Primary Longman English Grammar Assessment Bank 3

Simple present tense 3.1

Dan is writing about his friends. Complete his writing using the simple
present tense.

Maggie is my classmate. She __________ (sit) next to

me. She is good at doing sums. She always __________
(help) me with my homework. She __________ (look) after
me and __________ (play) with me. We __________ (be)
good friends.

Joe and Sam are my cousins. Joe __________ (draw)

well and Sam __________ (like) making models. We always
__________ (go) cycling together at weekends.

Answer Key

1 sits 2 helps 3 looks 4 plays

5 are 6 draws 7 likes 8 go

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Simple present tense 3.2

Complete the story about the twins using the simple present tense.

get play read say study take want watch

Sue and Rick are twins. They both ________ to be doctors.

Sue is clever but she is lazy. She does not study in her free
time. She ________ TV every day. She always _________ , ‘I
__________ good marks at exams so I don’t need to work hard.’

Rick is not very smart but he is hard-working. He ________

with his tutor every day.

At weekends their parents ________ them to the library.

Rick ________ books but Sue only ________ computer games.

Who do you think will be a good doctor?

Answer Key

1 want 2 watches 3 says 4 get

5 studies 6 take 7 reads 8 plays

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Simple present tense 3.3

Franky Fox is talking to Piggy Pig. Complete the conversation using the
simple present tense. You can use one of the verbs more than once.

catch do go have help teach

Fox : Hi, Piggy. Are your parents at home?

Pig : No, they aren’t. They’re working.
Fox : What ________ your mother ________ ?
Pig : She’s a teacher. She _________ Music at Forest School.
Fox : How about your father?
Pig : He’s a doctor. He _________ sick people in the hospital.
Fox : _________ you _________ any sisters?
Pig : No, I ________ . But I have a brother.
Fox : _________ he _________ to work?
Pig : Yes, he __________ . He’s a policeman. He _________
bad animals. Oh, look! He’s coming.
Fox : Oh! Goodbye, Piggy.

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Answer Key

1 does, do 2 teaches 3 helps 4 Do, have

5 don’t 6 Does, go 7 does 8 catches

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Simple present tense 3.4

Fairy Fay is at Lily’s home. Complete the conversation using the simple
present tense.

Lily
Fairy Fay

Fairy: Your house is clean and tidy, Lily. ________ you ________
(help) at home?
Lily : Yes, I do. I sweep the floor and my sister ___________ (tidy)
the house. Do you do the housework at home, Fairy Fay?
Fairy: No, I ________ .
Lily : ________ your sister ________ (help) at home?
Fairy: No, she _________ .
Lily : ________ your brother ________ (help) a lot then?
Fairy: Hmm … Yes, he ________ !
Lily : What ________ your brother ________ (do)?
Fairy: He says ‘Bling’ and the house is clean and tidy.
Lily : Wow! That’s great!

Answer Key

1 Do, help 2 tidies 3 don’t 4 Does, help

5 doesn’t 6 Does, help 7 does 8 does, do

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Simple present tense 3.5

Sally is reading a story to her brother. Complete the beginning of the story
using the simple present tense or the present continuous tense.

Old Mrs Lee ___________________ (not work) but she’s very

busy. Every week she __________ (visit) an old people’s home.
She __________ (play) games with the old people. She
__________ (chat) with them too.

Look! Mrs Lee and the old people are ___________ (have) a
party now. They are __________ (sing). They are __________
(laugh) too! They are happy. Mrs Lee __________ (ask) one of the
women, ‘________ you ________ (like) the party? Let’s have more
fun!’ ‘Great idea! What ________ you ________ (want) to do?’
asks the woman. Mrs Lee …

Answer Key

1 does not work / doesn’t work 2 visits 3 plays

4 chats 5 having 6 singing

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7 laughing 8 asks / is asking 9 Do, like

10 do, want

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Simple present tense 3.6

Aunt Mary is calling Ken. Complete the conversation using the simple
present tense or the present continuous tense.

Aunt : Hello, Ken. Are your parents at home now?

Ken : Yes, they are.
Aunt : What are they doing?
Ken : Mum _______________ (wash) the dishes and Dad
_______________ (read) the newspaper.
Aunt : ________ you ________ (help) at home, Ken?
Ken : Yes, I do. I ___________ (sweep) the floor every week.
Aunt : What about your brother Ben?
Ken : He __________ (tidy) the bookshelf.
Aunt : What do you do at weekends?
Ken : Ben and I ____________ (go) to swimming lessons on
Saturday afternoons. Then we __________ (have) dinner
with Grandma.
Aunt : I see. Do you have lessons on Sundays?
Ken : No, I ________ .
Aunt : I have some tickets for Ocean Park. Let’s go together!
Ken : Good idea! I’ll ask Mum …

Answer Key

1 is washing 2 is reading 3 Do, help 4 sweep

5 tidies 6 go 7 have 8 don’t

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Simple present tense 3.7

Philip is chatting with his classmates about Open Day. Finish what they say
with the correct form of the verbs given.

Philip: What are you ① ______ (do) for Open Day, Milly?
Milly: I ② ______ (play) the guitar. Justin ③ ______ (sing) on stage
with me.
Philip: When ④ ______ (be) Open Day?
Justin: It ⑤ ______ (be) on the fourteenth of October.
Philip: I ⑥ ______ (want) to perform on stage too!
Milly: ⑦ ______ (be) you good at playing the piano?
Philip: No, I ⑧ ______ . I ⑨ ______ (not like) music.
Justin: What ⑩ ______ (be) you good at?
Philip: I ⑪ ______ (be) good at playing football and table tennis!
Justin: Well … You can’t perform ball games on stage.
Milly: Yes, he can! There’s a drama show on Open Day. It’s about a
table tennis player. Philip, you can talk to Mrs Tam. I ⑫
______ (think) she needs a boy to play table tennis in the
show.
Justin: That ⑬ ______ (be) great! Go find Mrs Tam and talk to her,
Philip!
Philip: Thanks, Justin and Milly! You ⑭ ______ (be) my best friends!

Answer Key

1 doing 2 ’m playing / am playing 3 is singing

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4 ’s / is 5 ’s / is 6 want

7 Are 8 ’m not / am not 9 don’t like / do not

like

10 are 11 ’m / am 12 think

13 ’s / is 14 ’re /are

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Simple present tense 3.8

Complete Winnie’s blog with the simple present tense. Write the answers in
the blanks below.
  http://www.myblog.comx/winnie.lai

16th November (Wed)

My mother is a superwoman to me. She can do a lot

of things! Every morning, she  up at six thirty
and  breakfast for us. Then she  to work.
She  a teacher. After work, she  us dinner.
My father and I  with the housework at weekends.

Mum’s birthday  on 19th November. Mum  films. She  to

watch a film called Happy Family on her birthday. The film 
about a trip to Singapore. I ⓫ to buy a birthday present for my
mum. ⓬ you ⓬ any ideas? Please leave a comment if you do!

1 (wake) _________________ 2 (prepare) _________________

3 (go) _________________ 4 (be) _________________
5 (cook) _________________ 6 (help) _________________
7 (be) _________________ 8 (love) _________________
9 (want) _________________ 10 (talk) _________________
11 (want) _________________ 12 (have) _________________

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Answer Key

1 wakes 2 prepares 3 goes 4 is / ’s

5 cooks 6 help 7 is / ’s 8 loves

9 wants 10 talks 11 want 12 Do, have

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Simple present tense 3.9

Look at the picture and complete the text with the correct forms of the verbs.
Circle the correct letters.

It  a busy day at Happy Restaurant.

There  many hungry animals. Mrs Hippo
 angry because Mr Hippo  . He 
her serve the customers.

The Panda Brothers  bamboo leaves.

‘The food  delicious!’ Peter Panda  .

The Monkey Family is in the restaurant too. Milly Monkey asks Mike
Monkey, ‘What  you  , Mike?’ ‘A banana milkshake. It  just like a
banana!’ Mike Monkey replies.

Mr Elephant ⓫ reading. He ⓬ a storybook. He is with Mr Lion and Miss

Zebra. They ⓭ good friends. They ⓮ happily.

1 a. be b. is c. are

2 a. are b. be c. is

3 a. is b. are c. be

4 a. sleep b. is sleeping c. sleeps

5 a. don’t helps b. doesn’t helps c. doesn’t help

6 a. eating b. is eating c. are eating

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7 a. is b. are c. be

8 a. say b. saies c. says

9 a. is, drink b. are, drinking c. is, drinking

10 a. tastes b. taste c. is tasting

11 a. is liking b. likes c. like

12 a. read b. is reading c. reads

13 a. are b. is c. be

14 a. chatting b. is chatting c. are chatting

Answer Key

1 b 2 a 3 a 4 b

5 c 6 c 7 a 8 c

9 b 10 a 11 b 12 b

13 a 14 c

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Simple present tense 3.10

Complete Jimmy’s writing with the correct forms of the verbs given. You can
use the words more than once.

putgivebecutsayeathavewash

Breakfast
By Jimmy Lau (P.3E)

Breakfast _______________ my favourite meal. Doctors

_______________ that breakfast is very important because it
_______________ us energy for the day.

What ________ you usually _______________ for breakfast?

I usually _______________ a cheese and tomato sandwich. It
_______________ easy to make. First _______________ a
tomato and _______________ it into slices. _______________
the tomato slices and a slice of cheese on a piece of bread. Then put
another slice of bread on top. That’s it! You can try it tomorrow
morning!

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Answer Key

1 is 2 say 3 gives

4 do, eat / have 5 eat / have 6 is

7 wash 8 cut 9 Put

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Simple present tense 3.11

Sally and Emma are chatting on the phone. Complete the conversation. Fill
in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given.

Emma : Emma speaking.

Sally : Hi. This is Sally.

Emma : Hi, Sally!

Sally : What _______ you ______________ (do), Emma?

Emma : I ________________ (read) a leaflet from Wonderful Learning

Centre. The centre ____________ (have) a lot of Easter

activities. There __________ (be) a sports camp from the
twenty-second to the twenty-third of March. ______ you
__________ (want) to join the camp with me?

Sally : I don’t think so. Sorry! I’m not very interested in sports.
_________ the centre ___________ (have) any cooking
classes?

Emma : Yes. There’s a cooking class. It ________________ (teach) us

how to make chocolate eggs. I ________________ (think) that

sounds fun!

Sally : It does! Can we do the class together?

Emma : Sure!

Sally : Great!

Emma : _________ (be) you bored at the moment? Do you want to

play
in the park?

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Sally : Good idea! I _____________ (miss) your puppy Andy. What

⓫_______ he _____________ (do) now? Can he come to the

park too?

Emma : He ⓬_________________ (sleep). I will wake him up.

Sally : Great! See you later, Emma!

Emma : See you!

Answer Key

1 are, doing

2 am / ’m reading

3 has

4 is

5 Do, want

6 Does, have

7 teaches

8 think

9 are

10 miss

11 is / ’s , doing

12 is / ’s sleeping

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