اللغة الإنجليزية — Present Simple: Formation, Usage and Exercises — 1st Year Middle School — Algerian Curriculum

Present Simple: Formation, Usage and Exercises

The Present Simple is one of the most important tenses in English. It is used to express habits, general truths, and repeated actions.

1. Formation

Subject + verb (base form). For third person singular (he/she/it), add -s or -es.

• I/You/We/They play football.
• He/She/It plays football.

2. Spelling rules for he/she/it

• Add -s: play → plays, eat → eats.
• Add -es after -ch, -sh, -s, -x, -o: watch → watches, go → goes.
• Change -y to -ies: study → studies (but: play → plays).

3. Negative form

Subject + do/does + not + verb. I do not (don’t) like coffee. He does not (doesn’t) play tennis.

4. Question form

Do/Does + subject + verb? Do you like music? Does she speak English?

5. Exercises

1. She (read) a book every day → She _____ a book every day.
2. They (not/watch) TV in the morning.
3. _____ he (play) football?

Similar lessons:

• Present Continuous — 1st Year Middle School
• Simple Past: Regular and Irregular Verbs — 2nd Year Middle School

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