In English, the extremely common Present Simple tense is formed quite easily: the semantic verb remains unchanged or acquires the ending "- (e) s". It is noteworthy that this ending is characteristic only for the verb in the third person. If the subject is a personal pronoun "he", "she", "it", the interrogative pronoun "who" or a noun that can be replaced by a personal pronoun in the third person, the semantic verb must be written and read with the end of "-es". Detailed exercises on Present Simple will help you master this simple grammar rule.
Examples
In everyday life, there are many examples of this simple time. Any routine action, whether it’s a rule of personal hygiene, eating at certain hours, studying, working or hobbies, is usually subject to the rules of simple English grammar. Even if the sentence does not contain a specific indication of the duration of the action, you can understand that we are talking about Present Simple, if after adding words like “usually”, “regularly”, “constantly”, “often”, “rarely” the message’s meaning is not changes or changes slightly. Excellent examples are the following phrases, analogues of which are often included in exercises on Present Simple:
- I brush my teeth in the mornings and evenings.
- He watches feature films on television every night.
- Anna rarely rereads books.
- My friends like to poke fun at a biology teacher.
Feelings and emotions
In English, there are a number of verbs used in the present simple tense, regardless of context. This greatly facilitates the task of translating text or building phrases. The list of such verbs includes the words “love”, “like”, adore (“adore”), hate (“hate”) and some others. It is believed that these emotions can not be experienced only at a single moment - they are in any case of a long nature. It is understood that a person “always” loves or hates. Therefore, you cannot use the above verbs in the present long tense: they always have the characteristic form of a predicate in Present Simple. Exercises with answers offered by the authors of textbooks to everyone studying English as a foreign language clearly demonstrate the basic rules for using temporary forms.
English Exercises: Present Simple
Translate phrases into English using the Russian-English dictionary and paying particular attention to the use of grammatical tenses. Analyze the presence or absence of the ending "- (e) s".
- At this crossroads, I always turn right.
- He does not like her new perfume.
- Every day he goes to the tallest tree in the park and looks sadly at the inscription carved on the bark.
- Jim plays football, Mike prefers tennis, and Diana does not like sports at all.
- Rosa sews funny toys for children, and Chris plays small performances.
- Students regularly perform exercises on Present Simple.
- How much does this dictionary cost?
- Who airs the audience every morning?
- Why does he love the smell of violets so much?
- From time to time I repeat the grammatical tenses of the English verb.
- This artist paints beautiful paintings. He is very talented.
- Justin collects rare ancient coins and often attends seminars for history and numismatics lovers.
- How often do you visit your sister? Where she lives? Is this village near the capital? Does she come to visit you?
- You very rarely vacuum the carpet. Dolly vacuums every day.
- He watches only science fiction films.
- Vernon does not like the exercises on Present Simple, but his teacher recommends repeating all the material that has been learned every week.
Translation from English into Russian
Translate phrases into Russian. Explain the spelling of the predicate in each phrase.
- She dislikes it when the music is too loud.
- I start every day with washing my face and brushing my teeth.
- He longs to be accepted into that group, but the guys do not trust him enough.
- My friend sings beautifully.
- I like reading science fiction.
- Who sends me e-mails every evening? I doubt that I know this nickname.
- Nick lives next door.
- Brian hums absent-mindedly every time the teacher explains boring things.
- She often writes letters to her friends in Romania.