MY WRITING FOR YEAR 4

Present Simple

Explanation:

In general terms, we use the Present Simple to describe permanent and repeated events or actions.  So, facts, habits and routines are often expressed using this tense

Fact               :  Lions live in Africa

Habit             :  My sister bites her nails

Routine        :  I go to school at 6.45 a.m. every day

                         * With routines, we often add adverbs of frequency like...

F	Frequently
E	every day...every week...every night, etc.
A	Always
S	sometimes, seldom
U	Usually
N	normally, never
O	often, occasionally
R	rarely, regularly

•  Present Simple Table as a guide

Subject	Verb
*I	walk	to the place.
*You
They
We
He	walks
She
It

EXERCISE  1 – SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Write out these sentences putting in the Simple Present Tense of the verbs in brackets.

1.     He usually ……………..(get) up at six o’clock.

2.     They always ………………..(listen) to their teacher.

3.     A cow ……………….(eat) grass.

4.     We seldom ……………….(forget) to bring our books.

5.     Kim ……………..(come) to my house every day.

6.     Our cat often ………………(catch) mice at night.

7.     That boy sometimes …………….(swim) in the pond.

8.     My uncle …………….(work) there.

9.     He often ……………….(write) to me.

10.  She ……………..(like) to eat sweets.

EXERCISE 2 – SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Write out these sentences putting in the Simple Present Tense of the verbs in brackets.

1.     He ……………(cut) his hair once in three weeks.

2.     A nurse ………….(look) after the sick.

3.     My mother always …………..(feed) the chickens.

4.     I usually …………….(play) football in school.

5.     We …………..(learn) English every day.

6.     Birds …………….(build) nests.

7.     The bus always ………………(stop) at this place.

8.     This girl often ……………..(wait) here for the bus.

9.     Our cat always ……………(sleep) during the day.

10.  You never ……………..(drink) tea, do you?

EXERCISE  3 –SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Make the sentences negative by putting in ‘does not’ or ‘do not’.

Leave out the ‘s’ from the underlined words.

e.g.       Mary goes to school by bus.

            Mary does not go to school by bus.

1.     He likes to eat durians.

2.     She wants to buy a dress.

3.     I wear these shoes every day.

4.     My brother plays with them every day.

5.     They go to school by bus every morning.

6.     My father goes to work every morning.

7.     We sleep at nine o’clock every night.

8.     That hawker sells oranges every day.

9.     Those women wash clothes every day.

10.  Her friend lives in that street.

EXERCISE  4 – SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Turn these statements into questions.  Leave out the ‘s’ from the underlined words.

e.g.       He wears a hat every day.  Does he wear a hat every day?

1.     He drinks coffee every morning.

2.     They get up early every morning.

3.     You ring the bell every day.

4.     She knows your brother.

5.     Chee Fai reads a book every night.

6.     The girls come here every day.

7.     Alice goes to church every Sunday.

8.     We open the door every morning.

9.     This man sells fish every day.

10.  I bring my books to school every day.

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