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PRESENT SIMPLE: EXERCISES

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

a) The school at 8.20 a.m. (to start)b) Mark Spanish and German at school. (to learn)

c) Lisa P.E. (physical edcation) three times a !eek. She it. (to

ha"e)#(to like)d) My parents both maths at my school. (to teach)

e) $o to school by bs. (to %o)&) 'e al!ays or home!ork a&ter school. ( to do)

%) "ery hard e"ery day. (to stdy)

2. Complete the sentences with the verbs. Pay attention, the formhas to be negative this time.

a) at o*clock in the mornin%+ can sleep ntil ,. (to %et p).

b) My brother history and maths. (to like)

c) 'e talian at or school. (to learn)d) $o to school by bs+ yor &ather dri"es yo to school. (to

%o)

e) -essy to school today becase he is ill. (to %o)&) They at school+ they eat at home. (to eat)

%) my a&ter school+ she !atches T/. (to stdy)

3. Complete the text with the verbs in the brackets. This time the

positive and negative forms are mixed.

This is Lara. Lara (1. to be) &rom Meico. She

(2. to speak) Spanish and she (3. to learn) En%lish

at school.She (. to say)1 (!. to %o) to school !ith

Tom e"ery day. Tom (". to come) &rom Meico+

he is En%lish+ he (#. to come) &rom London. 3e ($. tospeak) En%lish bt he (%. to speak) Spanish "ery !ell+ he

(1&. to learn) it at school.4 Tom (11. to say)14

(12. to like) it here in Meico. (13. to ha"e) many

&riends yet+ bt Lara (1. to be) "ery nice to me. 'e

sometimes (1!. to %o) ot at the !eekends.4



. P't the words in the correct order( )nswer by the short answer(*+

-es / 0o

a) !e # 5o # PE # on# ha"e # Tesdays 6 (7)

b) 810 am# school# at# start# does6(7)

c) al!ays# they#home!ork#do#do 6(9)

d) like# En%lish# Lisa# does 6(7)

e) 5o # brother# sister# and# yo# ha"e6(9)

&) yor# do# read# parents# a lot6(9)

!. Complete these 'estions with the verbs in the brackets(

a) yo to school on Sndays6 (to %o)

b) yor teacher yo a lot o& home!ork6 (to %i"e)c) 'hat they a&ter school6 (to do)

d) she T/ e"ery day6 (to !atch)e) 'here yo 6 (to li"e)

&) 'hen yor brother 6(to %et p)

". rite sentences abo't the following people4

a) )my1 schoolstart 8.0 a.m+ En%lish + :rench + end o& school ;.00

p.m.

Example: Amy starts school at 8.30 a.m. She likes English but she doesn’t

like French. She inishes school at !.00 p.m.

b) 5rian1 school start 8.00 a.m+ P.E. + at noon < lnchtime+ end o& school

.=> p.m.

c) )lex1 school in London+ history + science



d) 6aniel1 school start 8.=> a.m+ by bs+ .T. + drama

e) Thomas1 school start 8.00 a.m.+ science + latin school in 'ales+ on

&oot+ end o& school 2.00 p.m.

#. 7arah got her new timetable this morning. 7he comes home from

school and tells her mother. 8magine a short dialog'e between

7arah and her mother."She likes the courses in italics and she doesn’t

like the courses #hich are underlined$

Monday Tesday 'ednesday Thrsday :riday

?.=>9

=0.0>

En%lish Science .T. .T Science

=0.0>9

==.00

%.E. &aths 3istory %.E :rench

==.009

==.>>

@.E. :rench Geo%raphy En%lish 3istory

==.>>9

=.2>

Lnchtime

=.2>9

=;.00

5rama @.E. :rench Science En%lish

=;.009

=;.>0

Economics rt &aths Economics



PRESENT SIMPLE - PRESENT

CONTINUOUS: EXERCICES

=. Aomplete the sentences sin% the present simple or the present

continosB

a) -ohn home e"ery day at 8 a.m. (to lea"e)

b) My sister her home!ork in the e"enin%. (to do)

c) She at the moment. She . (to talk)# (to !rite)

d) 9Teacher1 Cate+ %i"e me !hat yo 4. (to eat)

9 Cate1 . promise4. (to eat)

e) Ppils sally school early in the mornin%. (to start)

&) &ter school al!ays to the s!immin% pool. (to %o)%) 'e o&ten tests at or school. (to do)

h) to my teacher no!.(to talk)i) E"ery mornin% my mother at o*clock. (to %et p)

D) ndy sometimes comics. (to read)k) Lisa to the teacher+ she . (to listen)# (to

talk)

l) to school by bs e"ery day. (to %o)

m) Look. The teacher to -ohn in the play%rond. (to talk)

n) in the same class as my sister. 'e al!ays

to%ether. (to be)# (to !ork)o) al!ays iet !hile the teacher . (to be)#

(talk)

p) &or my En%lish test !hile my little brother otside.

(to stdy)# (to play)

2. Aomplete this tet sin% the present simple or the present continosB

MariaFFFF. (1.9 to !ant) to impro"e her En%lish. There&ore+ sheFFFFF. (2.

to do) a lan%a%e corse in London at the moment. SheFFFFFF. (3. 9 to stay)

in a hotel and sheFFFFFF.(. to take) the bs to %et to her lan%a%e school.

tFFFF.. (!. to be) only a &i"e minte !alk to the bs station. The

bsFFFFFF.(". to lea"es) at hal& past ei%ht and her &irst lessonFFFFFF.

(#.9 to be%in) at ? o*clock.

n the a&ternoon Maria sallyFFFFF($. 9 to do) si%htseein% in London+ bt

today sheFFFFFF(%. 9 to stdy) &or a test.



PRESENT SIMPLE: EXERCISES

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

a) The school starts at 8.20 a.m. (to start)b) Mark learns Spanish and German at school. (to learn)c) Lisa has P.E. (physical edcation) three times a !eek. She likes it. #(to

ha"e)(to like)

d) My parents both teach maths at my school. (to teach)e) $o %o to school by bs. (to %o)

&) 'e al!ays do or home!ork a&ter school. ( to do)

%) stdy "ery hard e"ery day. (to stdy)

2. Complete the sentences with the verbs. Pay attention, the form

has to be negative this time.

a) don*t %et p at o*clock in the mornin%+ can sleep ntil ,. (to %et p).

b) My brother doesn*t like history and don*t like maths. (to like)c) 'e don*t learn talian at or school. (to learn)

d) $o don*t %o to school by bs+ yor &ather dri"es yo to school. (to %o)e) -essy doesn*t %o to school today becase he is ill. (to %o)

&) They don*t eat at school+ they eat at home. (to eat)%) my doesn*t stdy a&ter school+ she !atches T/. (to stdy)

3. Complete the text with the verbs in the brackets. This time thepositive and negative forms are mixed.

This is Lara. Lara is (1. to be) &rom Meico. She speaks (2. to

speak) Spanish and she learns (3. to learn) En%lish at school.

She says (. to say)1 %o (!. to %o) to school !ith Tom e"ery

day. Tom doesn*t come (". to come) &rom Meico+ he is En%lish+ he

comes (#. to come) &rom London. 3e speaks ($. to speak) En%lish

bt he doesn*t speak (%. to speak) Spanish "ery !ell+ he learns (1&. to

learn) it at school.4 Tom says (11. to say)14 like (12. to like) it here in

Meico. don*t ha"e (13. to ha"e) many &riends yet+ bt Lara is (1. to

be) "ery nice to me. 'e sometimes %o (1!. to %o) ot at the !eekends.4

. P't the words in the correct order( )nswer by the short answer(*+

-es / 0o

a) !e # 5o # PE # on# ha"e # Tesdays 6 (7)

5o !e ha"e PE on Tesdays6

$es+ !e ha"e.

b) 810 am# school# at# start# does6(7)5oes school start at 8.0 a.m.6



$es+ it does.

c) al!ays# they#home!ork#do#do 6(9)

5o they al!ays do their home!ork6

Ho+ they don*t.

d) like# En%lish# Lisa# does 6(7)

5oes Lisa like En%lish6

$es+ she does.

e) 5o # brothers# sisters# and# yo# ha"e6(9)

5o yo ha"e brothers and sisters6

Ho+ don*t.

&) yor# do# read# parents# a lot6(9)

5o yor parents read a lot6

Ho+ they don*t.

!. Complete these 'estions with the verbs in the brackets(a) 5o yo %o to school on Sndays6 (to %o)

b) 5oes yor teacher %i"e yo a lot o& home!ork6 (to %i"e)c) 'hat do they do a&ter school6 (to do)

d) 5oes she !atch T/ e"ery day6 (to !atch)

e) 'here do yo li"e 6 (to li"e)&) 'hen does yor brother %et p6(to %et p)

". rite sentences abo't the following people4

a) )my1 school start 8.0 a.m+ En%lish + :rench + end o& school ;.00

p.m.

Example: Amy starts school at 8.30 a.m. She likes English but she doesn’t

like French. She inishes school at !.00 p.m.

b) 5rian1 school start 8.00 a.m+ P.E. + at noon < lnchtime+ end o& school

.=> p.m.Irian starts school at 8.00 a.m.+ he has lnchtime at noon and he

&inishes school at .=> p.m. 3e likes P.E.

c) )lex1 school in London+ history + science

le %oes to school in London+ he likes history bt he doesn*t like

science.

d) 6aniel1 school start 8.=> a.m+ by bs+ .T. + drama

5aniel starts school at 8.=> a.m. 3e %oes to school by bs. 3e doesn*t

like .T. bt he likes drama.

e) Thomas1 school start 8.00 a.m.+ science + latin school in 'ales+ on&oot+ end o& school 2.00 p.m.



Thomas %oes to school in 'ales+ he starts school at 8.00 a.m. and he

&inishes at 2.00 p.m. 3e likes science bt he doesn*t like science.

#. 7arah got her new timetable this morning. 7he comes home from

school and tells her mother. 8magine a short dialog'e between

7arah and her mother."She likes the courses in italics and she doesn’t

like the courses #hich are underlined$

Monday Tesday 'ednesday Thrsday :riday

?.=>9

=0.0>

En%lish Science .T. .T Science

=0.0>9

==.00

%.E. &aths 3istory %.E :rench

==.009==.>>

@.E. :rench Geo%raphy &aths 3istory

==.>>9

=.2>

Lnchtime

=.2>9

=;.00

5rama @.E. :rench Science En%lish

=;.009

=;.>0

Economics rt En%lish Economics

7arah4 3i mmB

9other4 3ello Sarah+ ho! are yo67arah4 *m &ine. ha"e my ne! timetable.

9other4 3o! is it like6

7arah4 t*s ok. Jn Mondays start !ith En%lish bt don*t like En%lish. It then

ha"e P.E. and like P.E.

9other1 'hat abot the other days6

7arah1 like Thrsdays becase ha"e maths and &inish at 2.00 o*clock.

9other4 'hich day don*t yo like6

7arah4 don*t like :ridays. ha"e history and En%lish on :ridays.

9other4 5on*t &or%et+ a&ter :riday it*s !eekend.

7arah4 $es+ that*s tre.

PRESENT SIMPLE - PRESENT

CONTINUOUS: EXERCICES



=. Aomplete the sentences sin% the present simple or the present

continosB

a) -ohn lea"es home e"ery day at 8 a.m. (to lea"e)

b) My sister does her home!ork in the e"enin%. (to do)

c) She isn*t talkin% at the moment. She is !ritin%. (to talk)# (to !rite)

d) 9Teacher1 Cate+ %i"e me !hat yo are eatin%4. (to eat)

9 Cate1 am not eatin%. promise4. (to eat)

e) Ppils sally start school early in the mornin%. (to start)

&) &ter school al!ays %o to the s!immin% pool. (to %o)

%) 'e o&ten do tests at or school. (to do)

h) am talkin% to my teacher no!.(to talk)i) E"ery mornin% my mother %ets p at o*clock. (to %et p)

D) ndy sometimes reads comics. (to read)k) Lisa isn*t listenin% to the teacher+ she is talkin%. (to listen)# (to talk)

l) don*t %o to school by bs e"ery day. (to %o)

m) Look. The teacher is talkin% to -ohn in the play%rond. (to talk)n) am in the same class as my sister. 'e al!ays !ork to%ether. (to be)#

(to !ork)o) am al!ays iet !hile the teacher is talkin%. (to be)# (talk)

p) am stdyin% &or my En%lish test !hile my little brother is playin%

otside. (to stdy)# (to play)

2 .Aomplete this tet sin% the present simple or the present continosB

Maria !ants (1. 9 to !ant) to impro"e her En%lish. There&ore+ she does (2. to

do) a lan%a%e corse in London at the moment. She stays (3. 9 to stay) in a

hotel and she takes (. to take) the bs to %et to her lan%a%e school. t is (!.

to be) only a &i"e minte !alk to the bs station. The bs lea"es (". to lea"e)

at hal& past ei%ht and her &irst lesson be%ins (#. 9 to be%in) at ? o*clock.

n the a&ternoon Maria sally does ($. 9 to do) si%htseein% in London+ bt today

she is stdyin% (%. 9 to stdy) &or a test.

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