Simple Present Tense Exercises

1. A: What ___ your brother do? B: He's an engineer. 6. The sun _____ in the east and _____ in the west.

A) is A) rises / sets
B) do B) rise / set
C) does C) sets / rises
D) are D) set/ rise

2. A: What does Jane like doing? B: ___ 7. ___ your friend live in the city centre?

A) She likes shopping. A) Do

B) She does shopping. B) Does
C) She goes shopping . C) Is
D) She doesn't like shopping D) Are

3. A: What time ___ ? B: At 6 o'clock. 8. Sam is a bookworm. He ___ a lot.

A) does the library close A) writes

B) is the library close B) reads
C) do the library close C) listens
D) the library close D) speaks

4. A: How does your father ___ to work? B: By subway. 9. Eric ___ a little Spanish but he ___ to improve it.

A) goes A) know / want

B) does go B) don't know/ want
C) go C) doesn't know/ wants
D) do go D) knows / wants

5. A: Sue ________ a terrible headache. She can't be 10. A: ___ to class late every morning? B: No, she doesn't.
with us. B: What a pity!
A) Do Mary comes
A) have
B) Do Mary come
B) haves
C) Does Mary come
C) has
D) Does Mary comes
D) does have

11. A: Who ___ eating fish? B: Tom.

A) does likes
B) doesn't like
C) don't likes
D) don't