Escola Secundária C/ 3.

º Ciclo EB Joaquim de Araújo Penafiel

Ano lectivo 2010 / 11

PRESENT SIMPLE

A. Write the verb to sing.

affirmative negative interrogative

B. Rewrite the following sentences in the affirmative, negative or interrogative of the

PRESENT SIMPLE.

1.1 Affirmative: I am very tired.

Negative: _________________________________________________________________
Interrogative: ______________________________________________________________

1.2 Affirmative: _______________________________________________________________

Negative: I don’t have breakfast in the morning.
Interrogative: ______________________________________________________________

1.3 Affirmative: _______________________________________________________________

Negative: _________________________________________________________________
Interrogative: Does she play football after school?

1.4 Affirmative: Mary watches TV after dinner.

Negative: _________________________________________________________________
Interrogative: ______________________________________________________________

1.5 Affirmative: _______________________________________________________________

Negative: She isn’t very tired after school.
Interrogative: ______________________________________________________________

1.6 Affirmative: They study very hard.

Negative: _________________________________________________________________
Interrogative: ______________________________________________________________

1.7 Affirmative: _______________________________________________________________

Negative: Sarah and Peter don’t live together.
Interrogative: ______________________________________________________________

1.8 Affirmative: _______________________________________________________________

Negative: _________________________________________________________________
Interrogative: Do they do their homework?

1.9 Affirmative: Sarah reads a book every weekend.

Negative: _________________________________________________________________
Interrogative: ______________________________________________________________
 C. Fill in the spaces with correct form of the verb.

Cindy (1)__________ (be) a very nice girl. She (2)____________ (like) English very much and
she (3)__________ (speak) it with her friends. She (4)__________(ask) Mary:
Cindy: Mary, (5)___________ you __________ (like) English?
Mary: No, I (6)___________. But I (7)___________ (like) French a lot. Hey!
(8)___________you ____________ (play) tennis?
Cindy: Yes, I (9)___________. I (10)_____________ (prefer) tennis to football, but my brother
Michael (11)_____________ (not like) tennis at all.
Mary: Well, and I (12)____________ (not appreciate) football. What (13)_____________ (be)
your favourite sports?
Cindy: I (14)_________(love) tennis and basketball, but I (15)__________(not like) football,
too. Well, see you tomorrow!
Mary: See you tomorrow!

D. Write the meaning of the following frequency adverbs.

English Portuguese
never
rarely
sometimes
usually
often
frequently
always

E. Order the following words and build sentences with the correct form of the verb.

1. play / John / school / after / sometimes

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2. his parents / never / him / help
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3. be / he / always / happy
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4. frequently / his teachers / difficult / ask / questions
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5. work / his mother / often / late
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6. be / John and Mary / together / usually
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7. rarely / John / his homework / forget
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8. watch / he / sometimes / on TV / cartoons
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9. I / do / always / my homework
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10. be / always / I / in class / attentive
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11. often / we / library / go / during breaks
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12. Mary / never / lunch / have / at school
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