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This document discusses verbs and tenses in English. It explains that verbs tell what people, animals, or things are doing and introduces the simple present tense. The simple present tense expresses general truths or habitual actions. It provides examples of sentences using the simple present tense and explains how to use am, is, and are as forms of the verb "to be". Exercises are included to practice identifying verbs, filling in sentences with the simple present tense, and using "there is" and "there are".

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Verb

This document discusses verbs and tenses in English. It explains that verbs tell what people, animals, or things are doing and introduces the simple present tense. The simple present tense expresses general truths or habitual actions. It provides examples of sentences using the simple present tense and explains how to use am, is, and are as forms of the verb "to be". Exercises are included to practice identifying verbs, filling in sentences with the simple present tense, and using "there is" and "there are".

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Verbs and Tenses

Most verbs are action words. They tell you what


people, animals or things are doing.
The Simple Present Tense
1.The simple present tense expresses a general truth or a customary
action.
Mary enjoys singing.
Peter sometimes lends me his bike.
Cows eat grass.
Monkeys like bananas.
Tom collects stamps.
The earth goes around the sun.
It often snows in winter.
We always wash our hands before meals.
We eat three meals a day.
Father takes the dog for a walk every morning.
2. Use the simple present tense to talk about things that are
planned for the future.
We join the senior scout troop in July this year.
My big brother leaves school at 4 o’clock.
The new supermarket opens next Friday.
The new grammar book comes out in September.
Grandad retires next year.
We fly to London next Thursday.
The plane lands at 5:30 P.M.
We move to our new house in a month.
My big sister begins her summer job next week.
Exercise 1
Underline the verbs in the following sentences.
1. The children go to school by bus.
2. Bats sleep during the day.
3. These toys belong to Kathy.
4. Every pupil has a good dictionary.
5. Polar bears live at the North Pole.
6. Most children learn very fast.
7. Mr. Thomas teaches us science.
8. The earth goes around the sun.
9. We never cross the street without looking.
10. Many stores close on Sunday.
Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense of the verbs in parentheses.
1. Winter ________ after autumn. (come)
2. A dog ________. (bark)
3. You ________ tired. (look)
4. Everyone ________ mistakes. (make)
5. Ali ________ in a department store. (work)
6. Judy ________ English very well. (speak)
7. Tim’s knee ________. (hurt)
8. Monkeys ________ bananas. (like)
9. Kate always ________ sandwiches for lunch. (eat)
10. He ________ very fast. (type)
Am, Is and Are
The words am, is and are are also verbs, but they
are not action words. They are the simple present
tense of the verb be.
Use am with the pronoun I, and is with the
pronouns he, she and it. Use are with the pronouns
you, we and they.
Use the verb is with singular nouns and are with plural nouns.

Kenneth is a lawyer.
Rex is a clever dog.
A duck is a kind of bird.
The playground is full of people today.
My house is near the school.
These questions are too difficult.
The balloons are very colorful.
Those people are very busy.
Dad and Mom are in the kitchen.
Use is and are with the word there to say what you can see and hear.

There is a fence around the school.


There are a lot of books in the library.
There are two guards at the gate.
Is there any food in the fridge?
Are there any apples left on the tree?
How much rice is there?
There are a few sharks in the bay.
There are enough candies for everyone, aren’t there?
There are two pigeons on the roof.
Exercise 3
Fill in the blanks with There is or There are.
1 ______________ a fence around the barn.
2 ______________ trees along the road.
3 ______________ a rainbow in the sky.
4 ______________ lots of parks in our town.
5 ______________ nothing in the cupboard.
6 ______________ not many bedrooms in the new house.
7 ______________ lots of mistakes on your test paper.
8 ______________ a wasps’ nest in the tree.
9 ______________ ants in the cookies.
10 ______________ many different kinds of animals in the zoo.
11 ______________ plenty of food on the table.
12 ______________ a church on the hilltop.
13 ______________ no more water in the pool.
14 ______________ too many people on the beach.
15 ______________ only a few customers in the shop

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