The form : affirmative
Affirmative(verb to eat) Affirmative (verb to drink) Affirmative (verb to swim)
I eat I drink I swim
You eat You drink You swim
He eats He drinks He swims
She eats She drinks She swims
It eats It drinks It swims
We eat We drink We swim
You eat You drink You swim
They eat They drink They swim
Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the present simple tense:
- a- finishes
- b- likes
- c- plays
- d- goes
- e- speak
- f- loves
- g- study
- h- studies
- i- does
- j- like
- k- watches
- l- stays
The form : negative and interrogative
Negative (long form): verb to eat Negative (long form): verb to drink
I do not eat I do not drink
You do not eat You do not drink
He does not eat He does not drink
She does not eat She does not drink
It does not eat It does not drink
We do not eat We do not drink
You do not eat You do not drink
They do not eat They do not drink
Negative (short form): verb to eat Negative (short form): verb to drink
I don’t eat I don’t drink
You don’t eat You don’t drink
He/she/ it doesn’t eat He/ she/ it doesn’t drink
We don’t eat We don’t drink
You don’t eat You don’t drink
They don’t eat They don’t drink
Interrogative(verb to eat) Interrogative(verb to drink) Interrogative (verb to work)
Do I eat? Do I drink? Do I work?
Do you eat? Do you drink? Do you work?
Does he eat? Does he drink? Does he work?
Does she eat? Does she drink? Does she work?
Does it eat? Does it drink? Does it work?
Do we eat? Do we drink? Does we work?
Do you eat? Do you drink? Do we work?
Do they eat? Do they drink? Do we work?
Exercise 2:Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets.
- a- I do not like
- b- Do you like
- c- Does he listen
- d- does not listen
- e- do not go
- f- do your friends go for
- g- does not live
- h- Does your friend live
- i- speaks
- j- washes
- eats
- k- watch
Question Affirmative(short answer) Negative(short answer)
Do I eat? Yes, I do No, I don’t eat or No, I do not
Do you eat? Yes, you do No, you don’t or No, you do not
Does he eat? Yes, he does No, he doesn’t or No, he does not
Does she eat? Yes, she does No, she doesn’t or No, she does not
Does it eat? Yes, it does No, it doesn’t or No, it does not
Do we eat? Yes, we do No, we don’t or No, we do not
Do you eat? Yes, you do No, you don’t or No, you do not
Do they eat? Yes, they do No, they don’t or No, they do not
Exercise 4:Change the following sentences into negative and interrogative.
- a- Samir studies English at school.
- Negative – Samir does not study English at school.
- Interrogative – Does Samir study English at school?
- b- Children like football.
- Negative- Children do not like football.
- Interrogative – Do children like football?
- c- They have a new car.
- Negative – They do not have a new car.
- Interrogative- Do they have a new car?
- d- He has a pen.
- Negative- He has not a pen.
- Interrogative – Does he has a pen?
- e- He is a doctor.
- Negative – He is not a doctor
- Interrogative – Is he a doctor?
- f- They are intelligent students.
- Negative- They are not intelligent.
- Interrogative – Are they intelligent?