Primary Five

English Language

By Man Wai Hien

Present Simple Tense

VERB

For all subjects ( I , We , You , They) except third person singular

1. I read (read) the newspaper every morning.

2. You go (go) to the market every morning.

3. We drink (drink) milk every morning.

4. They play (play) tennis every Saturday.

Exercise 1

1. Tom and Mary ____ _____ (go) to school by bus.

2. I __________ (drink) a glass of milk every day.

3. We usually ___________ (watch) television in the evening.

4. You _________ (read) a book every day.

VERB + S/ES

For third person singular subjects ( He , She , It )

1. He drives (drive) home every night.

2. She sweeps (sweep) the floor every morning.

3. The dog barks (bark) every morning.

Exercise 2

1.When water _________ (boil), it changes into steam.

2. Sandy often _________ (write) articles for her newspaper.

3.Jane sometimes ________ (go) to bed late.4. It ________ (rain) a lot in summer.5. Tony ________ (watch) television every ev

ening.

Language Practice

1. Talk about facts -- things that are true now or that are always true.

1. There are (be) seven days in a week

2. The sun rises (rise) in the East.

3. My brother is (be) in Form 5. He works (work) very hard.

2. Talk about repeated actions and habits

1. Mary walks (walk) to school every day.

2. He goes (go) to church with his family every Sunday.

3. Peter and John play (play) football once a week.

3. To give instructions and orders

1. Take (take) out your book and turn (turn) to page nine.

2. Stop (stop) talking and keep (keep) quiet.

3. Close (close) the door behind you.

4. Talk about the future in a numbers of ways depending on the pu

rpose

• E.g. talk about timetables , programmes

1. Hurry up, Jane. The train leaves (leave) in five minutes.

Revision Exercise Write what Andy does every Sunday.

“Every Sunday I wake up at half past nine. I have tea with my family in a restaurant. Then I go to the park. I swim and play football with my friends in the afternoon. I like Sundays very much.”

If you want to do more exercises and find out more about tenses. Please go to www.edunet.com/english/grammar/Tenses2.cfm

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