SIMPLE PRESENT

To construct the simple present:

i) For the verbs be and have, use the chart given on the

Forming the Verb Tenses page.

ii) For other verbs, if the subject is 3rd person singular (he/she/it)

a) and the verb ends in the combination consonant-"y", change

the "y" to "ie".

b) and the verb ends in x, s, sh, ch, or a vowel, then add

an "e".

c) add an "s".

Third person singular examples (spelling rules used are in parentheses):

Exercise - Conjugate the verbs in parentheses in simple present:

1.	He in Laval.	(live)
2.	I in Montreal.	(work)
3.	She bacon and eggs for breakfast every morning.	(eat)
4.	He computer science at UQAM.	(study)
5.	We the news every evening at 6:00.	(watch)
6.	It a lot here in the winter.	(snow)
7.	There some milk in the refrigerator.	(be)
8.	He three sisters.	(have)
9.	That my favorite TV show.	(be)
10.	There three eggs in the refrigerator.	(be)
11.	My father his car every weekend.	(wash)
12.	We to the movies at least once a week.	(go)
13.	She her boyfriend.	(miss)
14.	There a scratch on my car door.	(be)
15.	There two scratches on my car door.	(be)
16.	It like it will rain.	(look)
17.	He tired; do you think he's sick?	(seem)
18.	The baby every night.	(cry)
19.	Those books mine.	(be)
20.	She to visit her grandmother every weekend.	(go)