Present Simple (Lesson 2)

A Read the following passage and notice the forms of verbs:
I am a student. Alam is my classmate. We two are good friends. We go to school together. We attend classes regularly. We often play together after school. We return home together. Alam lives in a house close to ours.
In this text the verbs 'am', 'is' and 'are' describe a present state, while go, attend, play, return, and lives indicate present actions. The sentences are all in the present simple tense.

B Read the following sentences and underline the verbs. Also notice their structures:

• English is an international language.
• These mangoes are very sweet.
• This book is not very big.
• Are you a student?
• Is the class small or big?
• Why are you late?
• Where is your father?
• Are they not your friends?

These sentences have 'be' verbs in present form and they indicate present states.

Verb Form: Base form of the verbs is used in case of the action verbs, and in case of the state verbs, present form of be verb 'am', 'is', and 'are' are used..

C. Read the following sentences and notice the verbs and their forms:
Jamil of class VI plays cricket for our school team.
The workers in the garments factories work very hard.
He lives very close to the school.
The earth moves round the sun.

These sentences contain action verbs. The verbs in the first three sentences indicate present action and the verb in the fourth sentence indicates universal truth.

D. Read the following sentences and see how interrogatives and negatives are formed in this tense.

I do not need your help.
He does not like music.
Do you read novels?

Does he come here regularly?
Where does he live?
When do you go to bed?
What auxiliary verbs are used to frame interrogatives?
How are negatives formed in the examples?

Verb form: be form
Note: In the present simple tense 'do' is used as an auxiliary verb before the subject in case of first and second person and also in case of plural numbers

of 3^rd person subjects, and auxiliary 'does' is used in case of third person singular number subjects for framing interrogative sentences.
To make negative sentences 'do not' is used after first and second person (both singular and plural) and also after third person plural number subjects and 'does not' is used after third person singular number subjects for framing negative sentences.

When 'does' is used as an auxiliary verb after a third person singular subject, the main verb loses its 's/es'.
E. Write five sentences about 'Your Family using 'be' verbs and five more sentences using action verbs in the present simple tense.

a _____ b ______ C ______ d ______ e ______

F. Complete the following dialogue using negative and interrogative sentences:

Ruma: Do you watch television every day?

Suma: _________

Ruma: Neither do I. ________?

Suma: I spend my spare time reading books.

Ruma: _________

Suma: I often read adventure stories.

G. We can use 'have/has' as a main verb in the present simple tense. Look at the following examples.

They have a lot of money.
He has a nice car.
They have a big house.
How many children do you have?
Does she have a pet cat?

Now, write some other sentences like these using have/has as a main verb.