EXERCISES LESSON 3: PRESENT SIMPLE
EXERCISE 1: Write the 3rd person singular of the verbs.
1. I join - he joins 7. I talk - he …………….
2. I like - he ………… 8. I go - he …………
3. I kiss - he ……………. 9. I teach - he ……………
4. I fly - he ……………. 10. I buy - she ……………
5. I watch - he ………… 11. I finish - she ……………
6. I enjoy - he ……………. 12. I cry - she ……………
EXERCISE 2: Complete with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.
John and I __________ (be) at home.. My wife ____________ (like) coffee for
breakfast.
Peter __________ (like) baseball.
What ____________ Tom usually
John __________ (live) in Tokyo. ____________ (have) for breakfast?
Tony __________ (prefer) baseball than Your train ____________ (leave) at 5pm
basketball. from platform 3 every day.
We __________ (have) a big garden What ____________ Mary ____________
Cathy __________ (study) in the library. (do)? She's a student.
We __________ (be) good friends. My whole family _______________ (go) to
church once a week.
John __________ (go) to school every day.
My wife and I _________________ (go) to
Mary __________ (read) the story. the beach in the summer.
Paul __________ (have) breakfast at Leap year __________________ (come)
home. every four years.
I ____________ (read) very interesting My grandfather ________________ (grow)
books. tomatoes in his garden.
Joanne ____________ (work) eight hours He ________________ (grow) them every
a day. summer.
Do you ____________ (speak) Spanish? The children __________________ (leave)
at 8:30 every morning of the week.
I ____________ (not know) him very well.
In the north the season My father _____________ (drive) us to
____________________ (change) four school.
times a year.
The teacher _____________ (not/ be) in
The monsoon _____________________ class today.
(come) once or twice a year.
Who _____________ (like) classical music?
The weather _____________ (get) very Some people _____________ (not/ have)
cold in Moscow in the winter. parties to celebrate their birthday.
Many birds of Europe _____________ (fly) When _____________ (you/meet) your
south to Africa every winter. friends?
Paul _____________ (not/speak) English Pam never _____________ (wear) skirts.
well.
It often _____________ (rain) here in
My brother _____________ (help) me with autumn.
my homework.
What time _____________ (the film/
The children usually _____________ (eat) start)?
in the school canteen.
Most shops _____________ (close) at
_____________ (she/ live) in a flat or in a 17:30.
house?
The 6:35 train _____________ (not/ stop)
here.
EXERCISE 3: Write the following sentences in the Negative Form.
Chan eat fried rice. ____________________________________
Betty is very gorgeous. ____________________________________
They go to the shopping mall. ____________________________________
Andy hates swimming. ____________________________________
Anne loves volleyball. ____________________________________
Peter study in the living room. ____________________________________
I have five shoes. ____________________________________
Tom has a car. ____________________________________
We are dating. ____________________________________
EXERCISE 4: Underline the correct verb form in the Question Form and answer them
Does Ann live/lives in Africa? Does Pat arrive/arrives early?
Does Evan goes/go to the Supermarket? Am/Are I a teacher?
Do Andy and Ann meet/meets them in the Is/Are they in the garden?
restaurant?
She play/plays volleyball at weekends.
Do you read/reads this newspaper?