Grammar Exercises | Form 3

Exercises: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.
1. Does she ________________ (know, knows) how to play tennis?
2. I do not ________________ (believe, believes) a word she says.
3. The dish ________________ (taste, tastes) better with a little salt.
4. The lorry ________________ (collide, collides) with a car.
5. The roses ________________ (smell, smells) fragrant when they are in full
bloom.
6. Light ________________ (move, moves) faster than sound.
7. It does not ________________ (matter, matters) whether it rains or
shines.
8. She often ________________ (visit, visits) the orphanages.
9. The thieves ________________ (steal, steals) all of his money.
10.

The stranger ________________ (take, takes) a deep breath before

he ________________ (speak, speaks).

11. He ________________ (jog, jogs) around the park every day.

12.

The girls often ________________ (help, helps) their mother at her

shop.
13.

This is a story about a girl who ________________ (love, loves) to

help people.
14.

The baby ________________ (like, likes) eggs for lunch.

15.

Please do not disturb him, he ________________ (need, needs) a

rest.
16.

We have been saving some money because we ________________

(want, wants) to go for a holiday abroad.

17.

They ________________ (sell, sells) good fried rice here. You should

try it.
18.

Amy, together with her sister, ________________ (walk, walks) to

the bus stop.

19.

The children ________________ (know, knows) the answer to that

question.

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20.

Both the twins ________________ (do, does) their work well.

21.

One of the employees ________________ (come, comes) late to

work.
22.

The furniture in that house ________________ (cost, costs) lots of

money.
23.

Sarahs father ________________ (work, works) in Paris.

24.

Sharil and Liza ________________ (go, goes) to school by bus.

25.

Meena ________________ (live, lives) at No.25, Green Lane Park.

26.

My grandmother ________________ (like, likes) to read in the

garden.
27. Her pen friend ________________ (arrive, arrives) from Mexico today. We

are going to meet her at the airport.

28.

Zack and his brothers ________________ (enjoy, enjoys) go-cart

racing.
29.

The Education Minister ________________ (want, wants) discipline

in schools to be looked into seriously.

30.

When we ________________ (face, faces) problems, we should seek

help from the counselors in school.

31.

The new boy in class ________________ (deny, denies) that he is

the son of a minister.

32.

The Fire Brigade regularly ________________ (conduct, conducts)

fire drills in all schools.

33.

Muslims ________________ (pray, prays) five times every day.

34.

We always ________________ (sleep, sleeps) early.

35.

My father often ________________ (work, works) late.

36.

Water ________________ (consist, consists) of oxygen and

hydrogen.
37.

She________________ (feel, feels) sad because her goldfish died.

38.

The house in front of the hospital ________________ (look, looks)

great.

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39.

Teenagers ________________ (influence, influences) each other in

many different ways.

40.

Advice from our elders always ________________ (turn, turns) out

to be the best.

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