Present Simple – Egyszerű jelen

(szokásos, gyakori, általános, mindennapos)

Képzése: E/3. személyben az ige –s/-es ragot kap.

Kérdésnél, tagadásnál a do/does segédigéket használjuk.

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I play football. I don’t (do not) play football.
You play football. You don’t play football.
He He
She plays football. She doesn’t (does not) play football.
It It
We We
You play football. You don’t play football.
They They

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Do I play football? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.
Do you play football? Yes, you do. No, you don’t.
he Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t
Does she play football? Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t.
it Yes, it does. No, it doesn’t.
we Yes, we do. No, we don’t.
Do you play football? Yes, you do. No, you don’t.
they Yes, they do. No, they don’t.

Használata:
1. Ha valamilyen tényt állapítunk meg:
She comes from France.
I don’t speak Chinese.
2. Ha olyasmiről beszélünk, ami rendszeresen történik:
He gets up at 8 o’clock.
He plays golf every day.
3. Ha a mondatban gyakoriságot kifejező határozószó szerepel.
always = mindig once a week = egyszer egy héten
usually = általában Mindig az ige előtt twice a week = kétszer … Mindig a
often = gyakran vagy a be ige után three times a week = háromszor… mondat végén
sometimes = néha állnak. every day / month / year… állnak.
rarely = ritkán every morning / afternoon
never = soha /evening…

I never go to bed after 8 o’clock. We watch TV every evening.

I don’t often visit my parents. Tom plays the piano three times a week.
He is usually late for school.

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 Present Simple
A. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.
Example: He works in the library (work/works)
1. I football on Saturday. (play / plays)
2. Mr Taylor stamps. (collect / collects)
3. We letters to our penfriends. (write / writes)
4. She in California. (live / lives)
5. The disco at 10 o’clock. (finish / finishes)
6. He skiing on TV on Sunday. (watch / watches)
7. They home at half past seven. (go / goes)
8. Stephen about his ideal day. (talk / talks)
9. The DJ the morning music programme. (do / does)
10. Mandy her room on Saturday afternoons. (tidy / tidies)

B. Rewrite the sentences with ’She’.

1. I live in London.
2. We watch TV in the evening.
3. I do my homework in the living room.
4. They play football on Saturdays.
5. I study English at school.
6. I go to bed at half past nine.
7. They have lunch at home.
8. We take the bus to school.
9. I write letters to a penfriend.
10. I finish work at half past five.

C. Put in ’Do’ or ’Does’.

1. Ben play football? 4. they come from New York?
2. we go to school on Sunday? 5. you go skiing?
3. you have breakfast in the 6. Mandy play the drums?
kitchen?

D. Make these into questions.

Example: He gets up at five.  Does he get up at five?

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 1. We finish at five. 4. He collects postcards.
2. The school starts at eight. 5. They work at night.
3. She lives in Chigago. 6. We have English on Mondays.

E. What were the questions?

Example: When do you get up? I get up at half past seven.
1. When ? I start school at nine o’clock.
2. When ? They play tennis on Saturday.
3. Where ? She works in a bank.
4. When ? He arrives home at midnight.
5. When ? We have dinner at 6:30.
6. Where ? Amanda lives in London.

F. Make these sentences negative.

Example: He plays football. He doesn’t play football.
1. They watch TV.
2. She wants a drink.
3. They like hamburgers.
4. I like history.
5. We live in London.
6. You work in a cafe.
7. It finishes at midnight.
8. She likes Justin Bieber.
9. Mr Smith works at night.
10. We go to school on Sunday.

G. Tedd a következő mondatokat a Present Simple megfelelő formájába!

Mandy (work) at home.  Mandy works at home.
Where your father (live)?  Where does your father live?
1. We (like) football.
2. They (get up) at five?
3. Where Tom (work)?
4. He (not sleep) in the afternoon.
5. You always (go) to bed at eight?
6. I (live) in London.
7. Mary often (help) her mother.

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 8. They (not start) school at eight.
9. It often (rain) in Hungary?
10. When you (finish) work?
11. What Mary (do) in her free time?
12. Who (live) in this house?
13. When you (have) lunch?
14. You (play) the piano?
15. Jill (love) Tom?
16. Who (help) you at home?
17. It never (snow) in Africa.
18. Fred (read) a lot of books.

H. Translate the sentences.

1. Nem szeretem a csokit.
2. Mikor szoktál lefeküdni?
3. A bátyám Amerikában él.
4. Nem szoktam reggelizni.
5. Mit csinálsz vasárnaponként?
6. Szokott Mary TV-t nézni?
7. Minden hónapban elmegyek a moziba.
8. A szüleim nem beszélnek angolul.
9. Hol szoktad a leckédet csinálni?
10. Mikor szokott a húgod zongorázni?

I. Helyezd el a mondatban a zárójelben megadott szavakat!

Ex. I work late. (often)  I often work late.
1. Steve and Jill play tennis. (twice a month)
2. I eat sandwich for lunch. (usually)
3. I go to the cinema at the weekend. (sometimes)
4. My teacher gives me a lot of homework. (every day)
5. They go to Morocco for their holidays. (often)
6. Bill and Mary go to the theatre. (four times a year)