia and her parents] (do     does) not exercise every day.

Exercise 37

Fill in the blanks with ‘does’ or ‘do’

1.  [Tom] ____________ not blink his eyes all the time.

2.  [I] ___________ not wink my eyes.

3.  [Aminah] __________ not eat a lot of titbits.

4.  [John and his brother] _____________ not draw every day.

5.  [Hassan and I] ___________  not meet each other every day.

6.  [My dog] ___________ not look after the house every day.

7.  [The men] ___________ not work here every day.

8.  [You and Chia Chia]  ___________ not play chess every day.

9.  [My uncle] ____________ not keep a pet.

10. [Tien Peng] ___________ not read the newspapers every day.

11.  [The children] ___________not brush their teeth every morning.

12.  [Joe] ______________ not cut paper every day.

                                                 

Exercise  38

Fill in the blanks with ‘do’ or ‘does’.

1.  You and Halina ________ not fly kites every day.

2.  Tayee __________ not draw every Sunday.

3.  John __________ not celebrate his birthday every year.

4.  My aunts __________ not visit us every weekend.

5.  The children ___________ not run too much.

6.  Jane __________ not have a fever.

7.  The parrot ___________ not greet me every day.

8.  We __________ not wash dishes every day.

9.  Helen and his sister __________ not watch television every day.

10. My grandmother ___________ not sleep early every day.

11.  My uncle and aunt _________ not work on Saturdays.

12.  Tina _________ not study every day.                                    (23)

Exercise 39

Fill in the blanks with ‘do’ or ‘does’.

1.  You and Betty _________ not wear spectacles.

2.  George ___________ not play the piano well.

3.  Helen and her family _________ not often eat noodles.

4.  Nora __________ not sing a lot every day.

5.  The rabbit _________ not like to eat green vegetables.

6.  I ________ not enjoy lemon tea.

7.  Faridah and I _________ not take a nap in the afternoon.

8.  James ________ not write diary every day.

9.  Betty and her friends _________ not often play basketball.

10.  You and Tom ________ not listen to your parents.

11.  Henry __________ not jump very high.

12.  This kitten __________ not eat a lot.

Exercise 40

Fill in the blanks with “do or does”.

1.  I _________ not get up early every day. 

2.  You and Maria _________ not sleep well at night.

3.  Hassan __________ not clean his room every day.

4.  Meena _________ not feed her pet every morning.

5.  John and his friends _________ not study English every day.

6.  Nora and I _________ not help each other.

7.  My grandparents _________ not drink tea every day.

8.  Tom’s father _________ not catch fish every Sunday.

9.  The hippopotamus _________ not eat a lot of food every day.  It plays

     a lot.

10.  Betty’s mother _________ buy fish every day.

11.  The kitten _______ not mew every night.

12.  The children _________ not have a nap in the afternoon.

13.  Aishah ________ not wash her shoes every Sunday.

14.  You and Sansan ___________ not play on the slide every day.     

Exercise 41

Fill in the blanks with ‘do’ or ‘does’.

1.  Joseph _________ not greet the teacher in school.

2.  Seng Huat and his sister _________ not use tissue paper.

3.  I _________ not have a watch.

4.  Maria _________ not often scold her sister.

5.  Sammy and I ________ not use mechanical pencils.

6.  You and Yalee __________ not often meet each other after school

7.  The giraffe __________not often sit down for a rest.         (24)

8.  My grandfather __________ not smoke.