Simple Present Practice
Lic. Rigoberto Gutiérrez Albenda
U.I.A
2019
1) Put the verbs into the correct form.
1. I (to like) _____________ lemonade very much.
2. The girls always (to listen) _____________ to pop music.
3. Janet never (to wear) _____________ jeans.
4. Mr Smith (to teach) _____________ Spanish and French.
5. You (to do) _____________ your homework after school.
2) Fill in the correct form of the verbs.
1. We (to have) _____________ a nice garden.
2. She (to be) _____________ six years old.
3. Simon (to have) _____________ two rabbits and five
goldfish.
4. I (to be) _____________ from Vienna, Austria.
5. They (to be) _____________ Sandy's parents.
3) Make negative sentences.
1. My father makes breakfast. → _____________
2. They are eleven. → _____________
3. She writes a letter. → _____________
4. I speak Italian. → _____________
5. Danny phones his father on Sundays. → _____________
4) Make questions.
1. you / to speak / English → _____________
2. when / he / to go / home → _____________
3. they / to clean / the bathroom → _____________
4. where / she / to ride / her bike → _____________
5. Billy / to work / in the supermarket → _____________
5) Write the sentence in present simple and
choose the correct form of the following verbs.
1)wake(s) up 7)live(s)
2)open(s) 8)play(s)
3)speak(s) 9)close(s)
4)take(s) 10)live(s)
5)do(es) 11) drink(s)
6)cause(s)
1) Ann handball /very well ________________________________
2) I never / coffee. ________________________________
3) The swimming pool / at 7:00 in the morning. ____________________
4) It / at 9:00 in the evening. _________________________
5) Bad driving / many accidents. _________________________
6) My parents / in a very small flat. _________________________
7) The Olympic Games / place every four years. _____________________
8) They are good students. They always / their homework. ____________
9) My students / a little English. ___________________________
10) I always / early in the morning. ____________________________
6) Write the sentence in present simple and put
the verbs between brackets in the correct form:
1. Jane (not/drink) tea very often. _______________________
2. What time (the banks/open) in Britain? _______________________
3. Where (John/come) from? _______________________
4. It (take) me an hour to get to work. _______________________
5. She (not/wake) up early on Sundays _______________________
7) Choose the right verbs to complete the
sentences. Sometimes you need the negative:
1.Write 4.Tell
2.Turn 5.rise
3.Eat
1. The earth around the sun. _________________________
2. The sun in the east. _________________________
3. Vegetarians meat. _________________________
4. A liar is someone who the truth.
_________________________
5. A novelist novels. _________________________
8) Fill in the words in brackets in the right form of the
third person singular in Present Simple tense to complete
the following sentences
1. Robert ______________ twenty-five pounds a week. (earn)
2. Robert ______________ beautiful pictures. (paint)
3. She ______________ to come here. (want)
4. They ______________ to buy a television-set. (want)
5. It ______________ two hours to get there. (take)
6. This sweater ______________ four pounds. (cost)
7. Ted __________ football well. (play)
8. Miriam __________ too much time with him. (spend)
9. Stan __________ to the BBC regularly. (listen)
10. Linda __________ German fluently. (speak)
11. He __________ medicine. (study)
12. Miss Gibb __________ very well. (dress)
13. Barry __________ too much whisky. (drink)
14. Mike __________ only thrillers. (read)
15. My teacher __________ very hard. (work)
16. Betty __________ to me regularly. (write)
17. Mr Bull ___________ us very often. (visit)
18. This beer __________ sour. (taste)
19. It __________ on the circumstances. (depend)
20. Water __________ of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom
of oxygen. (consist)
9) Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Simple
Present. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or
questions.
1. They __________ hockey at school. (to play)
2. She _____________ e-mails. (not/to write)
3. __________ you __________ English? (to speak)
4. My parents ______________ fish. (not/to like)
5. __________ Anne _________ any hobbies? (to have)
6. Andy's brother __________ in an office. (to work)
7. Leroy __________ very fast. (can/not/to read)
8. __________ Jim and Joe __________ the flowers every week? (to
water)
9. Yvonne's mother __________ a motorbike. (not/to ride)
10. __________ Elisabeth __________ cola? (to drink)
10) Reading Comprehension
• I usually get up very early - at about 6 o’clock. I have breakfast with my wife,
and then leave for work at 7:15. I go to work by train, and get to the office just
before nine. When I arrive at the office, I always check my email. I get a lot of
messages from our overseas offices. Then I usually have a meeting with my
team from 11 to 12 o’clock. I have lunch in the office cafeteria at 12. The food
isn’t very good, but it’s cheap. After lunch I sometimes meet clients, or write
reports. I usually finish work at about 6 o’clock, although I occasionally work
overtime. I get home about an hour later, and have dinner with my family. In
the evening, I help my children with their homework, and watch television
with my wife.
Complete
11) Cover the previous exercises, and fill in the
blanks.
1) Robert gets up ……… 6:00.
2) He goes ……… work ……… train.
3) He has a meeting ……… 11 ……… 12 o’clock.
4) He has dinner ……… his family.
5) He watches television ……… the evening.
12) Choose a verb, and write it in the correct
form.
1. GET
2. WRITE
3. HAVE
4. CHECK
5. WORK
6. MEET
1) He ………….. breakfast with his wife.
2) He ………… his email.
3) He ……………. clients in the afternoon.
4) He sometimes ………….. reports.
5) He occasionally ……………. overtime.
6) He …………. home at about 7 o’clock.
13) Question Writing Practice
