Most
verbs are action words. They tell you what people, animals or
things are doing. For example:
act
jump
bake
move
bend
pull
buy
run
close
shout
cook
sing
cross
sit
fall
slide
fly
stand
go
start
grow
swim
hop
walk
knock
burst
climb
dig
read
drop
The Simple Present Tense
The
simple present tense expresses a general truth or a customary action.
For
example:
Uncle Joe wears glasses.
The sun rises in the east.
Ducks love water.
The children go to school by bus.
Mary
enjoys singing.
Peter
sometimes lends me his bike.
Cows
eat grass.
Monkeys
like bananas.
Tom collects
stamps.
The
earth goes around the sun.
It
often snows in winter.
We
always wash our hands before meals.
We eat
three meals a day.
Father takes the dog for a walk every
morning.
Use
the simple present tense to talk about things that are planned for the future.
For
example:
Melanie
starts school tomorrow.
Next
week I go to summer camp.
The
train departs in five minutes.
We join
the senior scout troop in July this year.
My
big brother leaves school at 4 o’clock.
The
new supermarket opens next Friday.
The
new grammar book comes out in September.
Grandad
retires next year.
We fly
to London next Thursday.
The
plane lands at 5:30 P.M.
We move
to our new house in a month.
My
big sister begins her summer job next week.
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