Present Simple Tense

A. Fill in the blanks with the present simple forms of the verb be am, is or are.
My name

is

John. I ________ English. I __________ 18 years old. My father

___________ an engineer. My mother ____________ a doctor. They _________ 46 years

old. I have a sister. Her name __________ Anna. She ________ 18 years old, too. We
________ twins.

B. Read the dialogue. Fill in the blanks using the verb be in the present simple tense.

John: I

am

cold, Anna. It _______ 5 oclock. It _______ time for tea.

Anna: It _______ warm in the cafe. Come on!

Anna: This _____ great. Now we _______ warm.

John: I ______ hot!
Anna: You _____ hot because your drink ______ hot.
John: Of course. It _____ better to be hot than to be cold.

C. Look at the pictures. Read the notes. Write sentences using be - present simple
positive.

1.

Carla

Luigi

Italian

Italian

15

13

Student

Student

Name: Her name is Carla. His name is Luigi.

Nationality: They are Italian.
Age: She is 15. He is 13.
Job: They are students.

2.
Takahashi
Japanese
40
Teacher
Name:_________________________________
Nationality: _____________________________
Age: __________________________________
Job: ___________________________________

3.
YOU?
Name: ___________________________
Nationality: _______________________
Age: ____________________________
Job: ____________________________

D. Kevins Morning Routine Every day, Kevin does these things. Complete the verbs
using s or es.
1. He gets__ up at 6:30.
2. He wash____ his face.
3. He brush___ his teeth.
4. He get____ dressed.
5. He make____ his bed.
6. He eat____ a healthy breakfast.
7. He drink____ a glass of orange juice.
8. He pack____ his schoolbag.
9. He catch____ the 7:30 bus.
10. He arrive___ at school at 8:15.

E. Change these sentences into questions using the present simple tense.
1. Emilia plays the guitar.

Does Emilia play the guitar?

2. Paul likes dogs.
________________________________________
3. Daniel and Jessica live in California.
________________________________________
4. Mike likes to go camping.
________________________________________
5. Katie bakes delicious cookies.
________________________________________
6. David Beckham comes from England.
_______________________________________

A. Write what is

Present Continuous Tense

picture. Put the verbs in the present continuous form.

happening in each

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

He/eat/apple He is eating an apple.

The baby/cry ________________________________________________
It/run _____________________________________________________
She/smell/a rose _____________________________________________
She/play/piano _______________________________________________
He/listen/a bird ______________________________________________
They/eat/ice cream ___________________________________________
They/dance __________________________________________________

B. Complete this postcard using the verbs in brackets ( ) in the present continuous
tense.
Dear Melissa,
We are enjoying (enjoy) our holiday very much. George __________________ (learn) to
swim in the hotel pool. He did not begin very well, but he _____________ (get) better.
We ______________ (make) a lot of new friends here. George _________________
(chat) with a boy named Michael at the moment. He ________________ (not/speak)
English, so I think George ______________________ (practice) his Italian! We
_________________ (improve) our tennis skills and we are ____________ (love) every
minute of it!
Talk to you soon,

Angela
C. Lisa and Sue are on the phone. Complete the dialogue using the verbs in
brackets ( ) in the present continuous tense.

Lisa: Hi, Sue! What are you doing?

Sue: 1.___________________(I/do) my homework.
Lisa: 2.____________________ (you/do) the social studies homework at the
moment? 3.__________________ (I/have) trouble with it.
Sue: No, 4._______________ (I/not/do) social studies at the moment.
5._____________________ (I/finish) English right now.
Lisa: My English grades are very high, but I need to study for social studies.
Sue: Well, Im busy right now. Why dont you call Julia? I think ______________
(she/study) for social studies at the moment.
Lisa: Oh, ok. I see 8.___________________ (I/interrupt) you. Im sorry. I will talk
to you tomorrow.
Sue: Its ok. I dont want you to think 9. _________________ (you/interrupt) me,
but 10.__________________ (I/study) and I need to focus. Thanks for
understanding.

D. Write the words in the correct order to make questions.

1. you/ doing / at / the / moment ?

What are you doing at the moment?

2. at / school / or / you / are / studying / home / at ?
______________________________________________________________
3. are / sitting / you / where?
______________________________________________________________
4. pencil / a / writing / you / pen / with / are / a / or?
______________________________________________________________
5. working / you / how / are?
______________________________________________________________
6. are / you / grammar / practicising / what ?
______________________________________________________________

E. Look at the picture and complete these sentences. Use the present continuous
forms of the words in brackets ( ).

1. She ______is doing

____ (do) her homework.
She _____________________ (watch) TV.
2. She _____________________ (talk) to Steven.
She _____________________ (talk) to her mother.
3. They ____________________ (speak) English.
They ____________________ (speak) Turkish.
4. She _____________________ (sit).
She _____________________ (stand).

A. Write

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

and superlative forms of the adjectives.

1. big bigger biggest
2. Small ____________________________
3. Fast ____________________________

the comparative

4. Slow ____________________________
5. Dry

____________________________

6. Wet ____________________________
7. New ____________________________
8. Old

____________________________

9. Sad ____________________________
10. Happy ___________________________
B. Write the missing words.
1. Interesting more interesting than the most interesting.
2. Famous - ____________________ - the most famous.
3. Dirty - ______________________ - the dirtiest.
4. ________________ - _________________________ - the most dangerous
5. ________________ - more beautiful than - _________________________
6. Expensive - ________________________ - ________________________

C. Read the dialogue. Choose the correct comparative or superlative adjectives

in brackets ( ).
Tom: Have you seen the __newest_____ (newer/newest) James Bond film?
Jerry: Yes, its the _____________ (better/best) film Ive ever seen!
Tom: Really? I think Casino Royale was ____________ (better/best) than this
new film.
Jerry: Well, I think Casino Royale is the ______________ (worse/worst) Bond

film theyve ever made.

Tom: Is Casino Royale ___________(older/oldest) than Goldfinger?
Jerry: No, it isnt. In fact, I think Goldfinger is the ___________( older/oldest)
Bond film.

D. Write true sentences using the words in brackets ( ) and the names of
people, places, and things.
1. (nice/friend/have)

Alex is the nicest friend I have ever had.

2. (bad/film/see)
__________________________________________________________
3. (good/book/read)
__________________________________________________________
4. (old/person/meet)
__________________________________________________________
5. (cold/place/go (been)
__________________________________________________________
6. (bad/thing/eat)
__________________________________________________________
E. Fill in the blanks with comparative and superlative adjectives of your choice.
Megan: I think Miss Green is the __best_______teacher in the school.
Rachel: Well, I think Mrs. White is ______________. Shes more
_____________ than Miss Green.
Lauren: Thats true, but Miss Green is more _________________.
Rachel: Our science teacher is _______________. Hes the most
___________________ person I have ever met.

Lauren: You mean Mr. Black? Hes __________________ too.

Rachel: Mr. Redding is more _________________________ than Mr. Black.