Present Simple - Exercise

1. My sister   (read) a book.

2. Frank   (like) dogs.

3. My parents   (do) the shopping.

4. We sometimes   (meet) in front of the

cinema.

5. Uncle George   (go) to the doctor's.

6. Our friends   (play) football in the park.

7. She   (go) to the park every Friday.

8. He   (ride) his bike every day.

9. We   (have) the best ideas.

10. Carol   (say) goodbye.

11. She   (be) the best singer in our class.

12. My sister   (live) in a big house.

13. The children   (eat) hamburgers.

14. Bill   (have) got two notebooks.

15. I   (be) at home.

Present Simple - Exercise 2

Fill in the present tense simple.

1. They   about his iPod. (talk)

2. Mary   stamps. (collect)

3. Tom and Sue   two T-shirts. (buy)

4. We   behind a tree. (hide)

5. The children   in the garden. (play)

6. She   my pencil. (borrow)

7. My mother   shopping every Friday. (go)

8. He   my name. (call)

 9. They always   in the first row. (sit)

10. Ken and Sam   stamps. (collect)

11. Carol   goodbye. (say)

12. She usually   Tom with the homework. (help)

13. He   in a big house. (live)

14. The girls   up. (stand)

15. Bill   going shopping. (like)

Present Simple - Exercise 3

Complete the sentences with the present tense simple.

1. My parents often   westerns. (watch)

2. They   hungry. (be)

3. Mum   all the dirty clothes. (wash)

4. Peter   got a brother. (have)

5. Dad   a new plasma TV. (buy)

6. The boys   football. (play)

7. In summer it   hot. (be)

8. I   good at school. (be)

9. On Friday we always   our piano lesson.

(have)

10. Mary   her homework. (do)

11. Richard   TV. (watch)

12. I   big cities. (like)

13. He   in the library. (study)

14. She always   to work at 7. (go)

15. Bill and Tom sometimes   to London. (drive)

Put the sentences into the negative form. Use short forms (doesn't, don't, isn't,...)
Example: I like reading. - I don't like reading.

1. They wash the car. They   the car.

2. I get up early. I   early.

3. They walk to school. They   to school.

4. Jim eats an orange. Jim   an orange.

5. My sister listens to her new CD. My sister   to her new CD.

6. Ann cleans her shoes. Ann   her shoes.

7. Henry climbs the tree. Henry   the tree.

8. They meet at the cinema. They   at the cinema.

9. We like pizza. We   pizza.

10. Gary and Peter go to the party. Gary and Peter   to the party.

11. My parents work in a restaurant. My parents   in a restaurant.

12. We like our uncle. We   our uncle.

13. She sings her favourite song. She   her favourite song.

14. Bill reads a book. Bill   a book.

15. Mary goes to the zoo. Mary   to the zoo.

Present Simple Negation - Exercise 5

Fill in don't or doesn't into the gaps.

1. Sarah   like reading books.

2. Rita's mother   watch horror movies.

3. We   often go to the cinema.

4. Kevin   like spinach and beans.

5. The children   play in the garden very often.

6. They   study for their tests very much.

7. She   play football.

8. My cat   catch mice.

9. I   want to get up early in the morning.

10. We   have to wear school uniforms.

11. His sister   like watching TV shows.

12. My brother and I   go to work by bus.

 13. My parents   eat anything for breakfast.

14. He usually   eat anything for dinner.

15. My neighbours   go on holidays in winter.

Present Simple - Test

A typical day in Lisa's life

Her mother always   (wake) her up at seven o'clock. She   (get) up and   

(go) to the bathroom. There she   (wash) and   (brush) her teeth. Then

she   (walk) downstairs and   (have) breakfast. Then she   (say) goodbye

to her parents and   (leave) the house. She usually   (catch) the bus to

school where she   (meet) some friends. After school she   (do) her homework

and   (study) for a test. Then she   (chat) with her friends,   (read) a

book or   (watch) one of her favourite sitcoms.

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

My uncle   a new laptop every year. (buy)

Claire and Zoe   a cake for my birthday every year. (bake)

My sister   hard and that's why she never  . (try / fail)

Ashley and her friends   in the park every weekend. (play)

Our dog   our neighbour's cat in the garden. (chase)

Write down the negations of the verbs in the positive sentences.

He works from Monday to Friday. He   at weekends.

My friends and I play baseball. We   basketball and football.

Sandra and Mary live in Chicago. Dorothy   there.

My mother likes reading books and magazines. My brothers   reading.

My neighbours take their holidays in July. They   them in August.

Form questions in the present simple with the words given.

What / you / have / for breakfast -  ?

When / he / come / home on Fridays -  ?

How often / she / go out / with her friends -  ?

Your brother / live / in England -  ?

The kids / like / their new English teacher -  ?

Put the words into the correct order. Write down the sentences.

visit / they / sometimes / on Sundays / their aunt -  .

you / to the mall / go / often / with your friends -  ?

a tennis match / hardly ever / watches / he -  .

usually / have / we / dinner / before seven / don't -  .

read / the paper / always / she / in the morning -  ?