English notes ---- Gemma España Masip

Present Simple - Exercises

1. Complete with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets:
 John and I (be) dating.
 Peter (like) watching baseball.
 John (live) in Tokyo.
 Tony (prefer) baseball than basketball.
 We (have) a big garden
 Cathy (study) in the library.
 We (be) good friends.
 John (go) to school every day.
 Mary (read) the story.
 Paul (have) breakfast at home.

2. Underline the correct answer in the Question Form:

 Does Ann live/lives in Africa?
 Does Pat arrive/arrives early?
 Does Evan goes/go to the Supermarket?
 Do Andy and Ann meet/meets them in the restaurant?
 Do you read/reads this newspaper?
 Am/Are I a teacher?
 Is/Are they in the garden?
 She play/plays volleyball at weekends.

3. Write the following sentences in the Negative Form:

 Chan eat fried rice.
 Betty is very gorgeous.
 They go to the shopping mall.
 Andy hates swimming.
 Anne loves volleyball.
 Peter study in the living room.
 I have five shoes.
 Tom has a car.
 We are dating.

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4. Write the correct form of the verb 'to be':
 Tom a football player and his brother a tennis player.
 Her friend from Houston, USA. They twelve years old.
 We pupils. We at school now.
 Joe a member of the school band. He from the UK.
 Pol and Tom brothers. They eleven years old.
 You really nice.
 I from Slovenia. I Slovenian. Lucia from Italy. She Italian.
 What time it? – It three thirty.
 These houses old, but our house new.
 Sara and her friends in the park now.
 this your notebook? – No, it . It Maja's notebook.
 How old they? – They thirteen.
 Maria Austrian? – Yes, she Austrian.
 your dad's car red? – No, it . It green.

5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given:

 I (read) very interesting books.
 Joanne (work) eight hours a day.
 Do you (speak) Spanish?
 I (not know) him very well.
 My wife (like) coffee for breakfast.
 What Tom usually (have) for breakfast?
 Your train (leave) at 17.25 from platform 3 every day.
 What Mary (do)? She's a student.
 My whole family (go) to church once a week.
 My wife and I (go) to the beach in the summer.
 Leap year (come) every four years.
 My grandfather (grow) tomatoes in his garden.
 He (grow) them every summer.
 The children (leave) at 8:30 every morning of the week.
 In the north the season (change) four times a year.
 The monsoon (come) once or twice a year.
 The weather (get) very cold in Moscow in the winter.
 Many birds of Europe (fly) south to Africa every winter.
6. Fill in the blanks with the present simple of the verbs in brakets.
 Paul (not/speak) English well.
 My brother (help) me with my homework.
 The children usually (eat) in the school canteen.
 (she/ live) in a flat or in a house?
 My father (drive) us to school.
 The teacher (not/ be) in class today.
 Who (like) classical music?
 Some people (not/ have) parties to celebrate their birthday.
 When (you/meet) your friends?
 Pam never (wear) skirts.
 It often (rain) here in autumn.
 What time (the film/ start)?
 Most shops (close) at 17:30.
 The 6:35 train (not/ stop) here.