Present Simple: interrogative and negative

forms


Complete the following intervie with a verb from the box and if necessary, with do
(not), does (not), I, you, etc:

listen live start  have pay earn do give read work pay finish
 

– Good morning. I would like to ask you a few questions. Where   ?

- 13, Walker Street.
- And   a family?
- Yes, I   a wife, but we   any children.
– I see. And what   in your leisure time?
- Well, I   a lot of books, and I   to classical music.
- Splendid! And why   to change your job?
- Well, my wife  ; she never has. And the trouble is, nowadays my salary isn't enough
for two.
– How much   you in your present job?
- Well, I   $8,000 per month.
– What time   in the mornings?
- At eight o'clock.
– That`s fine. And what time   work in the evenings?
- At five, and there's an hour for lunch.
Exercises Present Progresive: using
affirmative, interrogative and negative form


Complete de following by using the verbs from the box in the present progressive.

experiment sell take play do paint watch write take collect

 

1) I can't come for lunch. I   money for the Christmas gift.

2)  your BMW? Yes, do you want to buy it? It's a vintage model.
3) Chris and I   a lot of tenis this year. He usually beats e, but I sometimes win.
4)  the news series on TV? It's very good.
5)  that sweater for Antony? Yes, I must do some after luch.

6) What sort of pictures   these days? Mostly landscapes. I   

with some new techniques now.
7) Paula   her second novel. Her first was quite a success.
8) We   many photographs these days. We're just too busy.

9) The garden looks rather untidy. Yes, Jorge   much gardening at the moment.
He has too much work.
Exercise: The Present Simple v Present
Progressive


Look at this table:

Name Normal Job Today

Mr Miller look after the building paint windows
Mrs Brown and Mrs Clifford clean the offices wash curtains
Mr Clayton drive the van repair the director's car 
Miss Grace answer the telephone  have a holiday
Mrs Harries make a tea answer the telephone
Mr Jones and Mr Grey do the gardening buy plants
 

Now complete the following according to the information given in the table.

1) What   Mr Miller   at the present? He   windows.

2)  Mrs Harries   the tea? Yes, she  .
3) Miss Grace   the telephone today.

4)  Mrs Brown and Mrs Clifford   the offices at the moment? No, they   
the curtains.
5) Mrs Harries   the tea today.
6) What   Miss Grace   today?. She   a holiday.
7)  Mr Miller   the windows? Only once a year. He   them today.
8) What   Mr Jones and Mr Grey   usually? They   the gardening.
9)  they   the gardening today? Not exactly. They   plants.
10) What   Mrs Harries   today? She   the telephone.
11) Mr Clayton usually   the van; he   not usually   the director's car.
Exercise: The Present Simple v Present
Progressive - Verbs form


Complete the following dialogue by using forms of the verb from the box:

cook live write stay play listen do drink work

 

– Hello, Grace, thi is James. Is Jacob in?

- Hello, James. No he isn't here at the moment. He  football. In fact, he always   
football on Saturday mornings.
– And what   you   at the moment, Grace?
- Me? I   lunch, and I   a cup of tea.
-   you   lunch every day?
- No, Jacob   it quite often but I   today because some friends   
with us for a few days at the moment.
– Oh, who are they?
- The Millers. They   in Madrid, Spain. He   in a depatment store and she 
 novels.
– Really?, What kind of novels   she  ?
- Thrillers. In fact, she   a novel at this moment, and Joe   to records.
–   he   to Jacob's jazz records?
- No! Joe   to jazz. He only   to classical music.
Exercise: The Present Simple: sometimes
obligatory


Complete the following dialogue by choosing one of the verbs for each space and
putting it in the most suitable form (Present Progressive or Present Simple).

1)  you   that man over there in the corner? Look, the one who   
the guitar. (play, know)
2) I   him but I   his name. What is it? (recognise, remember)
Fredy Mercury. I   him because he is so interesting, but his music is very strange, I
3)
   it at all. (understand, like)
4) Oh? It   OK to me. In fact, I   it's very good. (sound, think)
Hey, look at that girl jumping up and down. What   she  ? Oh, she
5)
   that new dance.   you   to dance? (do, want)
No really. I     our conversation, and anyway I   dancing. But if you
6)
  , I will. (dislike, insist, enjoy)
7) Do'nt worry. What   you  ? It   of mint. (smell, drink).
8) Or course. It's a mint julep. It   great.
9) Julep? That's a stange word. What   it  ?

10) I'm afraid I  . Look! Everyone   supper. Where did they get the food from?
 (mean, eat, know, taste)
Exercise. The Present Simple: sometimes
obligatory


Complete the following using the most suitable for (Present Progressive or Present
Simple) of the verbs from the boxes.

like watch want prefer

 

– Hello, Chris. Come in.   you   to see Susan?

- Yes, Is she at home?
- Yes, She   television in the living room.
- Thanks. Would you like a cigar?
- No, thanks. I   not   cigars very much. I   cigarrettes to cigars.
- Can I go thought to the living room?
- Of course.

watch like believe listen watch do

 

– Hello, Susan. What game   you  ?

- It's theone between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
- Oh.   you   watching football on TV?
- Yes, very much. I   games on TV on Saturdays.
- Where's Michael?
- He's in his bedroom. He   to records and   his homework.
 - Doing his homework! I   not   it!

think want like speak

 

– I   not   to watch TV this evening. Les't go to the cinema.

- OK. There's a goog French film at the Ritz.
- But I   not   French and I   not   French films. In fact I 
 they are terrible. Let's see a Western.