1B GRAMMAR: Present simple: affirmative and negative

 

 Grammar Reference

Present simple: affirmative and negative

 

Affirmative

I/You/We/They work.

He/She/It works.

 

Spelling rules for third person singular (he/she/it)

Most verbs: add -s

+ -s

start → starts

play → plays

Verbs ending in -ch / -s / -sh / -o: add -es

+ -es

watch → watches

go → goes

Verbs ending in consonant +-y: add -es and -y changes to i.

-y → ies

study → studies

carry → carries

1B GRAMMAR:

 

Present simple: affirmative and negative: Exercise 1

Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets.

1

My aunt and uncle  (live) in the USA.

2

Rosie  (have) music lessons every weekend.

3

My best friend  (play) in the school basketball team.

4

I  (study) Russian at school.

5

My cousin and I  (like) football.

6

My stepbrother  (watch) TV every night.

1B GRAMMAR:

 

Present simple: affirmative: Exercise 2

Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in the box.

1

My sister  Japanese lessons at weekends.

2

Ellie’s parents  at a hospital in the USA.

3

My neighbour  from France.

4

We  friends in town every Saturday evening.

5

I  late on Sundays.

6

My grandfather  four languages.

come     get up have meet speak work

1B GRAMMAR:

 

Present simple: affirmative: Exercise 3

What do they do on Saturdays and Sundays? Look at the chart and write sentences about the activities.

1

play tennis

Hannah and Sam play tennis on Saturdays.

2

study maths

3

eat pizza

  

4

watch TV

5

listen to music

6

go out

	Saturdays	Sundays
Tom
Sofia
Hannah and Sam

 

Grammar Reference

Present simple: negative

 

Negative
I/You/We/They don’t play.	He/She/It doesn’t play.

Full forms
I don’t play. = I do not play.
He doesn’t play. = He does not play.

We form the negative with don’t or doesn’t + base form of the verb. (The base form of the verb is the infinitive without to, e.g. go, have, work).

 

1B GRAMMAR:

 

Present simple: affirmative and negative: Exercise 4

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1

 

my

sister

doesn’t

go out

a lot

.

2

 

don’t

parents

New York

live

.

in

Tom’s

3

 

.

doesn’t

brother

eat

my

pizza

4

 

doesn’t

teacher

Sundays

our

on

.

work

5

 

parents

like

.

don’t

Lady Gaga

my

6

 

Sam

doesn’t

speak

.

Chinese

7

 

don’t

we

friends

like

.

Elizabeth’s

1B GRAMMAR:

 

Present simple: affirmative and negative: Exercise 5

Make the sentences negative.

1

I live in a big house.

I don't live in a big house.

2

My dad works in a hotel.

3

My friends like sport.

4

My best friend speaks Japanese.

5

We go to school on Saturdays.

6

My brother has guitar lessons.

7

My grandmother watches TV all day.

1B GRAMMAR:

 

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