Unit 3
Simple Present Tense
The Simple Present Tense is used to talk about:
1. things that are usually true
e.g. The Earth goes round the sun.
2. situations which are true at the time of speaking although they may change
e.g. He is in Paris at the moment.
3. habits, or things which happen regularly
e.g. He takes a shower every evening.
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with the simple present form of the verbs in brackets.
e.g. He drinks a cup of coffee every morning. (drink)
1. Smoking __________ a bad habit. (be)
2. Annie ___________ her homework every day. (do)
3. He __________ the plants every other day. (water)
4. I ____________ up early every morning. (get)
5. Birds ___________ south in the winter. (fly)
6. My parents ___________ work on Sundays. (not work)
7. Amanda ___________ T.V. most evenings. (watch)
8. She often __________ her grandparents. (visit)
9. His brother ___________ football on Mondays. (play)
10. _____ you ______ the way to the restaurant? (know)
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