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
Paul _______ (work) for a big company that _____ (produce)
tools. His cousins ______ there (work), too. His wife ________ (not work) there.
I will have to get get up early tomorrow. My train _____ (leave) at six o'clock.
This week Miss Palmer is teaching our class. Usually Mr Johnson ______ (teach) our class but this week he ____ (be) ill.
Jimmy _______ (speak) French but he ______ (not speak) Italian. His sisters _______ (speak) Italian fluently.
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.
When Mr Silver ______ (come) home, his dog usually _____ (wait) for him and _________ (welcome) him enthusiastically.
Tom _____ (play) in a football team but he also ____ (play) badminton. He ______ (like) sports very much.
_____ you ______ sweets? (like) Here ____ (is) a Mars bar.
______ Mr Cooper ______ (teach) your class?
______ the Smiths _______ (live) in London?
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