PRESENT TENSE
(Die Gegenwart)
| That's the way to express habits, facts, thoughts and feelings. It is used with general statements and actions that happen sometimes, always, usually,... |
| (So drückt man Gewohnheiten, Tatsachen, Gedanken und Gefühle aus. Es wird verwendet bei allgemeinen Aussagen sowie bei Handlungen, die manchmal, gelegentlich, immer,... getan werden bzw. geschehen.) |
| Key words: often (oft), always (immer), never (nie), every day, month,... (jeden Tag, Monat,...), usually (für gewöhnlich), sometimes (manchmal), generally (im allgemeinen), normally (gewöhnlich), rarely (selten), seldom (selten), whenever (wann auch immer), on Mondays, Tuesdays,...(an Montagen, Dienstagen,...) |
| NEGATION (VERNEINUNG) | ||
| TO BE, CAN, MUST | ||
| I, YOU + PLURAL | DON’T + VERB | VERB + NOT |
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They go to school. |
They don’t go to school. | They are not (aren't) at home. |
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I like oranges. |
I don’t like oranges. | We are not (isn't) at school. |
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We hate peppermint. |
We don’t hate peppermint. | I am not (I'm not) hungry. |
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You have a cold. |
You don’t have a cold. | We can not (cannot) swim. |
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Monkeys (= They) eat bananas. |
Monkeys don’t eat snakes. | I must not go out. |
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Bob and I (= We) go shopping. |
Bob and I don’t go shopping. | |
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Jim and Carol (=They) sing a song. |
Jim and Carol don’t sing a song. | |
| HE, SHE, IT + S |
DOESN’T + VERB |
VERB + NOT |
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He wants an ice-cream. |
He doesn’t want an ice cream. |
She is not (isn't) at school. |
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She likes hot dogs. |
She doesn’t like hot dogs. |
It is not (isn't) hungry. |
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It drinks milk. |
It doesn’t drink milk. |
He can not (can't) sing. |
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The dog (= It) hates cats. |
The dog doesn’t hate cats. |
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Ann (= She) hates chewing gums. |
Ann doesn’t hate chewing gum. |
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Bob (= He) speaks English. |
Bob doesn’t speak German. |
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| NOTE | ||
| - es after - s / - ch / - sh | ||
| Examples: passes - watches - finishes | ||
| - ies after - y | ||
| Examples: study - studies / carry - carries | ||
| also: do - does / go - goes / have - has | ||
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EXERCISE 8 |
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EXERCISE 9 |
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EXERCISE 10 |
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EXERCISE 11 |
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EXERCISE 12 |
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