PRESENT SIMPLE EXERCISE

1. Complete using the correct present simple form of the verbs in

brackets.
1. The flight (start) starts at 6 a.m every Thursday.
2. I like Math and she (like) likes Literature.
3. I (bake) bake cookies twice a month.
4. My best friend (write) writes to me every week.
5. Jane always (take care) takes care of her sister.
6. My family (have) have a holiday in December every year.
7. Martha and Kevin (swim) swim twice a week.
8. She (help) helps the kids of the neighborhood.
9. Mike (be) is humorous. He always (tell) tells us funny stories.
10. Tiffany and Uma (be) are my friends.
2. Complete using the correct form of ‘BE”
1. My dog is small.
2. She is a student.
3. We are ready to get a pet.
4. My life is so boring. I just watch TV every night.
5. My husband is from California. I am from Viet Nam.
6. We aren’t (not/be) late.
7. Emma and Betty(be)are good friends.
8. Is she (she/be) a singer?
9. His sister(be) is seven years old.
10. Trixi and Susi(be) are my cats.
3. Write complete sentences
1. How/ you/ go to school/? How do you go to school?
2. we/ not/ believe/ ghost. We don’t believe in ghost.
3. How often/ you/ study English/? How often do you study English?
4. play/in/the/soccer/Mike/doesn’t/afternoons. Mike doesn’t play
soccer in the afternoons.
5. She/daughters/two/have. She has two daughters.
6. very/much/not/like/lemonade/I. I don’t like lemonade very much.
7. Wednesdays/on/It/rain/often. It often rains on Wednesdays.
8. never/wear/Jane/jeans. Jane never wears jeans.
9. phone/his/on/father/Sunday/Danny/every. Danny phones his father
every Sunday.
10. Austria/I/from/be/Vienna. I am from Vienna, Austria.
4. Complete the paragraph
Mary (1)is a teacher. She (2) teaches English. The children love her, and
they (3) learn a lot from her. Mary (4) comes back home at 3.00 and (5)
has/eats lunch. Then she sleeps for an hour. In the afternoon she (6)goes
swimming or she cleans her house. Sometimes, she (7)visits her aunt and
(8)drinks tea with her. Every Sunday she does the shopping with her
friends.
5. Complete sentences using the words given in the box
wake up – open – speak – take – do – cause – live – play – close –
live – drink
 1. Ann plays handball very well.
2. I never drink coffee.
3. The swimming pool opens at 7:00 in the morning.
4. It closes at 9:00 in the evening.
5. Bad driving causes many accidents.
6. My parents live in a very small flat.
7. The Olympic Games take place every four years.
8. They are good students. They always do their homework.
9. My students speak a little English.
10. I always wake up early in the morning.
6. Find mistakes and correct the sentences
1. What does they wear at their school? do
2. Do he go to the library every week? Does
3. Windy always watch TV at 9 p.m before going to bed at 10 p.m.
watches
4. Sometimes, we goes swimming together with her family. go
5. How does Linda carries such a heavy bag? carry
7. Write complete sentences
1. Minh/usually/not/sleep/early/at weekends. Minh doesn’t usually
sleep early at weekends.
2. You/understand the questions from your teacher? Do you
understand the questions from your teacher?
3. Her husband/his colleague/play/tennis/whenever/they/free. Her
husband and his colleague play tennis whenever they are free.
4. My family/normally/eat/breakfast/6.30. My family normally eat
breakfast at 6H30.
5. San/not/phone/mother/Mondays. San doesn’t phone her
mother on Mondays.
8. Complete sentences using “don’t/doesn’t”
1. I don’t like tea.
2. He doesn’t play football in the afternoon.
3. You don’t go to bed at midnight.
4. They don’t do the homework on weekends.
5. The bus doesn’t arrive at 8.30 a.m.
6. My brother doesn’t finish work at 8 p.m.
7. Our friends don’t live in a big house.
8. The cat doesn’t like me.
9. Complete using the correct present simple or present
continuous form of the verbs in brackets
1. Look. He is listening (listen) to us.
2. We are staying (stay) at a hotel this week.
3. I go (go) to bed early on Sundays.
4. My mum is at the shop. She is buying (buy) a new dress.
5. Jill has (have) a lot of money.
6. They usually leave (leave) on Sunday.
7. Please, stop! You are driving (drive) so fast!
8. We meet(meet) in Berlin each year.
9. We go (go) to discos on Fridays.
10. He normally comes (come) on time.
11. I am having (have) a shower. I can’t hear you!
 12. Sam does (do) his homework at night.
10. Complete using the correct present simple or present
continuous form of the verbs in brackets
Dear Editor! I am writing (write) this letter because it seems (seem) to me
that far too many changes are taking (take) place in my country these
days, and, as a result, we are losing (lose) our identity. I live (live) in a
small town but even this town is changing (change) before my eyes. For
example, town authorities are building (build) a burger place where my
favourite restaurant used to be. Our culture belongs (belong) to
everybody, and I don’t understand (not understand) why the town leaders
aren’t doing (not do) to preserve it. They simply don’t care (not care). In
fact, I am thinking (think) of starting an action group. I am appearing
(appear) on a TV show on Friday evening to make people aware of how
important this issue is. It’s time for us to start doing something before it
gets (get) too late.