Present Tense Simple

Exercise 1:

1. Sarah and Pam often ___ to parties. (go)

2. Jenny sometimes ______ Monica. (meet)

3. In summer the children usually ______ in the garden. (play)

4. Sally often --------------- the board. (clean)

5. My sister --------------------blue eyes. (have)

6. Bill _____________ the window. (open)

7. Barbara _____________school uniforms look great. (think)

8. They all ___________ dark blue pullovers. (wear)

9. He often ____________the housework. (do)

10. My mum _____________shopping every Friday. (go)

Exercise 2: Present Simple Negation

Put the sentences into negation. Use short forms (doesn't, don't, isn't,...)

Example: I am hungry. - I'm not hungry.

1. They can dance. They __________.

2. I like good books. I __________bad books.

3. We live in a big city. We ____________ in a big city.

4. I can play the guitar. I _______________ the guitar.

5. They are cool. They ________________cool.

Ex 3 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.

Ex 4: Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. My uncle ---- a new laptop every year. (buy)

2. Claire and Zoe ------ a cake for my birthday every year. (bake)
3. My sister ------ hard and that's why she never ----- . (try / fail)
4. Ashley and her friends -------- in the park every weekend. (play)
5. Our dog -----------our neighbour's cat in the garden. (chase)