He/She/ THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

It +V+ es/s
I Complete the text. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Do/Does + I _______ (live) in a big house, and I _______ (have) two sisters,
S+ V? mum and dad and two pets. My sisters usually _______ (play) with
them. My dog ________ (like) playing with my older sister. My cat
S + don't/ __________ (not like) playing with them. My other sister always
doesn't +V _________ (study) in her room. She __________ (adore) studying.
My parents ________ (work) a lot and they _________ (not have)
time to play with us or help us with the homework. My mum
_________ (work) at school and my dad ________ (be) a doctor. We sometimes __________ (visit) our
grand parents at weekends. We ________ (be) one big, happy family.

II Write sentences (√, x or?).

1. His father/ work/ in hospital? _________________________________________________
2. John/ draw well X ___________________________________________________________
3. Where / Tim/ come from? ____________________________________________________
4. Hannah /sometimes/ sit on the chair √ _________________________________________________
5. You/ listen/ to the teacher? __________________________________________________
6. They/ visit/ their cousins on Mondays X ________________________________________________

III Order the words to make sentences.

1. often/Sarah/speaks/ English.

adverb+ V
(play,go...)

am/is/are +
adverb

________________________________________________________
2. you/do/eat/vegetables? ________________________________________________________
3. are/baby/dangerous/tigers/not. ________________________________________________________
4. is/your/angry/dad/Mondays/on? _____________________________________________________

IV Write the correct sentences that are true for you. Use adverbs of frequency.
1. My friend/like/ basketball. ________________________________________________________
2. My mum/make/ jewellery. ________________________________________________________
3. I/ eat/sandwiches/ for breakfast. ________________________________________________________
4. My granny/ listen/ to the radio. ________________________________________________________
5. Our English teacher/ help/ us/ with the homework.
________________________________________________________
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I Complete the text. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I live in a big house, and I have two sisters, mum and dad and two pets. My sisters usually play with
them. My dog likes playing with my older sister. My cat doesn’t like playing with them. My other sister
always studies in her room. She adores studying. My parents work a lot and they don’t have time to play
with us or help us with the homework. My mum works at school and my dad is a doctor. We sometimes
visit our grand parents at weekends. We are one big, happy family.

II Write sentences (√, x or?).

7. His father/ work/ in hospital? Does his father work in hospital?
8. John/ draw well X John doesn’t draw well.
9. Where / Tim/ come from? Where does Tim come from?
10. Hannah /sometimes/ sit on the chair √ Hannah sometimes sits on the chair.
11. You/ listen/ to the teacher? Do you listen to the teacher?
12. They/ visit/ their cousins on Mondays X They don’t visit their cousins on Mondays.

III Order the words to make sentences.

5. often/Sarah/speaks/ English. Sarah often speaks English.
6. you/do/eat/vegetables? Do you eat vegetables?
7. are/baby/dangerous/tigers/not. Baby tigers are not dangerous.
8. is/your/angry/dad/Mondays/on? Is your dad angry on Mondays?