2. • THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IS
USED TO
STATE:
• HABITUAL ACTIONS
Examples:
• I wake up at 7 a.m. every day.
• She usually goes to the market every
Saturday.
• They sleep late every night.
• He always works late on Saturdays.
• The sun sets in the west.
3. • For the simple present form.
always add an “s” to the verb
when the subject is singular
except for “l” and “you”
4. • To show that an action is done often
or everyday
Example
• I go to school every day.
• You drink milk every day.
• We have six meals a day.
• They take their baths in the
mornings and evenings.
• He sleeps at ten every night.
• She drinks water every day.
• Ali eats fish every day.
• Boon Seng takes a bath every
morning.
5. • Have and has are used to show
possessions, in the simple
present tense:
• has is used with a singular
subject
Examples:
He
She
Mary
has
a hobby.
Everyone
Each of them
6. • have is used with a plural subject
except for “ I’
and “you”
I
You
We
They
Peter and Jane
All of them
have
a hobby.
7. Fill in the blanks with the correct words
from the box.
walk
like
likes
is
has
have
am
wants
write
comes
want
are
1. I ………. to school every day.
2. Robin ….. a hamster.
3. Shanti ….. to wear saris.
4. I ….. to read a storybook.
5. Do you….. to dance.
6. Sing Fatt ….. to call his friend.
7. My father ….. home from work at 6.00
p.m.
8. Underline the correct words.
1. Halim ( cycles , cycle ) to his tuition
class every day.
2. Leopards ( hunt, hunts) smaller animals
for food.
3. Thunder always ( follow , follows )
lightning.
4. Please ( write, writes ) your name on
the top right-hand corner of the answer
sheet.
5. Jaspreet ( water, waters ) all the plants
every evening.
6. Electricians( use, uses ) pliers to cut or
bend
wires.
7. Padi ( grow, grows ) well in Kedah
Darul Aman.
10. (BE +VERB+ING)
• Positive Form
I am waiting for the bus.
I must go back to the office,
we are working on a project.
I am playing tennis with Jim
tomorrow.
11. • Negative Form
I am not waiting for the bus.
We are not working on the
project.
He is not playing tennis with
Jim tomorrow
12. • Questions
Are you waiting for the bus?
Are they working on the
project?
Is he playing tennis with Jim
tomorrow?
13. • We use the present Continuous
to say we are in the middle of
an action (It’s going on at that
very moment.)
I am waiting for the bus at
the moment. (I’m at the station
now.)
