THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense form of the verb in the brackets.

1. The earth __________ (move) around the sun.

2. I __________ (write) to my sister in London once a week.
3. We usually __________ (watch) television when we are free.
4. Kim Chuan __________ (like) to drink mango juice.
5. Please __________ (switch) off the fan. Kim __________ (feel) cold.
6. Mosquitoes __________ (breed) in stagnant water.
7. Hurry! The bus __________ (leave) in 10 minutes!
8. My mother __________ (do) all the housework.
9. My brother __________ (love) spicy food.
10. Sheila __________ (have) two brothers.

Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with suitable words from below.

• Text 1
have live spend is wish works are

Mr. Lim __________ (1) a lawyer. He __________ (2) in a legal firm. He and
his wife __________ (3) three children. They __________ (4) in a huge bungalow.
They __________ (5) a very loving family __________ (6) a lot of time together. I
__________ (7) I had a family like theirs!

• Text 2
is has look spend likes belongs lives

The moose __________ (1) to the deer family, but it __________ (2) much
larger. The largest kind of moose __________ (3) in Alaska. It __________ (4) long
legs and its shoulders __________ (5) a hump. The moose __________ (6) forest
areas. They __________ (7) the summer months caring for their young in the
deep, cool forest.
 • Text 3
is show become have go believe makes

Breakfast __________ (1) the most important meal in a day. Unfortunately,

most people don’t __________ (2) this to be true. However, studies __________
(3) that those who __________ (4) without breakfast tend to __________ (5)
overweight as a falling blood sugar level later in the morning __________ (6) them
eat more at that time. Everyone must __________ (7) a proper breakfast.

• Text 4
is pay plants works has grows likes enjoys

Raj __________ (1) a gardener. He __________ (2) his work because he

__________ (3) green fingers. Everything that he __________ (4) __________ (5)
well. Everyone whom he __________ (6) for __________ (7) him very much, so
they all __________ (8) him well.

Exercise 3
Choose the best answer from the options given. It should be in the simple present tense.

1. I __________ to bed early on school days.

A go
B goes
C went
D gone

2. In many parts of the world, it __________ in winter.

A snow
B snows
C snowed
D snowing

3. My grandparents __________ in Taiping.

A live
B lives
C living
D are live
4. We’d better hurry! Our plane __________ off in an hour.
A take
B took
C takes
D taken

5. Oil __________ on water.

A float
B floats
C floated
D is floating

6. Many people __________ very hard these days.

A work
B works
C worked
D working

7. The children don’t __________ to their mother.

A listen
B listens
C listened
D listening

8. My uncle __________ all the time.

A smoke
B smokes
C will smoke
D has smoke

Exercise 4
Correct the mistakes in the sentences into the simple present tense.

1 A square have four sides.

2 I will brushing my teeth every morning.

3 We am all hungry!

4 Miss Lim teaching English to my class.

5 We are read newspapers in the afternoon.

6 Dinesh often cycling to school.

7 Yati usually exercise in the morning.

8 Anna and Benji has took care of their pets very well.

9 Elephants ate sugarcane.

10 Dolphins breathing underwater through their blowholes.

Exercise 5
Complete the sentences with suitable verbs from the box.

work Walk wash fill drain turn

soak Keep travels weaves Do Scrub

exercise eat lives want make Have

1 __________ you __________ an extra pen, Kiran?

2 __________ the pot properly before you __________ it with some clean water.

3 Aini __________ the coconut leaves skilfully. She can __________ 20 ketupat cases in 30
minutes.

4 __________ all your receipts carefully, Pin Pin.

5 First, __________ the beans in some water for three hours. Then, __________ the water
and __________ the beans thoroughly.

6 __________ along Jalan Tubi until you see a Thai restaurant on your right. Then,
__________ right into Jalan Tubi 1.
7 We don’t __________ any titbits, Mum.

8 Kimi does not __________ on public holidays.

9 My father often __________ abroad.

10 Mrs. Lee __________ with her daughter now.

11 I always __________ toasted bread with some jam for breakfast.

12 My grandmother __________ regularly.