Exercise 1

Present Tense

Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

Example: I / You / We / They (cook) cook.

Example: He / She / It (cook) cooks.

I ( cook / cooks ) on Monday.

You ( cook / cooks ) on Tuesday.

We ( cook / cooks ) on Wednesday.

They ( cook / cooks ) on Thursday.

He ( cook / cooks ) on Friday.

She ( cook / cooks ) on Saturday.

It ( cook / cooks ) on Sunday.

 Exercise 2
Present Tense

Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

Example: I / You / We / They (wash) wash the car on Monday.

Example: He / She / It (wash) washes the car on Tuesday.

I ( wash / washes ) the car on Monday.

You ( wash / washes ) the car on Tuesday.

We ( wash / washes ) the car on Wednesday.

They ( wash / washes ) the car on Thursday.

He ( wash / washes ) the car on Friday.

She ( wash / washes ) the car on Saturday.

It ( wash / washes ) the car on Sunday.

 Exercise 3
Present Tense
Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

1) Monica (eat) _______ eggs.

2) Teddy and Monica (eat) _______ eggs.
3) Mickie (study) _______ English every day.
4) Arthur and Jason (study) _______ English on Monday and Tuesday.
5) Angie and I (drink) _______ coffee.
6) Eva (like) _______ chocolate.
7) Dustin (watch) _______ movies.
8) Yoko (play) _______ the piano.
9) The students (take) _______ tests.
10)It (rain) _______ here a lot.

Exercise 4
Present Tense
Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

1) Dennis (cook) _______ on Wednesday.

2) Mariella and I (cook) _______ on Tuesday.
3) Spencer (wash) _______ his car on Sunday.
4) Tammy and I (wash) _______ our car on Monday.
5) You (study) _______ science on Thursday.
6) Thomas (study) _______ math on Friday.
7) Rickie (play) _______ golf and tennis.
8) Justin and I (play) _______ basketball and soccer.
9) Kim (read) _______ fiction novels.
10) Richard and David (read) _______ the newspaper.
Exercise 5
Present Tense

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

Example: I/You/We/They (play) play the guitar.

Example: He/She/It (play) plays the guitar.

Mary (be) _______ twenty-nine years old.

We (like) _______ to eat fruit. It (taste) _______ good.

The football team never (score) _______ . It (lose) _______ all the time.

Roberta and Betty always (talk) _______ to each other on the phone.

5) Jose and I (study) _______ chemistry together.

6) The car (have) _______ a flat tire.

7) You never (make) _______ breakfast for me. I always (have) _______ to make it
myself.
The mechanic (fix) _______ my car when it breaks down.

Tom rarely (fly) _______. He usually (drive) _______.

I usually (watch) _______ TV, but tonight I (think) _______ I will read a book.

Igor (call) _______ his mother on the phone every day.

When he (be) _______ alone at night, Beto sometimes (get) _______ scared.

I (be) _______ tired. I (think) _______ I am going to take a nap.

Cakes (be) _______ hard to make. They (require) _______ a lot of work.

Joel (like) _______ to play soccer. He (practice) _______ every day.

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Exercise 6

Present Tense

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
Affirmative (+):

Example: He (play) plays the guitar.

Negative (-):

He (not, play) does not play the guitar.

I rarely (eat) _______ chocolate. I (not, like) _______ ______ _______the way it
(taste) _______.

We (like) _______ to watch movies. My favorite movie (be) _______ Titanic.

The ocean (sound) _______ like an airplane.

The flag (blow) _______ in the wind every day. It is getting old. It (need)

_______ to be replaced soon.

The janitor at my school (empty) _______ the

trash on Sunday.

6) Angelica always (try) _______ to make new friends.

James (run) _______ two miles every day.

Elizabeth often (march) _______ with the band.

John and I (open) _______ presents at Christmas.

When there is a fire, the firemen (rush) _______ to put it out. After the fire
(be)_______ out, they (go) _______ home.

I (be, not) _______ _______ tired. I (think) _______ I will read a book.

Shelley (not, think) _______ _______ _______ this quiz is hard. But I (do)

_______!