EZZIANIA - Lesson 3

THE PRESENT TENSE

Singular

Plural

I Eat

We Eat

You Eat

He Eats

She Eats

It Eats

They Eat

VERB + S ( in the third person singular form)
AUXILIARY = do, does for questions and negatives

The present tense shows clearly that in english, tense is not the same as time. The present tense is the tense for description, definition, and statements of general truth.

PAST TIME PRESENT TIME FUTURE TIME

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As the time line shows, the present tense extends from past time, through the present and into the future. Durative verbs, wich show states through time, are verbs like LIVE, WANT and BE.
Sometimes the present tense is also called the present habitual. itis used for repeated, habtual actions.
The X marks on the time line represent punctual verbs, or actions at a specificpoint in time. These are repeated again and again through time.

EXAMPLES :
A secretary writes letters, answers the telephone, and meets people. She stands between her boss and his visitors.
She helps her boss to plan his time and to finish his work.

To change the sentence into a question.
- A secretary answers the telephone
- Does a secretary answer the telephone?
Answer the question with a short and a long answer.
- Yes, she does. She answers the telephone.

Present Tense - Negative

do + not + verb

Singular	Plural
I do not work	We do not work
You do not work	You do not work
He does not work	They do not work
She does not work
It does not work

Contractions:

do + not = don't

does + not = doesn't

Singular	Plural
I don't work	We don't work
You don't work	You don't work
He doesn't work	They don't work
She doesn't work

PRACTICE

1. I ___ to school every day. (go)

2. She _____ to school every day. (go - negative)

3. Kaci and Ferroudja _____ a large family. (have)

4. He ______ a car. (have - negative)

5. You _____ from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day (work)

6. I ______ on the weekends. (work - negative)

7. It _____ a lot in the winter in Djurdjura. (snow)

8. It _____ in the summer. (snow - negative)

9. We _____ how to speak English. (know)

10. We _____ how to speak Amazigh. (know - negative)

answers below

1. go; 2. does not go / doesn't go; 3. have; 4. does not have / doesn't have; 5. work; 6. do not work / don't work; 7. snows; 8. does not snow / doesn't snow; 9. know; 10. do not know / don't know

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