Today we're dealing with the Simple Present.


Tommy walks home. (+)

Tommy doesn't walk home. (-)

Does Tommy walk home? (?)


The boys walk home. (+)

The boys don't walk home. (-)

Do the boys walk home? (?)


I walk

you walk

he walks

she walks

it walks

we walk

you walk

they walk


I go, he goes

I catch, he catches

I worry, he worries

I try, he tries


The verb be

be = sein

I am = ich bin

you are = du bist

he is = er ist

she is = sie ist

it is = es ist

we are = wir sind

you are = ihr seid

they are = sie sind



I can, he can

I must, he must

I may, he may


Verwendung des Simple Present

Regelmäßige und wiederkehrende Vorgänge

Gewohnheiten

Beruf

Hobby

Fahrplan

sometimes, often, never, always, from time to time, every..., normally


Exercise One

Let's have a look at DCI Herbert Silver. He is with the police. DCI

________ (mean) Detective Chief Inspector. Mr Silver _______ (work) for the theft department. “Theft” _______ (mean) that somebody ______ (steal) something. Then DCI Silver and his workmate Harry Small ________ (investigate) the case. They ______ (look) out for witnesses and _______ (interrogate) them.

Stolen things often _________ (reappear) when somebody _____

(try) to sell them. Mr Silver and Harry Small sometimes ________ (manage) to arrest the thieves.


Exercise Two

  1. Paul _______ (work) for a big company that _____ (produce)

      tools. His cousins ______ there (work), too. His wife ________           (not work) there.

  1. I will have to get get up early tomorrow. My train _____ (leave) at six o'clock.

  2. This week Miss Palmer is teaching our class. Usually Mr Johnson ______ (teach) our class but this week he ____ (be) ill.

  3. Jimmy _______ (speak) French but he ______ (not speak) Italian. His sisters _______ (speak) Italian fluently.

  4. Mr Silver ______ (have) breakfast at 7 o'clock in the morning. He ______ (not be) himself before the first coffee.

His workmates also ______ (drink) much coffee, yet one of them, Harry, ______ (prefer) tea.

  1. When Mr Silver ______ (come) home, his dog usually _____ (wait) for him and _________ (welcome) him enthusiastically.

  2. Tom _____ (play) in a football team but he also ____ (play) badminton. He ______ (like) sports very much.

  3. _____ you ______ sweets? (like) Here ____ (is) a Mars bar.

  4. ______ Mr Cooper ______ (teach) your class?

  5. ______ the Smiths _______ (live) in London?


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