The document provides exercises for practicing the present simple tense in English, including affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms. It contains a series of sentences where verbs need to be correctly conjugated based on the context. The exercises are designed to reinforce understanding of habits, repeated actions, generalizations, and facts.
The document provides exercises for practicing the present simple tense in English, including affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms. It contains a series of sentences where verbs need to be correctly conjugated based on the context. The exercises are designed to reinforce understanding of habits, repeated actions, generalizations, and facts.
Affirmative: put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1) Paul ________________ (go) to the market every Friday.
2) Janet ________________________ (like) watching television in the evenings. 3) David and Linda ______________________ (play) cards most weekends. 4) The sun _______________________ (rise) in the east and _________________ (set) in the west. 5) Samantha _________________________ (work) at the new bank in town. 6) Louise and Kevin _____________________________ (live) just outside Bristol. 7) Christine ___________________________ (wash) her hair every day. 8) Daniel ___________________________ (speak) two languages, French and Italian. 9) Jane ________________________________ (travel) a lot in her job. 10) My sister and I __________________ (do) a lot of sport.
Interrogative: put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
2) Where _________________________________________ (Brian/work)? 3) _________________________________________ (Philip/need) a new computer? 4) _________________________________________ (Jane and Paul/live) in London? 5) When _________________________________________ (John/play) golf? 6) _________________________________________ (you/smoke)? 7) What time _________________________________________ (the train/leave)? 8) What ____________________________________ (you/have) for breakfast? 9) What __________________________________ (you/do) at the weekends? 10) _________________________________________ (Joan/come) from Scotland?
Negative: put the verbs into the correct form.
1) Fred _______________________________ (not/work) in London.
2) I _______________________________ (not/speak) Chinese. 3) Paul _______________________________ (not/play) golf. 4) Sheila _______________________________ (not/drink) tea. 5) Jane and Paul _______________________________ (not/come) from Bristol. 6) I’m sorry, I _______________________________ (not/understand) the question. 7) Vegetarians are people who _______________________________ (not/eat) meat. 8) The sun _______________________________ (not/rise) in the west. 9) Bob _______________________________ (not/have) lunch at home, he stays in his office. 10) Mary and Jim _______________________________ (not/work) in the same company.