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Grammer Ist Assignment

The document discusses the simple present tense in English. It provides examples of its common uses, including to describe habitual or repeated actions, general truths, and events happening now. It then gives exercises to practice forming sentences in the simple present tense, including changing sentences between positive, negative, and interrogative forms and filling in verbs.

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Grammer Ist Assignment

The document discusses the simple present tense in English. It provides examples of its common uses, including to describe habitual or repeated actions, general truths, and events happening now. It then gives exercises to practice forming sentences in the simple present tense, including changing sentences between positive, negative, and interrogative forms and filling in verbs.

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PRESENT TENSE

I.    Simple Present Tense or Present Indefinite Tense

The Simple Present Tense is used:

1. To express what is actually taking place at the present moment; as:


See, how it rains.
2. To express a habitual action; as:
He gets up everyday at six o’clock.
3. To express general truths; as:
The sun rises in the east.
4. In vivid narrative as a substitute for the Past Tense; as:
Immediately the Sultan hurries to his capital.
(This is called the historic present)

Structure of Simple Present:


—> Subject + V1/Vs (s or es)

Exercise 1

Change the following as directed :

1. Birds fly in the sky. (negative)


2. Rohit loves his teacher. (interrogative)
3. Boys are doing their homework. (negative)
4. My friend speaks good English. (interrogative)
5. Dogs are barking. (interrogative)
6. He is learning music. (negative)
7. We are going to Kolkata soon. (interrogative)
8. Children play in the evening. (negative)
9. Ritu sings a song. (negative)
10. I am listening to western music. (interrogative)
11. Naman and Chaman run fast. (interrogative)

Answer:

Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with is, am or are:

1. These bags ……… heavy.


2. Look! There ……… Raman.
3. My brother and I ……… good cricket players.
4. The weather ………  nice today.
5. This bag ……… not so heavy.
6. I ………  not tired.
7. Rama ……… at home.
8. Her children ……… at school.
9. I ……… a student.
10. My sister ……… a doctor.

Present Simple 3rd person,


positive, negative and questions
I. Write the 3rd person singular of the verbs:

1. I join - he joins 2. I like - he ………… 3. I miss - he …………….

4. I fly - he ……………. 5. I watch - he ………… 6. I enjoy - he …………….

7. I talk - he ……………. 8. I go - he ………… 9. I teach - he ……………

10. I buy - she …………… 11. I finish - she ……….. 12. I cry - she ……………

II. Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences, as in the example:

1. I ..live.. (live) in Edinburgh. 2. He ………. (do) his homework every evening.

3. She’s a teacher. She ……….. (work) at primary school.

4. “Are you a singer?” “No, I’m a pilot. I ………….. (fly) aeroplanes.

5. Joan …………. (wash) her hair every day.

6. The museum …………….. (close) at seven in the evening.

7. Daniel ……………. (brush) his teeth every morning.

8. She ……………... (study) Science at university.

9. Every Saturday, Paul …………… (give) his dog a bath.

10. In the mornings, Betty …………… (take) her sister to school.

11. We ……… (go) to the swimming pool at the weekend.

12. John and Mary ………… (have) a cup of tea in the afternoon.
III. Use the prompts to write sentences, as in the example:

1. he / every day / work / on the computer → He works on the computer every day.
2. Susana / at the weekend / do her laundry → ………………………………………………………….
3. My friends and I / at the weekend / go fishing → …………………………………………………….
4. he / every morning / read the newspaper → …………………………………………………………..
5. Sharon / exercise / in the morning → …………………………………………………………………
6. dinner / they / at 7:30 / eat → …………………………………………………………………………

IV. Write questions and negations as in the example.

1. Tom lives in England. → Does Tom live in England? Tom doesn’t live in England.
2. Mr Simpson teaches Chemistry. →…………………………………………………………………..
3. You like playing computer games. → ……………………………………………………………….
4. John and Sue work in a café. → ……………………………………………………………………..
5. We do the shopping on Saturdays. → ……………………………………………………………….
6. The baby cries all the time. → ……………………………………………………………………….

V. Fill in do / don’t, does / doesn’t.

1. Sam speaks French, but he ……. Speak Russian. 2. Ann …… like jazz music but she likes pop music.

3. “…….. she play the saxophone?” “No, she ……”. 4. Where ….. you work?

5. He …….. go to school on Sunday. 6. What …... you have for dinner?

VI. Match the questions to the answers.

1. What time does she get up? A. She goes to bed at 10:00.

2. How does she go to school? B. She walks to school.

3. Does she have breakfast every day? C. She gets up at 7:00.

4. What does she do in the afternoon? D. No, she doesn’t.

5. When does she go to bed? E. She does her homework.

☺ Good luck ☺

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