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l§fJi.Ji.€'1 Simple Present Tense


                 Use the simple present tense to write about facts, repeated actions, and feelings or opinions.
                     Exercise makes you healthy.
                     I ~ soccer every weekend.
                     She likes watching tennis.
                 Remember to add -s or -es to the verb after he, she, or it.  Add -s or -es to the verb after any
                 noun or noun phrase that describes one person other than yourself.

                 Do not add any letters to the verb after /, you, we, or they. All plural nouns also take the
                 base form of the verb.

                 A collective noun, such as team, uses one word to describe a  group of things. Collective
                 nouns take the same form of the verb as he, she, or it.



                  You
                  We
                                                           run
                  They
                  Both teams
                                                                                    every morning.
                  Her sisters
                  He I  She I  lt
                  The team                                 runs
                  My sister


                The verb be has irregular forms in the present simple tense. When the noun in a sentence
                is yourself, and you use the word I,  the present simple form of be is am.


                                                           am

                  You
                  We
                                                           are
                  They                                                              at the game.
                  Some students

                  He I  She I  lt                           Is
                  The student





            A.  Read the sentences. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses. Use the
                simple present tense.
              1.  The class (exercise) _  ___;:;_'-'-xe:::..;.....::..:..::is;_;:;..:::.__ every day.
                                            c
                                              e
                                               s
                                        e
                                           r
             2.  My exercise goal (be)                 to lose weight.
             3.  My brother sometimes (join)                  me when I  run.
             4.  You (be) _ ______ a better football player than I  (be) ______ _
             5.  The teacher's assistant (help) ___ ____ me when I  have trouble doing
                an exercise.





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