Simple Present

Practice Exercise

Choose from the verbs below to complete the sentences. Remember to use -s or -es at
the end of the verb with 3rd person singular (he, she, it).

climb drink eat fly know need

play read sleep swim walk

Example: A duck __swims__ in water.

1--Helen ________
sleeps in her bed.

walk
2--Sam and Joe ________ to school every Monday.

fly
3--The birds ______ south for the winter.

climbs
4--A lizard ________ the tree every morning.

5--The manager ________

reads the newspaper every day.

6--Children ______
play in the park every Saturday.

7--Jeff always _________

knows the answers to all of the questions.

8--People ________
need water to live.

drinks
9--Larry ________ coffee every morning.

10--Giraffes ________
eat leaves from trees.

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