REVIEW EXERCISES - SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Exercise 1 – Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense form of the
verbs given in brackets
1. The Principal _____________ to speak to Ricardo . (want)
2. The Earth _______________________ around the Sun. (revolve)
3. The baby ____________________ all day. (cry)
4. The flight to Salvador _____________________ at 8 o’clock in the morning. (leave)
5. What _______ you ____________ for a living ? (do ) * to do sth for a living - fazer algo
para viver , ganhar a vida
6. Henrique _____________ soccer every Sunday morning . (play)
7. Ana _________ to guitar lessons every FRIDAY evening (go)
8. If it _______________________ today, we will get stuck in the traffic. (rain)
9. The nurse ______________________ of my grandfather. (take care)
10. There ________________ the Coordinator of our school. (come)
11. I _______________ up at 6:00 a.m. every day. (get)
12. Arthur rarely __________________ his room before midday (leave)
13. Cows _________________ us milk. (give)
14. My granny _______________ delicious lasagna. (cook)
15. The kids always _______________ do their exercises with their parent’s support.( do )
16. The students form my class _______________ hard to get good grades. (study)
17. The teacher _________________ the parents in a meeting after class today. (meet)
18. The movie ______________________________ within a few minutes. (start)
19. My sister _________________ for that bank. ( work)
20. The dogs always _________________ at night. (bark)
EXERCISE 2- Make the present simple (choose positive, negative or question).

OBSERVE THE AUXILIARIES

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I PLAY I don’t play. Do I play ?
You run fast You don’t run fast . Do you run fast ?
He writes well He doesn’t write well. Does he write well.
She speaks fast She doesn’t speak fast . Does she speak fast ?
It has a long tail . It doesn’t HAVE a long tail.* Does it HAVE a long tail ? *
We study hard . We don’t study hard. Do we study hard?
You look sad. You don’t look sad. Do you look sad ?
They draw. They don’t draw . Do they draw?
 Quando usamos DOES e
DOESN’T os verbos
perdem o “S” e voltam
para a forma do infinitivo
sem TO .
 OBSERVE O VERBO – TO HAVE
( ter, possuir ) HE;SHE ;IT = HAS

1. (he / drive to work every day)

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2. (I / not / think you're right)

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3. (she / have enough time?)

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4. (I / eat cereal in the morning)

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5. (they / write e-mails every day?)

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6. (you / watch a lot of TV)

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7. (he / not / read the newspaper)

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8. (she / dance / very well)

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9. (where / you/ study ?)
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10. (what / you / do at the weekend?)

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11. (I / not / drink much milk)

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12. (how / your father /go to work?)

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13. (they / not / like vegetables)

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14. (She / have a cold every winter)

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15. (they / go out often?)

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