a- Circle the correct form of the verb to complete each sentence.

1. Doctor Moffett (love / loves) his job.

2. He (study / studies) electric engineering at the university.

3. A salesperson (sells / sell) products for a company.

4. You and Anita (work / works) on weekends.

5. Nurses (help / helps) people.

6. We (write / writes) science books.

7. Our office (close / closes) at 7:00 p.m.

8. She (take / takes) classes at the business school.

9. You (walk / walks) to work every day.

10. I (start / starts) work at 8:00 a.m. every morning.

b- Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses using simple present.

1. A zookeeper ______________ (feed) animals.

2. Computer programmers ________________ (write) software.

3. Photographers_________________ (take) photos.

4. A chef _________________ (cook) food.

5. A firefighter ______________ (fight) fires.

6. Musicians __________________ (play) instruments.

7. A farmer ______________________ (work) on a farm.

8. A dancer ___________________ (dance).

c- Complete the paragraphs with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses using simple
present.

Manuel and Lila Vega

Manuel and Lila Vega _______________ (have) a busy lifestyle. Manuel is a doctor

at a hospital. He usually works at night, so he ________________ (go) to work at 7:00 p.m. and

comes home at 7:00 a.m. His wife Lila works at a bank. She _______________ (go) to work

at 8:00 a.m. and comes home at 6:00 p.m. They don’t see each other a lot during the week.
Manuel and Lila also ______________ (have) two children, Luis and Carla. Every

morning they all ______________ (have) breakfast together at 7:30. Then, Luis and Carla

_____________ (go) to school, and Lila ______________ (go) to work. Manuel

_____________ (do) the dishes, and then _____________ (go) to bed. Carla

usually _______________ (do) her homework at a friend’s house in the afternoon, and

Luis __________________ (have) soccer practice. Manuel gets up at 4:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m.,

he _______________ (have) dinner with Lila, Luis, and Carla. After dinner, he

_______________ (go) to work. Manuel and Lila __________________(have)

a busy schedule during the week, but on weekends they ___________ (relax).

d- Change each affirmative statement into a negative statement.

Example 1. My brother has a job. My brother doesn’t have a job.

2. I drive to work.

3. Pilots fix planes.

4. Our teacher does homework.

5. I go to the gym in the morning.

6. We have class on Sunday.

7. You teach biology.

8. We have an exam on Saturday night.

e- Complete each sentence with the correct prepositions (at, from, to, until, in, on).

1. She works ___________ night.

2. The meeting is ___________ Wednesday afternoon.

3. I sleep ___________9:30 __________ the morning _____________ Saturday.

4. I work ____________ Monday ___________ Friday.

5. Class starts ____________ 8:30 ____________ the morning.

6. We study ___________ night.

7. The library is open _________eleven o’clock ________ night.

8. I have lunch _____________12:00 _________1:00 every day.

f- Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. Saturday / to / work / They / need / on

2. He / have / lunch / wants / at / 1:00 / to

3. tonight / to / need / work / until / 7:00 / You

4. need / buy / I / to / computer / a / new

5. She / play / to / likes / tennis

6. want / watch / to / the game / We

7. to / He / study / in the library / likes

8. need / I / do / my homework / to

9. need / I / my / call / mother / to

10. ask / to / wants / a / She / question

g- Complete the conversation using simple present.

A- Where _______ you and your brother ________ (study)?

B- I _________ (study) at the university and my brother _________ (study) in a military academy.

A- ________ you _________ (like) your career?

h- Present Simple and Present Continuous

1) Complete the paragraph and then answer the questions:

Brian _________ (BE) a doctor. He looks after sick people. He usually _________ (GET UP) at 6.00

o’clock. Today he is late, it ______ (BE) 6.30 and he ______ (BE) still in bed. He usually ________

(GO) to work by train but today he ______________ (DRIVE) to work. He __________ (ARRIVE) at

work at 6.30 every morning, but it _______ (BE) 7.30 now and he is still _________ (DRIVE).

It’s 12.00 o’clock now. He always _________ (HAVE) his lunch at 12.00 but today he ___________

(HAVE) lunch at 12.00 because he is looking after his sick patients. It is half past seven now and
Brian _____________ (WATCH) TV at home. He usually ___________ (WATCH) TV at half past seven
because his favorite program _________ (START) at half past seven.

Brian generally ___________ (HAVE) his dinner at 8.30 everyday and he ______________ (HAVE)

dinner now. It is 24.00 now and Brian _____________ (GO) to bed. He always __________ (GO) to

bed at 24.00.

1.1. What does Brian do?

1.2. When does he always have his lunch?

1.3. What time does he usually get up?

1.4. What is he doing at 12.00 today?

1.5. How does he usually go to work?

1.6. Why does he usually watch TV at 7.30?

1.7. What time does he go to bed?

1.8. What time does he arrive at work everyday?

1.9. What time is he going to bed now?

i- Fill in the blanks with PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE PRESENT:

a. The children ………………………….. (play) outside now.

b. She usually ………………………. (read) the newspaper in the morning.

c. I …………………………… (do) my homework now.

d. I ………………………… (eat) my dinner now.

e. ……………………………. (you / want) a pizza?

f. They …………………………….. (watch) TV now.

g. I ……………………………. (not / like) spaghetti.

h. The baby …………………………. (sleep) now.

i. My mother usually …………………. (cook) dinner in the evening.

j- Complete the sentences with SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

a. Susan usually ………………. (go) to school by bus, but today she ……………………(go) to school by
train.
b. Mary often ………………. (read) in bed, but today she is very tired and she………………………. (not /
read).

c. The boys usually ………………… (ride) their bikes to school. They ……………………………… (like / ride)
their bikes. They ……………… (be) very naughty boys. They always …………………… (go) to school late.

d. Mary ………………………. (like / eat) sweets. Every morning she ……………(have) coffee with a lot of
sweets and chocolate. For lunch she and her friends often ………………. (eat) sweets or ice-cream.
She ……………………… (not /like / eat) fruit or vegetables. She ……………………… (eat / never) eggs or
cheese. Today she …………………. (be) sick. She …………………… (sleep) in her room now.

k-Answer the questions:

a. How often do you walk to school?

b. What do you do after school?

c. What can you eat in an Italian restaurant?

d. Where does a doctor work?

e. What are you doing right now?

l- Organize these words to write sentences.

a. likes watching TV / He / but / he / now / is / sleeping /

b. What / Wendy / is / at the moment / doing/ ? She / brushing / her teeth / is

c. mother / can’t / help / my / me / now / because / she / cooking / kitchen / is / the/ in

d. Where / cousin / your / live / does? // She / in / lives / Australia /

e. Tim / / goes / work / bicycle / usually / to / by

f. play / children / games / sometimes / my / video

m- Complete the sentences using Present Continuous.

A- Good morning Sue, _________ you __________ (go) to your house now?
B- No. I ______________. I have English clases on Mondays at this time.

A- Lou ________________ (study) very hard for her exams this semester.
B- Oh yes. ____________ you ____________ the same? You should study hard as well.

A- Where is Susan now? She isn’t in the classroom.