PRESENT SIMPLE EXERCISES:

1. Put –s or –es:
speak –
dream –
rush –
miss –
keep –
go –
dance –
fly –
sit –
watch –
jump –
run –

2. Write –s if necessary. (Umetni –s gdje je potrebno.)

a) She sometimes ride___ a bike.
b) I often play___ chess.
c) Do we study____ German every day?
d) Jessica sometimes write___ stories.
e) I don't eat___ chocolate cake for breakfast.
f) My grandma always feed___ the cat.
g) My mum always wash____ my clothes.
f) He drive___ a car.
g) Does Julia fix___ her bike on her own?

3. Complete the sentences. Use: do, don't, does or doesn't.

a) __Do___ you sometimes ride a bike? Yes, I __do__ .
b) ___________ he always drinks juice? Yes, he ________________ .
c) ___________ you sometimes forget your homework? No, I _________________.
d) ___________ Iva like chocolate? No, she _______________________.
e) ___________ you like ice-cream? Yes, I _________________________.
f) ___________ Jure and Ivana sit togehter? No, they ____________________.

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4. Put the verbs in Present Simple:
1. My dad ______________________ (drive) a white car.
2. I ________________________ (be) 14 years old.
3. You_____________________ (like) hamburger
4. I ________________________ (eat) meat.
5. Mary _______________________ (wear) glasses
6. He _______________________ (read) newspapers every day.
7. He often ______________________ (use) my computer.
8. Michael _____________________ (play) the guitar.
9. My neighbours ______________________ (visit) us every day.
10. Katarina __________________________ (eat) fruit every morning.

5. Put the sentences from task 4 in their negative and interrogative forms. (Prebaci rečenice iz zad.
4 u negativni i upitni oblik).
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6. Put the verbs in brackets in Present Simple:
A)
Melanie ___________ (be) a very active person and she's really fit. She ____________ (love) tennis. She
________________ (practice) a lot and she's a fantastic player! I _____________ (not play) because I'm
terrible at sport, but I ______________ (like) to see her play tennis. I _____________ (go) to the tennis
club to watch her. I'm lazy, so I _________________ (not exercise) a lot.
Meg is a very friendly person and people _____________ (think) that she's great. She's always with
someone - she ______________ (not like) to be alone. We ___________ (go) to a lot of parties,
sometimes two or three a week! Everyone is her friend and she _______________ (speak) to everyone.
People always ______________ (tell) her their problems. She ____________ (know) everything about
everyone!
B)
The average person in the USA ________________ (use) 425 litres of water a day and the average European
200 litres a day. But a lot of people in other parts of the world only _____________ (use) under 60 litres a
day. Did you know that every time we _______________ (turn on) a washing machine we ______________
(spend) 100 litres of water? Every time you ___________ (have) a bath, you _____________ (use) 80 litres.
Mark ______________ (know) these facts so he has decided to change his habits. He ______________ (turn
off) the water when he ____________ (brush) his teeth and he _____________ (take) a shower. His parents
____________ (do) the same. They _____________ (know) we mustn’t waste water because clean water is
maybe the most important thing on Earth.