Present simple

I Fill in the blanks with the right form of the Simple Present of the verbs in
brackets:
1 He
(build) good houses.
2 She
3 They always

(see) the church from there.

(play) the piano in the evening.

4 Tina _________________ (be) a very good dancer but her sisters ______________ (not/
be).
5 Jane
6I

(speak) to them in French.

(like) them very much.

7 She

(know) you quite well.

8 They

(live) in Chicago.

9 Carol

(want) to go to the pictures.

10 He

(understand) you.

11 They __________________ (love) chocolate.

12 Mary

(know) how to operate a computer.

13 She

(have) breakfast at seven.

14 - We

(leave) for Madrid at three.

15 The children

(walk) to school every morning.

16 We

(live) in Portugal.

17 Charles

(own) a big car.

18 They

(go) to the pub every evening.

19 People ______________________ (work) hard.

20 Tom ____________________ (study) a lot.
21 You _________________ (have got) a busy life.
22 She _________________ (not/have got) many friends.
23 Peter ________________ (brush) his hair in the morning.
24 - You _________________ (play) the computer at night.
25 Sarah _________________ (watch) TV every day.
II Put the verbs into the Present Simple using the frequency adverb in
brackets!
1. Jane /buy/ cookies. (often)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. They /get up /early. (never)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. We /speak/ very loud.(rarely)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Julia /try/ hard.(always)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. You/eat breakfast/ in the kitchen. (usually)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. Sue /go/ to work.(sometimes).

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7. They /wake up/ early.
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