Present Simple

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 I __________________ school at 8.00am. (start)

2 You __________________ school at 4.30pm. (finish)
3 I __________________ a room with my sister. (share)
4 She __________________ on stage in the school concerts (perform)
5  They __________________ rugby, but they don’t play (play)
6 My mum __________________ in that office. (work)

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1 My brother on Sundays. (not study)
Present simple: affirmative
affirmative
I / You eat
He / She / It eats
We / You / They eat

LOOK!
I / You / We / They play He / She / It plays
I / You / We / They wash He / She / It washes
I / You / We / They study He / She / It studies

1 Write the verbs in the third person.

Verbs third person
sing ( (1)
love (2)
play (3)
teach (4)
study (5)
miss (6)
have ( 7)

2 Circle the correct words.

Ex: We play / plays football on Saturdays.

1 My brother teach / teaches art.
2 She doesn’t study / studies in the evening.
3 They has / have a lot of homework.
4 I don’t finish / finishes school at 3.30.

Present simple: negative

negative short forms
I / You do not have don’t have
He / She / It does not have doesn’t have
We / You / They do not have don’t have

3 Write A (affirmative) or N (negative).

Ex: I wear a school uniform.

1 They like Mondays.
2 He doesn’t have a bike.
3 We go shopping at the weekend.
4 She doesn’t study in the evening
4 Circle the correct words.

Ex: Jo watch / watches TV in the evening.

1 Lucy goes swimming / go swimming on Saturday afternoons.
2 My parents don’t like / doesn’t like computer games.
3 He don’t think / doesn’t think it’s a good idea.
4 You doesn’t play / don’t play basketball very well!
5 My cat have got / has got white feet.

5 Complete the text with the verbs in the box.

Finishes - go - don’t go – plays – sing - travel

On Saturday mornings my brother Tom and I_____________ (1) to a music club. It starts
at nine o’clock and it (2) at lunchtime. Tom ______________ (3) the guitar and I (4) in the
choir. I have a really good friend called Maria in the choir, too. We _______________ (5) to
the same school so we don’t see each other during the week. In the afternoon Maria and I
_________________________(6) by bus to town.

Present simple: questions and short answers

questions short answers
Do I / you live here? Yes, I / you do.
Does he / she / it live here? Yes, he / she / it does.
Do we / you / they live here? Yes, we / you / they do.

6 Circle the correct words.

Ex: Do / Does you watch TV often?

1 Do / Does he like Gemma?
2 Do / Does she do sport on Mondays?
3 Do / Does Tom go to art club?
4 Do / Does they study maths?

7 Match questions 1–5 with short answers a–e.

1 Do you study Spanish? c
2 Does he read a lot?
3 Does she meet friends on Saturdays?
4 Do they wear a uniform?
5 Do you live in this street?

a) No, they don’t. d) No, we don’t. c) Yes, I do.

b) Yes, she does. e) Yes, he does.
 8 Read the questions and circle the correct short answers.
Ex: Does Luke watch films at the cinema? Yes, he does. / No, they don’t.
1 Do you think Mia is a good singer? Yes, I do. / No, she doesn’t.
2 Do your lessons start at 8.00am? No, he doesn’t. / No, they don’t.
3 Do you get up early? Yes, she does. / Yes, I do.
4 Does Sara listen to jazz? No, she doesn’t. / Yes, we do.
5 Do you wear a school uniform? No, they don’t. / Yes, I do