We use the Present Indefinite Tense for an action that is usual or repeated. We generally use the Simple Present Tense with words or phrases like: every day, always, often, sometimes, never. Present Indefinite Tense Active Voice Affirmative Form/Болымды Interrogative Form/Сҧраулы Negative Form/Болымсыз I write
Do I write?
I do not write
You write
Do you write?
You do not write
He (she, it) writes Does he (she, it) write?
He (she, it) does not write
We write
Do we write?
We do not write
They write
Do they write?
They do not write
1. Most verbs add –s in the third person singular. wear – wears speak – speaks live – lives But go and do are different. They add -es go – goes do -does 2. If the verb ends in –s, -sh, or –ch, add –es. kiss – kisses wash – washes watch - watches 3. If the verb ends in a consonant +y, the y changes to – ies. fly – flies study – studies But if the verb ends in a vowel +y, the y does not change. play - plays 4. have is irregular. have - has Exercise1. Fill in the gaps with a suitable verb in the third person singular. 1. She ____ in a bank.
2. He ____ a uniform
3. She is a pilot. She ____all over the world.
4. Peter ____ three children.
5. In winter Alma ____ skiing and in summer she ____ golf.
6. Asem ____ in a flat in Astana.
7. My son ____ television all day long.
8. My daughter ____ her hair every day.
9. She often ____ to foreign countries.
10. Alibek ____ five languages.
11. She ____ animals.