Simple Present Verbs (excercise) pptx

Simple Present VerbsThey are the right verb form for normal conditions and facts... Use simple present for the usual.• The simple present indicates common, everyday activities and condit

Simple Present Verbs

They are the right verb form for

normal conditions and facts.

Use simple present for the usual.

• The simple present indicates common, everyday

activities and conditions:

Verbs to use: want, take, and eat

1 Most people lunch around noon

everyday

(It is no surprise; it’s just a commonality.)

2 Students quizzes in the class

(Quizzes are normal parts of classes.)

3 The babysitter more money to watch

the kids

(She wants more money not just today, but everyday.)

Use simple present for facts.

• We express facts in the simple present.

Verbs to use: prescribe, cost, and get:

1 Hurricanes _ insurance companies

millions of dollars each year.

2 Nurse practitioners _ medications

just like medical doctors.

3 Criminal justice majors _ jobs in law

enforcement.

Negate action verbs with don’t.

combine with don’t or doesn’t:

1 Most students have jobs, but some .

2 Ericka work at any job at all.

3 forget to finish your homework.

4 The professor finish the quiz yet.

5 you still have homework to do?

Negate be verbs with not.

1. I’m an instructor I a technician

2 There enough computers for everyone

3 The college responsible for your books

4 The parking lot big enough for all cars

5 We learning Chinese in this course

6 It necessary to memorize everything

7 You required to write an essay yet

Use do in yes-no questions.

• Begin yes-no questions with action verbs

with do or does.

1 most college students borrow money to

pay their school bills?

2 your friend Miguel take English

Composition class?

3 you read faster than you write?

4 the weather look good today?

5 you feel better when you pass quizzes?

Frequency words front action verbs.

• Put frequency words before action verbs.

Words: always, often, rarely, never, and usually

1 Our class meets in its normal room.

2 We go out to the language lab.

3 The professor misses our class.

4 The sun shines in the summer.

5 Weak students miss classes.

Frequency words follow be verbs.

• Put frequency words after BE verbs

Use always, often, rarely, never, and usually

1 Our class is in the normal room

2 We are in the other language lab

3 The professor is out of our class

4 The sun is shining in the summer

5 Weak students are out of classes

6 This class is boring; it’s interesting

7 The police are watching for speeders

When do verbs add –s?

• Add the –s to verbs after he, she, and it:

1 Guadalupe a good student

2 He seem_ to know most things

3 He preview_ course information

4 Rarely do_ he get less than a B

5 Everyone know_ he will pass the class

6 His boss him doing many projects

7 How far he go_ depends on his desire

Can you use non-action verbs?

• Non-action verbs such as is, become, and seem

show existence and are not progressive

Use: be, seem, appear, become.

1 Good learners to have many study skills

2 They in their textbooks a lot of the time

3 On tests, they even more focused

4 They in class on time almost everyday

5 They ready to study to successful

6 They also always ready to participate

Short answers to do questions

• Answer do questions with either yes or

no with a pronoun and do or does

1 you work in the evening?

Yes, I I go there after classes.

2 your father work in a factory?

Yes, he He works at Shaw.

3 all students have jobs?

No, they Some students have

to work any job.

Can you answer questions with be?

• Short answers to be questions begin with yes

or no and include the be verb:

1 Are you taking an ESL class?

Yes, I I in Intermediate ESL

2 Is Eva a college freshman?

No, she She in her second year

3 Are there any Asian students in our class?

Yes, there They over there

4 Is your brother in this class?

No, he He still in high school

• Use is, do, know, see

1 you that guy?

2 The one that in

the hallway?

3 Yes, he my best

friend

4 Oh, you him?

5 Sure, he my

cousin

6 What his name? Do cell phones and computers

always help communication?

Can you use simple present?

• Use don’t, visit,

live, stay, eat, go.

1 College students

on or near campus

2 They in campus

cafeterias

3 Tourists in hotels

and motels

4 They interesting

places for fun

5 Tourists to

work

What makes the hotel

above look cheap?

• Use take, learn, study,

attend, become, work.

1 Many students

college to nurses

2 Nurses must for

at least two years

3 They about the

body and medicines

4 Nurses in clinics

and hospitals

5 They care of all

kinds of patients above correct?Is the nurse

Can you use simple present?

• Use have, look,

like, do, want.

1 Some people

small towns

2 They prefer to a

calm and quiet life

3 Others to live in

populated cities

4 They for action

and adventure there

5 What kind of

community you prefer?

How do people feel

stuck in traffic?

• Use have, need,

are, is, and keep.

1 There many

factors in success

2 First, you a goal

3 Then motivation

helpful

4 Winners of course

good attitudes

5 Last, successful

people trying Do winners cheat?

Can you use academic words?

• Use: community, participation, factor,

cultural, and response.

1 A small town usually is a friendly

2 Say hello, and you’ll get an answer in

3 One reason or is that everyone knows

everyone else in town

4 Its social side is more developed than its

5 Everyone comes together for to support

the high school sports teams