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SIMPLE PRESENT

Present Simple - Exercises

1. Complete with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets:

• Peter _ (like) watching baseball

• John _______ (live) in Tokyo.
• Tony __________ (prefer) baseball than basketball.
• We __________ (have) a big garden
• Cathy __________ (study) in the library.
• We __________ (be) good friends.
• John __________ (go) to school every day.
• Mary __________ (read) the story.
• Paul __________ (have) breakfast at home.

2. Underline the correct answer in the Question Form:

• Does Ann live/lives in Africa?
• Does Pat arrive/arrives early?
• Does Evan goes/go to the Supermarket?
• Do Andy and Ann meet/meets them in the restaurant?
• Do you read/reads this newspaper?
• Am/Are I a teacher?
• Is/Are they in the garden?
• She play/plays volleyball at weekends.

3. Write the following sentences in the Negative Form:

• Chan eat fried rice. ________________________________________________
• Betty is very gorgeous. ______________________________________________
• They go to the shopping mall. ________________________________________
• Andy hates swimming. ______________________________________________
• Anne loves volleyball. _______________________________________________
• Peter studies in the living room. ______________________________________
• I have five shoes. __________________________________________________
• Tom has a car. ____________________________________________________
• We are dating. ____________________________________________________

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4. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given:

• Joanne ____________ (work) eight hours a day.
• Do you ____________ (speak) Spanish?
• I ____________ (not know) him very well.
• My wife ____________ (like) coffee for breakfast.
• What ____________ Tom usually ____________ (have) for breakfast?
• Your train ____________ (leave) at 17.25 from platform 3 every day.
• 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.

5. Make sentences in simple present.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

She works at SENA I do not want to dance Do you want to dance

whit me?
She studies at SENA Tat is not my dog Do I teach english?

He doesn`t buy a She is from popayan?

cellphone
We travel to Bogotà I do not know that
person
I have not studied at Does she play soccer?
that school
They eat vegetables

Mary and me doesn`t

drink water.

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6. READING EXERCISE VERB TO BE

Read the text carefully.

Rihanna is a singer. She’s from Barbados but now she works all
over the world. She’s twenty-four years old and she’s very
famous. She has got big brown eyes and she’s tall.

She has got a lot of hit songs: Umbrella, Don’t stop the music,
Disturbia, etc. The songs are so good that she has a lot of fans all
over the world. they love her music.

Rihanna’s mother is called Monica and her father’s name is Ronald.

1. Mark the sentences as true (T) or false (F).

a) Rihanna isn’t a teacher. _F__

b) Rihanna is Barbadian. V___
c) She isn’t very famous. _F__
d) Rihanna is very short. F___
e) She hasn’t got many fans. F___
f) Monica and Ronald are her grandparents. __F_

2. Answer the questions.

a) What’s Rihanna’s job?

_She_is_a_singer._____________________________________________________
______________________
b) Where is she from?
She_is_from_barbados_________________________________________________
___________________________
c) How old is she?
_Have_24_years______________________________________________________
______________________

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d) Is she famous?
_If_she,is_famous_____________________________________________________
______________________
e) What colour are her eyes?
_She has big brown eyes

_______________________________________________________________________
______

f) What’s her mother’s first name?

Monica______________________________________________________________
_________________