Saturday, May 12, 2012

The Present Tense


The Present Tense 
You learn English every day.
He learns English at school.
They learn English on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
 he Present Tense describes the things you do every day. Note the use of an "s" at the end of the verb when describing a man, a woman, or a thing.
Do not confuse the present tense with the simple form.
Here's the present tense for the verb "work." 

Contractions:
do + not = don't
does + not = doesn't
write
Singular
Plural
I don't work
We don't work
You don't work
You don't work
He doesn't work
They don't work
She doesn't work
It doesn't work
Practice:
1.  I ___ to school every day. (go)
2.  She _____ to school every day. (go - negative)
3.  Juan and Martha _____ a large family. (have)
4.  He ______ a car. (have - negative)
5.  You _____ from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day (work)
6.  I ______ on the weekends. (work - negative)
7.  It _____ a lot in the winter in Minnesota. (snow)
8.  It _____ in the summer. (snow - negative)
9.  We _____ how to speak English. (know)
10. We _____ how to speak Italian. (know - negative)
answers below

I work
teacher
You work
biljana
He works
man
She works
woman
It works
car
We work
 teacher  I
+
 biljana  you
You work
student
They work
business meetingi

Present Tense - Negative
do + not + verb
write
Singular
Plural
I do not work
We do not work
You do not work
You do not work
He does not work
They do not work
She does not work
It does not work

Singular
Plural 
I learn
We learn
 
You learn
You learn
 
He learns
She learns
It learns
They learn

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