Le présent simple
- What time do you wake up?
- I wake up at 9.30 am
Principaux emplois: vérités permanentes, actions répétitives/habituelles; sentiments
Syntaxe: Ajoutez un -S à la 3ème personne du singulier. Si le verbe se termine par un -y précédé d'une consonne, le -y se change en -ies
Exemple:
I wake up
You wake up
He/She/It wakeS up
We wake up
You wake up
They wake up
Négation: Utilisez DON'T ou DOESN'T (3ème forme du singulier)
I don't wake up at 9.30 am
She doesn't wake up at 9.30 am
Question: Utilisez DO ou DOES (3ème forme du singulier)
Do you wake up at 9.30?
Does she wake up at 9.30?
Réponses:
Do you wake up at 9.30 ?
Réponses longues: Yes, I wake up at 9.30 No, I don't wake up at 9.30
Réponses courtes: Yes, I do. No, I don't.
EXERCICE: Mettre les verbes au présent simple
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اضع الفعل بين قوسين في الحاضر..
1. The cinema (close) at 7pm.
2. They (not/think) you should buy this dress.
3. We usually (take) a taxi to go to work.
4. How often (you/go) to the swimming-pool?
5. Courses (begin) the third of September.
6. When (he/arrive) home in the evenings?
7. She (not/live) in Washington, but in New York.
8. He (get up) early on Mondays.
9. I (not/believe) in witches.
10. The Sun's rays (take) eight minutes to reach the Earth.