Present Simple Verbs 1. She ___ four languages. a. speak b. speaks 2. Jane is a teacher. She ___ French. a.

teach b. teaches 3. When the kettle ___, will you make some tea? a. boil b. boils 4. I always ___ the window at night because it is cold. a. close b. closes 5. Those shoes ___ too much. a. cost b. costs 6. The food in Japan is expensive. It ___ a lot to live there. a. cost b. costs 7. His job is great because he ___ a lot of people. a. meet b. meets 8. He always ___ his car on Sundays. a. wash b. washes 9. My watch is broken and it ___ to be fixed again. a. need b. needs 10. I ___ to watch movies. a. love b. loves 11. I ___ to the cinema at least once a week. a. go b. goes

12. They never ___ tea in the morning. a. drink b. drinks 13. We both ___ to the radio in the morning. a. listen b. listens 14. He ___ a big wedding. a. want b. wants 15. George ___ too much so he's getting fat. a. eat b. eats 16. The earth ___ round the sun, doesn't it? a. go b. goes 17. The shops in England ___ at 9:00 in the morning. a. open b. opens 18. The post office ___ at 5:30 pm. a. close b. closes 19. Jackie ___ two children now. a. has b. have 20. Mr. Smith ___ too much. He always has a cigarette in his mouth. a. smoke b. smokes 21. When the phone ___, please answer it. a. ring b. rings

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I ____________ (read) a very interesting book every week. Joanne ____________ (work) eight hours a day. Tonight we ____________ (see) a play at the theatre. Who ____________ you ____________ (speak) to when you go there? I ____________ (not know) him very well. What will you do if she ____________ (come) late? My wife ____________ (like) coffee for breakfast. What ____________ Tom usually ____________(have) for breakfast? Your train ____________ (leave) at 17.25 from platform 3. What ____________ Mary ____________ (do) ? She's a student. My whole family _______________(go) to church once a week. My wife and I _________________(go) to the beach in the summer. Listen! The phone ________________(ring) in the other room. Rain seldom ________________(fall) in the Sahara. He is thirteen years old now, and his voice _____________________(change). The teacher_____________________usually (correct) our papers. Leap year __________________(come) every four years. My grandfather ________________(grow) tomatoes in his garden this summer. He ________________(grow) them every summer . The children ______________________(leave) for school in the morning. The children __________________(leave) at 8:30 every morning of the week.

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The baby ______________________(take) her nap every day at 12.00. In the north the season ____________________(change) four times a year . Unfortunately, a patient ______________________ (die) evry week in the hospital. The monsoon _____________________(come) once or twice a year. It's spring and the days _____________________(get) longer. The weather _____________(get) very cold in Moscow in the winter. It _________________(rain) hard here in autumn. It's November and the birds ___________________(fly) south. Many birds of Europe _____________(fly) south to Africa every winter.