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PRESENT SIMPLE
1. Write the HE/SHE/IT forms of the following verbs.
catch.. read.. come cook
go. drink do.. touch.. .
live. watch. buy.. have
carry. copy. enjoy.
2. Write the verb in the right form in the Present Simple.
1. Children ................................ (ask) a lot of 5. My father .............................. (watch)
questions. television most evenings.
2. She .................................. (go) to college on 6. He ................................... (understand)
her bike. Arabic.
3. A lot of birds .............................. (fly) 7. Lessons ................................. (start) at
south in the winter. 8.35 every day
4. She ..................................... (study) at the
weekends.
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9. 3. Make questions in the Present Simple.
1. what/ your father / do?
2. What / the weather/ like?
3. How much / they cost?
4. Where / you live?
5. What / you do?
6. What time/ the classes / start.
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11. 4. Make negative sentences in the Present Simple.
1. I like football, but I ............................................ cricket at all. (not like)
2. She lives in Japan, but she ...................................... a word of Japanese (not speak)
3. Im sorry I ................................. your name. (not remember)
4. He works in New York, but I .................................... what he does. (not know)
5. Marys really tired, but she ...................................... to go to bed. (not want)
6. Phil ..................................... very hard, but he makes a lot of money. (not work)
7. Anns parents ................................... Im the right man for their daughter. (not think)
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13. II. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. Write the ING FORM of these verbs.
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15. visit. clean. live.
16. come enjoy.. like.
17. make play.. get.
2. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the Present Continuous Tense.
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1. John and I ...................................... (stay) in a beautiful hotel.
2. Kevin .......................................... (work) at home today.
3. You ...................................... (walk) too fast.
4. We ........................................... (plan) our next holiday.
5. The girls ............................................ (visit) their grandmother today.
6. She ....................................... (read) in her bedroom at the moment.
7. The baby ...................................... (learn) how to walk.
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3. Make sentences in the negative. Use the Present Continuous.
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1. They .......................................... (not buy) a new 4. We ............................................... (not sell) the
car. house.
2. He ............................................... (not learn) to 5. They ........................................ (not drink) tea.
read. 6. You ....................................... (not work) very
3. I .................................................. ( not look) for hard.
your keys. 7. I ....................................... (not go) home now.
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4. Write the questions. Use the Present Continuous.
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1. What /Jessica / do?
2. Why / John and Patrick / laugh?
3. What book / you / read?
4. What / we / watch?
5. Where / they / stay?
6. Why / we / sit in the dark?
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11. III. PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINOUS
1. Put the following time expressions under the right column.
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13. every day/ right now / always / on Fridays / these days / this afternoon / hardly ever /
today / very often / in the evening / at present / at the moment / rarely/ usually / never /in the
summer
14. Present Simple 15. Present Continuous
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18. 19.
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2. Put the verbs in the PRESENT SIMPLE/PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. a: What ................................................. (you/do)? b: Im an architect.
2. a: What ................................................. (you/do)? b: I .................... (want) to get this car started.
3. a: .................................................................. (your son/play) the violin? B: No, the piano.
4. a: ............................................................. (your son/play) the violin? B: Actually, thats the radio.
5. a: What language .............................................. (she/speak)? It .......................... (sound) like Russian.
6. a: What language ............................................... (she/speak)? b: French- shes from Belgium.
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23. 3. Put the verbs in the PRESENT SIMPLE or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
24. 1. Vegetarians are people who ...................................................................... (not / eat ) meat.
25. 2. Look out! My father ......................................................................... (come)
26. 4. I ...................................................................... (play) tennis every weekend.
27. 5. Who ........................................................................... (sit) in my chair?
28. 6. Look! She ........................................................................... (wear) the same shoes as me.
29. 8. What time .......................................................................... (you/go) to bed on Saturdays?
30. 9. Why ............................................................................. (you/wait) outside the door now.
31. 11. I .................................. (have) lunch at the moment.
