Simple Present Tense

Used with time expressions:

Everyday, weekly, every year, today, etc.

Uses two forms of the verbs

-s or -es form of the verb
simple form of the verb

Simple Present Tense

-s or es form

Used for SINGULAR subjects,

pronouns he, she, it,
singular indefinite pronouns, and
words plural in form singular in
meaning.
Child sings
She sings
Everyone sings
Philippines is

simple form
Used for PLURAL subjects,
Pronouns I, we, you, they, and
Plural indefinite pronouns

Children sing
They sing
Several sing

Simple Present Tense

-s or es form
Used for SINGULAR subjects,
pronouns he, she, it,

Child sings
She sings
Everyone sings
Philippines is

simple form
Used for PLURAL subjects,
Pronouns I, we, you, they, and
Children sing
They sing
Several sing

Choose the correct verb that

agrees with its subject in number.

1. The postmaster (deliver, delivers) grandmothers

package.
2. She (write, writes) a beautiful poem about her life.
3. Some couples (wish, wishes) for the newlywed couples
happiness and prosperity.
4. One of the parents (suggest, suggests) that the school
gate should be closed during class hours.
5. Father (take, takes) medicine after each meal.
6. Billiards (attract, attracts) a lot of people.
7. The babies (drink, drinks) milk every day.
8. An honest child always (tell, tells) the truth.
9. The janitors (switch, switches) the lights every evening.
10.All of us (watch, watches) the telenovela every Saturday.

1. They (stay, stays) in the mountain ranges of Bukidnon,

Cotabato and Davao.
2. The female eagle (lay, lays) an egg every two years.
3. The breeding season (last, lasts) from early July to as late as
February.
4. The maya (feed, feeds) on the palay produced by farmers.
5. Fowls (eat, eats) corn and palay.
6. Oysters (make, makes) pearls out of any foreign object that
gets inside its shell.
7. Wrigglers (grow, grows) into mosquitos.
8. A sea turtle (spend, spends) most of their lives in warm seas.
9. It usually (bury, burries) its eggs in the sand to keep them
warm and safe until the hatch.
10.We (go, goes) to church every Sunday.

Everyone (has, have) the right to remain silent.

The children (embrace, embraces) their parents.
News (travel, travels) fast.
Male geese (take, takes) care of their young.
My watch is broken and it (need, needs) to be
fixed again.
6. Eggs (is, are) my favourite for breakfast.
7. Jane is a teacher. She (teach, teaches) French.
8. She (speak, speaks) four languages.
9. Families (go, goes) to church every Sunday.
10. My father and I (drink, drinks) coffee in the
morning.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

1. We (listen, listens) to the radio in the morning.

2. George (eat, eats) too much so he's getting fat.
3. The earth (go, goes) round the sun, doesn't it?
4. The shops (open, opens) at 9:00 in the morning.
5. The bank (close, closes) at 5:00 in the afternoon.
6. Jackie and Chana (has, have) two children now.
7. When the phone (ring, rings), please answer it.
8. I (work, works) in the bank.
9. Bees (live, lives) in a beehive.
10. Water (boils, boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.

1. The red and brown boxes (was, were) destroyed in the

fire.
2. The concert (begins, begin) at eight.
3. Of all my subjects, woodworking (is, are) my favourite.
4. Old clocks (has, have) interesting histories.
5. My grandfather often (goes, go) to the adult center.