"What a Wonderful World"

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks

Complete the lyrics by filling in the blanks with the appropriate simple present tense verbs
from the song. Choose the correct form of the verb.

I _______ (see) trees of green, Red roses too,

I __________ (watch) them __________ (bloom) for me and you,

And I __________ (think) to myself,

What a wonderful world.

Exercise 2: Multiple Choice

Choose the correct simple present tense verb from the options (a), (b), and (c) to complete
each sentence.

1. Children ________ (laugh / laughs / laughed) and play in the park.

2. The sun ________ (shine / shines / shone) brightly in the sky.

3. People ________ (walk / walks / walked) down the street with smiles.

4. Birds ________ (sing / sings / sang) their melodies in the morning.

5. The rainbow ________ (color / colors / colored) the sky.

6. Rivers ________ (flow / flows / flowed) gently to the sea.

Exercise 3: Sentence Transformation

Rewrite the sentences in the third person singular form (he/she/it) if they are in the first
person (I/we).

1. I see trees of green and red roses too.

→ ________________________________________________________________

2. We walk down the street with smiles.

→ ________________________________________________________________

3. I think about a wonderful world.

→ ________________________________________________________________

4. They laugh and play in the park.

→ ________________________________________________________________

5. I know that skies are blue.

→ ________________________________________________________________

6. We hear babies cry and watch them grow.

→ ________________________________________________________________