English Beginners Course Lesson 10
Introduction
This tutorial is focusing on, some clear explanations about how to make the present simple tense, (or simple present tense) in English, with a lot of practice exercises.
Dialogue
1/Sentence Practice
I like to travel.
You travel by plane a lot. We travel by train
They travel by motorbike, he prefers to travel by car.
She prefers to travel by motorbike. In London, I like to travel by tube / metro / subway.
When she goes on holiday she likes to fly – Peter likes to drive. He can drive a motorbike.
We set off tomorrow. We go on holiday. We need a holiday because we work a lot.
Every day we commute to go to work. It is not cheap.
You arrive at work together. He likes travelling.
There is always traffic so I go to the station on my motorbike.
I go to the airport. There is a train station and a metro station there.
If you have little luggage, planes are not expensive. It is relaxing on the plane.
The roads are too crowded.
Vocabulary
2/Vocabulary Practice:
- To travel by…
- To travel by plane
- To travel by train
- To travel by motorbike
- To travel by car
- To travel by metro
- To travel by subway
- Tube metro subway
- To fly
- To set off
- To go on holiday
- To need
- To commute
- To go to work
- To arrive
- To like
- He likes to travel
- He likes travelling
- The traffic
- The airport
- The station
- The train station
- The metro station
- Luggage
- The roads
- Crowded
- Relaxing
- Expensive
- Cheap
- To finish
- To study
- Homework
Grammar
3/Positive form in the present simple / simple present.
We have to add an -s to the third person singular: he/she/it in the present simple
Examples:
I eat cheese. > He eats cheese.
Please note that the third person singular (he, she, it) has a different ending to all the others. We add -s
to like
I like
you like
he likes
she likes
it likes
we like
you like
they like
Try to conjugate the following verbs:
to speak, to work, to travel…
Be careful as some verbs change spelling slightly with the third person singular (he/she/it):
a/ Verb + -es
I finish > he finishes, she finishes, it finishes
I go > he goes, she goes, it goes
I do > he does, she does, it does
b/ Verb ending in a consonant + y, we remove the -y and add +ies:
I fly > he flies, she flies, it flies
I study > he studies, she studies
Certain verbs are also conjugated totally differently, for instance: “to do”, “to be”, “to have” and “can”:
to do
I do
You do
He does
She does
It does
We do
You do
They do
to be
I am
You are -you’re
He is – he’s
She is – she’s
It is – it’s
We are – we’re
You are – you’re
They are – they’re
to have
I have – I’ve
You have – you’ve
He has
She has
It has
We have – we’ve
You have – you’ve
They have – they’ve
can
I can
you can
he can
she can
it can
we can
you can
they can
Questions and Answers
4/Questions and Answers
Can we travel by plane?
No, but we can travel by train.
Can we go on holiday?
No, we cannot go on holiday.
You prefer trains or planes?
I prefer trains.
Is it cheap?
No, it is not cheap, it is expensive.
Are the roads crowded?
No, the roads are not crowded.
Are you at work?
No, I am not at work. I am at home.
Why are you at home?
Because I have no work today.
Are they commuting to work?
Yes, they are commuting to work.
Is there traffic?
Yes there is always traffic.
He travels by plane.
Yes, he travels by plane.