English Exercises > present simple exercises

Downloadable worksheets: PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE Level: intermediate Age: 10-14 Downloads: 6771   Present Simple or Continuous Level: elementary Age: 12-17 Downloads: 6467   READING Comprehension -Two articles: E-mails - a sign of progress or of laziness? / Text messaging :-) OR :-(? Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 4756   The Indefinite Article: A or AN Level: elementary Age: 10-17 Downloads: 4223   Present Simple or Present Continuous? Level: elementary Age: 10-14 Downloads: 4335   TIME! - a kind of a classroom poster or a flash-card - COLOR and B&W VERSIONS IN ONE WS! Level: elementary Age: 7-14 Downloads: 3310

Remember that you can add -s, -es or -ies to nouns to form the plural or verbs to form the 3rd person singular in present simple: Ending we add... Examples of nouns (plural) Examples of verbs (3rd person) General use -s Car - Cars Stop - Stops Consonant + Y y > -ies Party - Parties Try - Tries Vowel + Y -s Boy -Boys Lay - Lays -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, -o -es Bus -Buses Dress - Dresses Peach - Peaches Ash - Ashes Box - Boxes Tomato-Tomatoes Pass - Passes Watch - Watches Wash - Washes Mix - Mixes Go - Goes Some nouns end in -o, but they don't change to -es: Piano - Pianos Video - Videos -f , -fe �f/fe > -ves Knife - Knives Leaf - Leaves Some nouns end in -f but they don't change to -ves: Roof - Roofs Chief - Chiefs Irregular Plurals These��� words plural.��� don't add -s or � -es to form the Child - Children Foot - Feet Tooth - Teeth Man - Men Woman-Women Person-People Mouse-Mice Fish - Fish Sheep - Sheep �MAKE THE PLURALS OF THESE NOUNS: Father Box Wolf Bottle Day Monkey Poster Body Potato Onion Half Woman Bus Policeman Baby Match Stamp Class � �MAKE THE�3rd PERSON SINGULAR�OF THESE VERBS: Wash Fix Match Stop Believe Drive Watch Think See Read Do Take Write Eat Sleep Type Crash Wake � CROSSWORD. FIND TEN NOUNS IN PLURAL: � �WRITE THE WORDS FROM THE EXERCISE 3 IN THE CORRECT GAP: � � 1. People have gothas got�5 �in a hand. 2. There isThere are�some �in the garage. 3. Is thereThere areHow many��are there in a year? There isThere areThere isn'tThere aren't�365. 4. We has gothave got�a lot of �of our travel to England. 5. People brush their �after each meal. 6. Animals haven't gothave gothas gothasn't got�. They have gothaven't gothas gothasn't got�paws.� 7. Cats always run after . 8. Alan has gothave got�big�blue . 9. There isThere areThere isn'tThere aren't�52 �in a year. 10. I like �very much. My friends and I go to one every�Saturday.� WRITE THE VERB IN THE 3RD PERSON SINGULAR: 1. He �(sleep) 8 hours everyday. 2. My mother �(cook) a really tasty stew. 3. The�barman �(mix) the cocktail very quickly. 4. She �(go) to the school by bus from Monday to Friday. 5. Bob �(try) to study but he can't. 6. Pamela �(write) an email to her sister in USA everyday. 7. My mum �(read) the book when she has got time. 8. The�man �(wash) the car in the petrol station. 9. She �(watch) the TV 2 hours in the afternoon. 10. Alan �(like)�puppies. 11. Sam's father �(drive) to work everyday. 12. Your friend �(listen) to the CD in class. 13. She �(buy) in the supermarket on Mondays. � WHERE DO THESE WORDS COME FROM? Rings e.g. Ring � Witches Crashes Watches Bees Children Splashes Numbers Castles Cakes Mice Hills Cooks Fish Tables Sees