Lesson 1: Present simple

PRACTICE
Ex 1: Multiple choice
1. I _____ (be) a student. 5. John ________ (work) in a supermarket.
a. are m. works
b. is n. working
c. am o. work
2. My father __________ excuses when
I feel like going to the cinema. 6. The flowers _______________ (be, normally)
d. make always watered by Bob ....
e. always make p. are normally
f. always makes q. normally are
r. normally is
3. His students ________ (not, speak)
German in class. 7. Danny ________ (phone) his father on Sundays.
g. don’t speak s. phons
h. doesn’t speak t. phones
i. not speak u. phone

4. She ________ (not, be) six years old. 8. I ___________ (not, know) what you mean.
j. isn't v. doesn't know
k. not is w. not know
l. are not x. don't know

Ex 2:
1. My husband and his colleague j. cooks
__________ golf whenever they are not k. are cooking
too busy. l. is cooking
a. play
b. plays 4. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons __________ to work together
c. are playing every day.
d. is playing m. drive
n. drives
2. John always __________ on time for o. are driving
meetings. p. is driving
e. arrive
f. arrives 5. My parents normally __________ breakfast at 7:00
g. are arriving a.m.
h. is arriving q. eat
r. eats
3. Barbara usually __________ dinner s. are eating
for her husband after work. t. is eating
i. cook
Ex 3:
1. The bank ________ at four o'clock. o. tries
a. close 6. I ________ in a bank.
b. closies p. work
c. closes q. works
r. workes
2. We ________ to Spain every summer. 7. It ________ almost every day in Manchester.
d. fly s. rain
e. flys t. rains
f. flies u. raines
8. My life is so boring -- I just ________ TV
3. She ________ in Florida. every night.
g. live v. watch
h. lives w. watchies
i. livees x. watches
9. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam
4. My best friend ________ to me every without even trying.
week. a. pass
j. write b. passies
k. writies c. passes
l. writes 10. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast
5. John ________ very hard in class, but I every morning.
don't think he'll pass the course. d. fry
m. try e. frys
n. trys f. fries
Ex 4:
1. When father ______ (come back), will we go out?
2. My mother __________ (prepare, usually) breakfast at 10 a.m.
3. Every morning, Mark __________ (drive) his children to school.
4. I ___________ (not, speak) Italian when I'm at school.
5. __________ (like, you) drinking coffee?
6. I hate living here because it ___________ . (rain, always)
7. Those shoes _________ (cost) too much.
8. I ___________ (visit, never) my grandma on Fridays.
9. The earth _____________ (go) around the sun.
Ex 5: Rewrite the sentence in negative form
1) We _______________ handball at school. (not/to play)

2) Laura __________________ her room. (not/to clean)

3) Mark _____________ his homework. (not/to do)

4) Susan and Jerry _______________ TV. (not/to watch)

5) They ________________ at 6.30. (not/to wake up)

6) You ______________ shopping. (not/to go)

7) Mrs Smith _______________ a big box. (not/to carry)

8) My brother ______________ English. (not/to teach)

9) The teachers _______________ stories. (not/to tell)

10) I _____________________ in a plane. (not/to fly)

Ex 6: Make a yes/no question

1) They play volleyball every week.

2) John is nice.

3) This car makes a lot of noise.

4) I like computer games.

5) We are from Greece.

6) You wear pullovers.

7) They speak English.

8) He watches TV.

9) I am from Spain.

10) Steve draws nice pictures.

EX 7: Give the correct form of verbs in present simple

1. I (be) ________ at school at the weekend.
2. She (not study) ________ on Friday.
3. My students (be not) ________ hard working.
4. He (have) ________ a new haircut today.
5. I usually (have) ________ breakfast at 7.00.
6. She (live) ________ in a house?
7. Where your children (be) ________?
 8. My sister (work) ________ in a bank.
9. Dog (like) ________ meat.
10. She (live)________ in Florida.
11. It (rain)________ almost every day in Manchester.
12. We (fly)________ to Spain every summer.
13. My mother (fry)________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
14. The bank (close)________ at four o'clock.
15. John (try)________ hard in class, but I (not think) ________ he'll pass.
16. Jo is so smart that she (pass)________ every exam without even trying.
17. My life (be) so boring. I just (watch)________ TV every night.
18. My best friend (write)________ to me every week.
19. You (speak) ________ English?
20. She (not live) ________ in HaiPhong city.

Ex 8: Adverbs of frequency - Put the adverb of frequency on the right place

1. He listens to the radio. (often)_____________________________

2. They read a book. (sometimes)_____________________________

3. Pete gets angry. (never)_____________________________

4. Tom is very friendly. (usually)_____________________________

5. I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)_____________________________

6. Ramon is hungry. (often)_____________________________

7. My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always)_____________________________

8. Walter helps his father in the kitchen. (usually)_____________________________

9. They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)_____________________________

10. Christine smokes after dinner. (seldom)_____________________________

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