Simple Present Exercises

Complete with the correct form of the verbs:

1. I ____________ (go) to school every day.
2. They ____________ (visit) the family on weekends.
3. You ____________ (play) basketball once a week.
4. Tom ____________ (work) every day.
5. He always ____________ (tell) funny stories.
6. She never ____________ (help) me with that!
7. Martha and Kevin ____________ (swim) twice a week.
8. In this club, people ____________ (dance) a lot.
9. Linda ____________ (take care) of her sister.
10. John ____________ (leave) the country.
11. We ____________ (live) in the city most of the year.
12. Lorie ____________ (travel) to Paris every Sunday.
13. I ____________ (bake) cookies twice a month.
14. You ____________ (teach) me new things.
15. She ____________ (help) the kids of the neighborhood.

Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form:

1.

Jane (not/drink) ____________ tea very often.

2.

What time (the banks/open) ____________ in Britain?

3.

Where (John/come) ____________ from?

4.

It (take) ____________ me an hour to get to work.

5.

She (not/wake) ____________ up early on Sundays.

Choose the correct form of the following verbs:

wake(s) up - open(s) - speak(s) - take(s) - do(es) - cause(s) - live(s) - play(s) close(s) - live(s)
1.

Ann ____________ hand ball very well.

2.

I never ____________ coffee.

3.

The swimming pool ____________ at 7:00 in the morning.

4.

It ____________ at 9:00 in the evening.

5.

Bad driving ____________ many accidents.

6.

My parents ____________ in a very small flat.

7.

The Olympic Games ____________ place every four years.

8.

They are good students. They always ____________ their homework.

9.

My students ____________ a little English.

10.

I always ____________ early in the morning.

Choose the right verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes

you need the negative:
write - turn - eat - tell rise

1.

The earth ____________ around the sun.

2.

The sun ____________ in the east.

3.

Vegetarians ____________ meat.

4.

A liar is someone who____________ the truth.

5.

A novelist ____________ novels.