Present Simple - REVISION

(A) Add s / es / ies to the following verbs:

1. do ____________ 8. worry____________
2. study ____________ 9. play ____________
3. teach ____________ 10. grow ____________
4. say ____________ 11. watch____________
5. cry ____________ 12. miss ____________
6. dance ____________ 13. hurry ____________
7. fix ____________ 14. stop ____________

(B) Circle the correct answer :

1. I plays / play basketball every afternoon.
2. My parents live / lives in Buenos Aires.
3. Tom listens / listen to the radio in the morning.
4. We eat / eats eggs for breakfast every morning.
5. My dog barks / bark at night.
6. Mrs. Smith sweep / sweeps the stairs once a week.
7. My brother never watches / watch television.
8. My family go / goes to the beach together in the summer.
9. I often eat / eats dinner at my grandmother’s house.
10. Sharon do / does her homework regularly.
11. They takes / take a bath daily.
12. You seldom listen / listens in class.
13. Danna and Lia goes / go to the swimming pool every afternoon.
14. I never hurt / hurts my siblings.
15. He never finish / finishes his work on time.

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(C) Fill in the correct form of the verb in Present Simple:
1. Fish (not fly) ____________. They (swim) ____________
2. The sun (not rise) ___________ in the west. It (set) ____________
down in the west
3. An ant (not have) ____________ wings. A bird (have) _________
wings.
4. Cats (not bark) ____________. Dogs (bark) ____________.
5. Natalie usually (not sit) ____________ in the sun. She rarely (go)
____________ to the beach.
6. Babies (not talk) ____________. They (cry) ____________.
7. Dalia often (dry) ___________ the dishes but she (not put)
___________ them away.
8. Betty usually (not do) __________ her homework after she (eat)
___________supper.
9. Sarah (brush) ____________ her hair every morning before she (go)
____________ to school.
10. Nils always (try) __________ to be a good boy, but he (not behave)
__________ well.
11. Mike usually (not catch) ____________ a cold in the winter. He
frequently (catch) ____________ it in the summer.
12. Sam (wash) __________ his face every day.
13. Nick (cook) ___________ dinner for his family every evening.
14. He (brush) ____________ his hair every morning.
15. May often (read)____________ books.
16. Ron(take)_________his dog for a walk every afternoon.

(D) Rewrite the following sentences, putting the frequency expressions in

the right place
1. They are happy to have guests. (always)
2. We laugh at people in trouble. (never)
3. I’m busy on Wednesdays. (usually)
4. Birds build their nests on this roof. (every winter)

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 5. They sing very loudly. (generally)
6. Carl is late for school. (rarely)
7. We are at home on Saturdays. (often)
8. The secretary works here. (five days a week)
9. We have fish for lunch. (sometimes)
10. Sheena has lunch before two o’clock. (seldom)

(E) Make YES/NO Questions in the Present Simple for the following
answers:
1. Yes, Tamar hates mice.
2. Yes, our neighbor fixes bikes.
3. Yes, Jill bakes cakes every Friday.
4. No, Benny’s father doesn’t work in a bakery.
5. Yes, I always clean on Thursdays.
6. No, Nelly doesn’t run fast.
7. Yes, Dan tries to win the swimming contest every year.
8. No, these rooms don’t have two windows.
9. Yes, the puppy usually cries a lot.
10. Yes, Candy always drives too fast.

:’Complete these sentences using the correct form of the verb ‘to have )F(

.He ___________(have/not) any brothers .1

.Betty _____________(have) one sister .2
.Yuki ______________(have/not) a very nice dress .3
.The cat _____________(have) a very good place to live .4
.They ___________(have/not) a very big house .5
.We _______________(have) a very kind teacher .6
.Peter and Jason _____________(have) a powerful computer .7
.I __________(have) 5 members in my family .8
.She __________(have/not) long hair .9
.He ___________(have) brown hair .10
Sally ___________(have) 6 members in her family. She _____________(have) 3 .11
sisters but she __________(have/not) any brothers. Sally __________(have) short

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hair bur all her sisters ___________(have) long and straight hair. Sally and her
.sisters ___________(have) a pet cat called Dolly