Forming the Simple Present Tense 1. She _________ four languages. a. speaks b. speak 2. Jane is a teacher. She ___ French. a. teach b.teaches 3. When the kettle ___, will you make some tea? a. boil b. boils 4. I always ___ the window at night because it is cold. a. close b. closes 5. Those shoes ___ too much. a. cost b. costs 6. The food in Japan is expensive. It ___ a lot to live there. a. cost b. costs 7. His job is great because he ___ a lot of people. a. meet b. meets 8. He always ___ his car on Sundays. a. wash b. washes 9. My watch is broken and it ___ to be fixed again. a. need b. needs 10. I ___ to watch movies. a. love b. loves 11. I ___ to the cinema at least once a week. a. go b. goes 12. They never ___ tea in the morning. a. drink b. drinks 13. We both ___ to the radio in the morning. a. listen b. listens 14. He ___ a big wedding. a. want b. wants 15. George ___ too much so he's getting fat. a. eat b. eats 16. The earth ___ round the sun, doesn't it? a. go b. goes 17. The shops in England ___ at 9:00 in the morning. a. open b. opens 18. The post office ___ at 5:30 pm. a. close b. closes 19. Jackie ___ two children now. a. has b. have 20. Mr. Smith ___ too much. He always has a cigarette in his mouth. a. smoke b. smokes 21. I ________ in a bank. A. work B. to work C. works D. workes 22. She ________ in Florida. A. live B. to live C. lives D. livees 23. It ________ almost every day in Manchester. A. rain B. to rain C. rains D. raines 24. We ________ to Spain every summer. A. fly B. to fly C. flys D. flies 25. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning. A. fry B. to fry C. frys D. fries 26. The bank ________ at four o'clock. A. close B. to close C. closies D. closes 27. John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course. A. try B. to try C. trys D. tries 28. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam without even trying. A. pass B. to pass C. passies D. passes 29. My life is so boring - I just ________ TV every night. A. watch B. to watch C. watchies D. watches 30. My best friend ________ to me every week. A. write B. to write C. writies D. writes Forming the Simple Present Tense 1. She __________________ four languages. (speak) 2. Jane is a teacher. She _____________________ French.( teach) 3. When the kettle _____________________, will you make some tea?( boil) 4. I always _____________________ the window at night because it is cold. (close) 5. Those shoes _____________________ too much.( cost) 6. The food in Japan is expensive. It _____________________ a lot to live there. (cost) 7. His job is great because he _____________________ a lot of people.( meet) 8. He always _____________________ his car on Sundays. (wash) 9. My watch is broken and it _____________________ to be fixed again.( need) 10. I _____________________ to watch movies.( love) 11. I _____________________ to the cinema at least once a week.( go) 12. They never _____________________ tea in the morning.( drink) 13. We both _____________________ to the radio in the morning.( listen) 14. He _____________________ a big wedding.( want) 15. George _____________________ too much so he's getting fat.( eat) 16. The earth _____________________ round the sun, doesn't it?( go) 17. The shops in England _____________________ at 9:00 in the morning. (open) 18. The post office _____________________ at 5:30 pm.( close) 19. Jackie _____________________ two children now.( have) 20. Mr. Smith _____________________ too much. He always has a cigarette in his mouth.( smoke) 21. I __________________________ in a bank. (work) 22. She __________________________ in Florida. (live) 23. It __________________________ almost every day in Manchester. (rain) 24. We __________________________ to Spain every summer. (fly) 25. My mother __________________________ eggs for breakfast every morning. (fry) 26. The bank __________________________ at four o'clock. (close) 27. John __________________________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course. (try) 28. Jo is so smart that she __________________________ every exam without even trying. (pass) 29. My life is so boring - I just __________________________ TV every night. (watch) 30. My best friend __________________________ to me every week. (write) Present Simple Sentences - Negative 1. Luis likes pop music. ___________________________________________ 2. People from China speak Russian. ___________________________________________ 3. I run more than 500 metres in a minute. ___________________________________________ 4. Teachers work hard. ___________________________________________ 5. I go to school in the evening. ___________________________________________ 6. We fry eggs in the microwave. ___________________________________________ 7. My boyfriend dances very well. ___________________________________________ 8. My neighbours buy a new car every year. ___________________________________________ 9. My cat sleeps 12 hours a day. ___________________________________________ 10. My mum watches TV every day. ___________________________________________ 21. People from China speak Russian. ___________________________________________ 22. My boyfriend dances very well. ___________________________________________ 23. I go to school in the evening. ___________________________________________ 24. My neighbours buy a new car every year. ___________________________________________ 25. I run more than 500 metres in a minute. ___________________________________________ 26. We fry eggs in the microwave. ___________________________________________ 27. Luis likes pop music. ___________________________________________ 28. My mum watches TV every day. ___________________________________________ 29. Teachers work hard. ___________________________________________ 30. My cat sleeps 12 hours a day. ___________________________________________ Present Simple or Continuous? 1 I [like] tea. A. like B. am liking 2 What [mean] this word? A. does mean B. is meaning 3 I [not want] to go to the movies. A. don't want B. am not wanting 4 We [look] for a new house. A. look B. are looking 5 Who is that man over there that Kelly [talk] to? A. talks B. is talking 6 What [do] with my coat? A. do you do B. are you doing 7 We [stay] with my sister whenever we go to Chicago. A. stay B. are staying 8 Water [always, run] downhill. A. always runs B. is always running 9 What [happen] in golf when you lose the ball? A. happens B. is happening 10 What [look] at? - A strange bird. A. do you look B. are you looking 11 Look! She [wear] the same shoes as me. A. wears B. is wearing 12 Nobody [get] up early for fun. A. gets B. is getting Simple Present / Present Continuous 1. Every Monday, Sally _________ (drive) her kids to football practice. 2. Usually, I _________ (work) as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I _________ (study) French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris. 3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John _________ (sleep) . 4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It _________ (rain) . 5. I hate living in Seattle because it _________ (rain, always) . 6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you _________ (say) because everybody _________ (talk) so loudly. 7. Justin _________ (write, currently) a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished. 8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight? Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I _________ (go) to a movie tonight with some friends. 9. The business cards _________ (be, normally ) printed by a company in New York. Their prices _________ (be) inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good. 10. This delicious chocolate _________ (be) made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland. Present Simple Sentences - Affirmative 1. she / study / every / day 2. I / drink / sometimes / coffee 3. Pili and Sofia / like / ice cream 4. go / the disco / to / we / Saturday/ on 5. never / I / read / a / book 6. brother / your / friendly / look / 7. my / play / brothers / basketball 8. David / hate / alcohol 9. teacher / my / like / music 10. my sister / parties / enjoy ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________