PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE (Thì Hiện Tại Đơn)

I. Complete the sentences with Present Simple Tense.

1. The flight (start) _________ at 6 a.m. every Thursday.
2. I like Math and she (like) _________ Literature.
3. I (bake) _________ cookies twice a month.
4. My best friend (write) _________ to me every week.
5. We (be) _________ ready to get a pet.
6. Jane always (take care) ________ of her sister.
7. My family (have) _________ a holiday in December every year.
8. ___________ (she/be) a singer?
7. Martha and Kevin (swim) ___________ twice a week.
8. She (help) _________ the kids of the neighborhood.
9. Mike (be) _________ humour. He always (tell) ___________ us funny stories.
10. Tiffany and Jessica (not be) _________ my friends.
11. We (stay) _________ at a hotel this week.
12. I (not go) _________ to bed early on Sundays.
13. My life (be) _________ so boring. I just watch TV every night.
14. My mum is at the shop, but she (not buy) _________ a new dress.
15.  Jill (not have) _________ a lot of money.
16. They usually (leave) _________ on Sunday.
17. We (not meet) _________ in Berlin each year.
18. We (go) _________ to discos on Fridays.
19. _________Sam (do) _________ his homework at night?
20.  She (not study) _________ on Saturday.
21. He (have) _________ a new haircut today.
22. I usually (have) _________ breakfast at 6.30.
23. Peter (not/ study) _________ very hard. He never gets high scores.
24. _________ my mother often (teach) _________ me English on Saturday evenings?
25. My sister (wash) _________ the dishes every day.
26. They (not/ have) _________ breakfast every morning.
II. Complete the passage.
Mary (be) _________ a teacher. She (teach) _________ English. The children love
her and they (learn) _________ a lot from her. Mary (come) _________ home at 3.00 and
(have) _________ lunch. Then she sleeps for an hour. In the afternoon she (go) _________
swimming or she cleans her house. Sometimes, she (meet) _________ her aunt and (drink)
_________ tea with her. Every Sunday she does the shopping with her friends.

III. Choose the correct answer.

1. I _____ a student.
A. am B. is C. are
2. My father __________ excuses when I feel like going to the cinema.
A. make always B. makes always C. always makes
3. His students ________ German in class.
A. don’t speak B. doesn’t speak C. not speak
4. She ________ six years old.
A. isn't B. not is C. are not
5. John ________ in a supermarket.
A. works B. working C. work
6. The flowers _______________ (be, normally) watered by Bob.
A. are normally B. normally are C. normally is
7. Danny ________ his father on Sundays.
A. phons B. phones C. phone
8. I ___________ (not, know) what you mean.
A. doesn't know B. not know C. don't know
9. My husband and his colleague __________ golf whenever they are not too busy.
A. play B. plays C. are playing
10. John always __________ on time for meetings.
A. arrives B. are arriving C. is arriving
11. Barbara usually __________ dinner for her husband after work.
A. cooks B. are cooking C. is cooking
12. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons __________ to work together every day.
A. drive B. drives C. are driving
13. My parents normally __________ breakfast at 7:00 a.m.
A. eat B. are eating C. is eating
14. My best friend ________ to me every week.
A. write B. writies C. writes
15. John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course.
A. try B. trys C. tries
16. The bank ________ at four o'clock.
A. closes B. will close C. is close
17. It ________ almost every day in Manchester.
A. rain B. rains C. raines
18. My life is so boring, I just ________ TV every night.
A. watch B. watchies C. watches
19. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam without even trying.
A. pass B. passes C. is passes
20. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
A. is frying B. is fry C. fries