PRESENT TENSE

WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN PARENTHESIS FOR THESE

STATEMENTS IN PRESENT SIMPLE.

Mathew puts (put) his schoolbag on the desk.

I visit (visit) the Ambato city.
My brother plays (play) basketball with his best friend.
Carol watchs (watch) soap operas everydays.
She cooks (cook) very Delicious.
They paint (Paint) a beautiful picture.
My mother and my father clean (clean) the laundry.

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WITH THE AUXILIARIES DO / DOES.

Do we work in the farm?
Does she play the piano?
Do they go to the cinema?
Do you study French?
Do Peter and Andrew ride a horse?
Does Mary wash clothes?
Does Paul fix the truck?

Verb to be Exercises:
1. Complete with the full 2. Complete with the contracted from
of from of the verb to be. the verb to be

a. I am a student a) I ´m young
b. He is a teacher b) He ´s handsome
c. She is a journalist c) She ´s beautiful
d. It is a book d) It ´s a pencil
e. We are mechanics e) We ´re friends
f. You are pilots f) You ´re students
g. They are policemen g) They ´re happy
3. Complete with the correct from of the verb to be
a) It is cold today
b) I am at home now
c) They are Korean
d) There is a pen on the desk
e) My name is Nikita
f) We are from Ukraine
g) That is right
h) I am OK, thanks
i) Clara and Steve are married
j) She is an English teacher

4. Read and answer the questions please

a) What´s her name?

Her name is Nelly
b) What is she?
She is a nurse
c) Where does she work?
She Works at the hospital
d) Is she fat?
No, she isn´t fat
e) Can she drive a car?
Yes, she can
f) Does she get up at six o´clock?
Yes, she does
g) Does she eat breakfast at seven o´clock?
No, she doesn´t
h) Does she cook dinner at the hospital?
No, she doesn´t

i) Does she help the doctors?

Yes, she does
j) Does she go to bed at right?
No, she doesn´t
k) What time does she have lunch?
She has lunch at twuelve o´clock
l) What time does she have dinner?
She has dinner at half past six
m) What time does she go to bed?
She goes to bed at ten o´clock

PRESENT SIMPLE AFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE FORM

A. Complete. Use the correct form of the present simple
1) Jackie and Lizzie eat spaghetti once a week because they love pasta. (eat/love)
2) Lizzie reads the newspaper before going to school. (read)
3) My mother and I use the computer in the afternoon, but my sister uses it in the evening.
(use/use)
4) She is a great photographer. She takes good photos (take)
5) Your neighbour walks the dog with Anna (walk)
6) People in Brazil speak Portuguese. (speak)
7) She thinks that penguins fly because they are birds, but they dote fly. (think/fly)
8) This frog jumps and swims. (jump/swim)
9) My causen live in a big house. (live)
10) I understand the meaning of this sentence. (understand)

B. Complete. Use the correct from of the present simple

1) I don´t buy this magazine because I haven´t got enough money. (not buy)
2) It´s cloudy today. We don´t see the sun. (not see)
3) My sister doesn´t send emails yet, she´s very young. (not send)
4) People in Germany don´t speak Italian, they speak German. (not speak)
5) He doesn´t talk to people because he´s really shy. (not talk)
6) They don´t want to go to the forest because they are arriad of insects. (not want)
7) Mary doesn´t her homework because she doesn´t understand the questions. (not
do/understand)
8) Your friends don´t eat fish because they like it. (not eat/like)
9) This animal swims but it doesn´t run. (not run)
10) The zookeeper doesn´t feed the animals in the evening. (not feed)