SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (AFFIRMATIVE)

Grammar Focus

We use the Simple Present Tense to talk about:
✅ Habits
✅ Daily routines
✅ Facts and truths

Form:
Subject + Base Verb (+ s/es for he, she, it)

Examples:

• I eat breakfast at 7 a.m.
• She plays football.
• They go to school every day.

 Remember:

• Add –s to verbs after he, she, it.
• Add –es for verbs ending in ch, sh, s, x, o (e.g., washes, fixes, goes).

 

Conversation

Ali: Hi Sara! What time do you get up?
Sara: I get up at six o’clock every morning.
Ali: Wow! You wake up early. What do you do next?
Sara: I brush my teeth and eat breakfast. Then I go to school.
Ali: Do you walk to school?
Sara: Yes, I walk with my friend Amina. We enjoy the walk.
Ali: That sounds nice! I take the bus to school.

 

Short Story: “A Day in Omar’s Life”

Omar is a student. He lives in Mogadishu. Every morning, he wakes up at 6:00 a.m. He drinks tea and eats bread for breakfast. He goes to school at 7:00 a.m. and studies hard. After school, he plays football with his friends. In the evening, he helps his mother at home and watches TV before he sleeps. Omar is a good student.

 

New Vocabulary

Word	Meaning
wake up	to stop sleeping
brush	to clean with a brush
breakfast	the first meal of the day
walk	to move on foot
enjoy	to like or take pleasure in

 

Word Families

Word	Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
study	study	study	studious	—
play	player	play	playful	playfully
help	help	help	helpful	helpfully

 

Exercises

1. Circle the correct verb form

1.     She (eat / eats) breakfast at 7:00.

2.     I (like / likes) apples.

3.     They (go / goes) to school.

4.     He (play / plays) football.

Answer Key: 1 eats 2 like 3 go 4 plays

 

2. Complete the sentences

1.     I ______ English every day.

2.     She ______ to school by bus.

3.     We ______ football in the evening.

4.     My father ______ coffee in the morning.

Answer Key: 1 study 2 goes 3 play 4 drinks

 

3. True or False

1.     Omar lives in Hargeisa. ❌

2.     Omar wakes up at six. ✅

3.     He drinks milk for breakfast. ❌

4.     He plays football after school. ✅

 

4. Match the words

A	B
brush	teeth
eat	breakfast
go	to school
watch	TV

Answer Key: brush → teeth / eat → breakfast / go → to school / watch → TV

 

Grammar Tip

Don’t forget:
He, she, it → add s or es to the verb.
Example:

• He reads.
• She watches.
• It rains.