You ________11 moving away.” B/ Verbs Exercise 1:Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.. Exercise 2: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.[r]
(1)THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE A/ “Be” Examples I am patient Dogs are friendly My mother is lonely It is cold in summer There are toys for dogs She is not home much Some children are not home Explanation I – am We/ you/ they – are He/ she/ it – is There is + a/an N There are + N(s,es) Is not = isn’t Are not = aren’t Contraction I am = I’m She is = She’s He is = He’s You are = you’re They are = they’re Exercise 1: Using the Verb " To be" Example: I (be) am happy 1) I (be) _ tired 2) I (be) hungry 3) I (be) late! Example: You / We / They (be) are happy 7) You (be) nice 8) We (be) _ sleepy 9) They (be) funny Example: He / She / It (be) is happy 4) He (be) cool 5) She (be) pretty 6) It (be) fast 10) John (be) excited 11) Tiffany and Uma (be) my friends 12) Ricardo, John and I (be) watching a movie 13) Hadil (be) kind 14) Alisa (be) young 15) The hammer (be) _ new 16) My mother and father (be) _ cooking dinner 17) Rachel (be) _ driving to school 18) Nikos and Billy (be) _ playing at the park 19) The students (be) studying English 20) The test (be) _ hard! 21) My best friend (be) _ coming to my house Exercise 2: Using the Verb " To be"in present tense Example: I (be) am excited Jessica and Akbar (be) are happy The new car (be) is nice 2/ The rocks (be) hard 1/ The bag (be) blue (2) 3/ The children (be) young 4/ Thomas (be) nice 5/ The game (be) difficult 6/ They (be) tired 7) I (be) thirty years old 8) Susan and Juan (be) married 9) Teddy (be) my friend 10) We (be) in English class Exercise 3: Write the correct form of the verb " to be"in present tense 1/ The old man (be) wise 2) The sun (be) hot 3) The children (be) eating bananas They (be, not) eating apples 4) I (be) happy I (be, not) sad 5) The racecar (be) fast It (be, not) slow 6) My friend (be) buying a new car Her old car broke down 7) I (be) at the beach with my family It (be) hot and sunny outside The ocean water (be) warm 8) Ko and Jacob (be) very smart Ko (be) a scientist and Jacob (be) an engineer 9) The library (be) open until 9:00 p.m 10) The school (be) small It (be, not) big 11) The books (be) new They (be, not) old 12) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be) acting in the school play 13) Beatrice (be) at her house 14) It (be) hot outside It (be, not) cold outside 15) You (be) finished with the quiz! 11 16) Judith (be, not) at home She (be) at school Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of “be” My dog ………………………… small You …………………………….responsible My cat ……………………………soft Dogs ………………… great pets because they ………………… affectionate My dog ………………….a member of our family Some cats ……………………affectionate Other cats …………… very independent It …………… a bid responsibility to own a pet Kittens and puppies ……………….cute We ………………ready to get a pet 10 Some people …………………lonely 11 My daughter and I ………….at the pet shop We …………at home 12 My husband ……………….at work now He (not)…………… with me 13 I …………… patient My husband (not)…………………….patient 14 My daughter ………………….responsible 15 My son ……………….excited He …………….tired (3) 16 This ……………… a lap It ……… a big dog 17 The children ………………excited about the new puppy 18 My dog ………………in the yard It……………… hungry 19 There …………….toys for dogs They ………………… inexpensive 20 The window…………… open I ………… cold 21 It ………………ten o’clock now The weather ……………… warm today 22 My husband ………from California I …………… from New York 23 The dogs …………… thirsty put some water in the dish 24 I ……………worried about my cat because it ………… sick 25 That ……………a picture of my dog Exercise 5: Using the Verb " To be" My name (be) (1) John I (be) (2) fifteen years old I live on a farm It (be) (3) in the country It is quiet in the country It (be, not) (4) loud in the country I wake up early Sometimes, I wake up before the sun rises Sometimes, it (be) (5) still dark when I wake up But I don’t mind I like waking up that early I like the way the country looks in the morning The first thing I after I wake up is milk the cow After I (be) (6) finished milking the cow, I bring the milk to my mom I think she uses it to make breakfast She makes a delicious breakfast My mom (be) (7) a really good cook Next, I feed the pigs One time, I asked my mom how come my little sister doesn’t feed them She said it is because my sister (be, not) (8) strong enough But I still don’t understand She is almost as strong as me! I guess my mom doesn’t want my sister to get hurt After all, the pigs can (be) (9) pretty rough, especially when they (be) (10) hungry The last thing I (be) (11) feed the chickens That (be) (12) easy I just throw some food down on the ground and they run out and eat it While the chickens (be) (13) eating, I go into their house to collect their eggs Chicken eggs (be) (14) really good to eat They (be) (15) easy to cook too That is what I in the mornings I (be) (16) pretty busy Exercise 6: Write the correct form of " to be"in present tense Tess and Jen (1) best friends They everything together They spend every day together One day they meet on the bus to school They start talking “Hey Jen,” says Tess “How (2) you?” “Hey girl,” says Jen “I (3) doing fine What (4) going on? What (5) you doing today?” “Oh,” says Tess, “I _ _ (6) doing anything special I don’t have any plans.” “That (7) cool.” “Yeah,” says Tess “But I have something to tell you.” “Really! Can I try to guess?” (4) “Umm…” says Tess “Well…” “Okay, I get three guesses Ready?” “Umm, well…okay.” “ (8) we eating dinner together?” “No, that _ _ (9) it.” “Okay Are we going to the soccer game together?” “No It (10) that either.” Tess looks nervous Her eyes look sad A tear starts to fall down her cheek “Oh,” says Jen, wiping a tear from her own eye “Now I know You (11) moving away.” B/ Verbs Exercise 1:Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense Example: I / You / We / They (cook) cook Example: He / She / It (cook) cooks 4) They ( cook) …………….on Thursday 1) I ( cook) ………………….on Monday 5) He ( cook) ……………….on Friday 2) You ( cook) ……………….on Tuesday 6) She ( cook) ……………….on Saturday 3) We ( cook) ……………….on Wednesday 7) It ( cook) ………………….on Sunday Exercise 2: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense Example: I / You / We / They (wash) wash the car on Monday Example: He / She / It (wash) washes the car 4) They ( wash) ………….the car on Thursday on Tuesday 5) He ( wash) ……………….the car on Friday 1) I ( wash) …………….the car on Monday 6) She ( wash) …………….the car on 2) You ( wash) ………… the car on Tuesday Saturday 3) We ( wash) ……….the car on Wednesday 7) It ( wash) ……………….the car on Sunday Exercise 3: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense Example: I / You / We / They (study) study English on Monday Example: He / She / It (study) studies English on Tuesday 1) I (study) …………….English on Monday 4) They (study) ……….English on Thursday 2) You (study) ………….English on 5) He (study) …………….English on Friday Tuesday 6) She (study) ………….English on 3) We (study) ……….English on Saturday Wednesday 7) It (study) …………….English on Sunday Exercise 4: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense Example: I / You / We / They (cook) cook Example: He / She / It (cook) cooks Example: I / You / We / They (wash) wash the car on Monday Example: He / She / It (wash) washes the car on Tuesday Example: I / You / We / They (study) study English on Monday Example: He / She / It (study) studies English on Tuesday 1) They (study) ………… English on Tuesday 3) I (wash) …………the car on Wednesday 2) He (cook) …………….on Tuesday 4) We (cook) ……………on Sunday (5) 5) You (wash) ……………the car on Friday 6) She (wash) …………… the car on Saturday 7) We (study) ………… English on Sunday 8) It (cook) ……………… on Thursday 9) He (study) …………….English on Friday 10) You (wash) ………….the car on Thursday 11) They (cook) ………….on Wednesday 12) She (study) ……….English on Thursday Exercise 5: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense (6) (7) (8) (9) 10) Mack (wash) ………………………… the car on Monday 11) Natasha (study) ……………………………….English on Thursday 12) Rachel: Hi, Nina Can I help you? Nina: Yes You (wash) the car, and I will cook dinner Exercise 6: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense 1) Monica (eat) eggs 2) Teddy and Monica (eat) _ eggs 3) Mickie (study) English every day 4) Arthur and Jason (study) _ English on Monday and Tuesday 5) Angie and I (drink) _ coffee 6) Eva (like) _ chocolate 7) Dustin (watch) movies 8) Yoko (play) the piano 9) The students (take) _ tests 10) It (rain) here a lot Exercise 7: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense 1) Dennis (cook) _ on Wednesday 2) Mariella and I (cook) on Tuesday 3) Spencer (wash) _ his car on Sunday 4) Tammy and I (wash) _ our car on Monday 5) You (study) _ science on Thursday (10) 6) Thomas (study) math on Friday 7) Rickie (play) _ golf and tennis 8) Justin and I (play) _ basketball and soccer 9) Kim (read) fiction novels 10) Richard and David (read) _ the newspaper 14) I ( fly) …………………………….to Belize every year 15) My father ( fly) …………………………….to Belize every year Exercise 9: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense Example: I (play) play the guitar Example: Jessica (play) plays the guitar 1) I (be) sixteen years old 2) Tommy (live) _ at 107 Pine Lane 3) Juana (cook) Exercise 8: Choose the correct form of the dinner for her family verb in simple present tense 4) They (eat) lunch at 12:00 Example: I / You / We / They (play) play the 5) Nina (take) guitar Example: He / She / It (play) plays the guitar medicine when she is sick 1) I ( bake) …………………………….cakes 6) I (like) _ 2) You ( work) …………………………….in an chocolate 7) He (drive) _ a office nice car 3) We ( take) 8) We (want) _ to see a …………………………….pictures of birds movie tonight 4) They ( talk) 9) Mr Anderson (teach) …………………………….about cars 5) He ( think) …………………………….about _ chemistry at Hill High School school 10) They (study) 6) She ( play) …………………………… English at school soccer 7) It ( rain) …………………………….here a 11) I (want) to go home now lot 12) Bill and Calicia (drive) 8) I ( like) to the mountains …………………………….chocolate every year every year 9) He ( like) 13) We (eat) pasta …………………………….chocolate once a week 10) You ( watch) 14) It (snow) _ here in …………………………….movies December 11) She ( watch) 15) When Dax (take) _ a shower, he …………………………….movies 12) The babies ( cry) (wash) his hair with shampoo …………………………… every night Exercise 10: Fill in the spaces with the correct 13) The baby (cry) form of the verb in simple present tense …………………………….every night 10 (11) Example: I/You/We/They (play) play the guitar Example: He/She/It (play) plays the guitar 1) Mary (be) _ twentynine years old 2) We (like) to eat fruit It (taste) good 3) The football team never (score) It (lose) _ all the time 4) Roberta and Betty always (talk) _ to each other on the phone 5) Jose and I (study) chemistry together 6) The car (have) _ a flat tire 7) You never (make) breakfast for me I always (have) _ to make it myself 8) The mechanic (fix) my car when it breaks down 9) Tom rarely (fly) _ He usually (drive) _ 10) I usually (watch) TV, but tonight I (think) I will read a book 11) Igor (call) _ his mother on the phone every day 12) When he (be) _ alone at night, Beto sometimes (get) _ scared 13) I (be) _ tired I (think) _ I am going to take a nap 14) Cakes (be) _ hard to make They (require) _ a lot of work 15) Joel (like) to play soccer He (practice) every day 2) We (like) _ to watch movies My favorite movie (be) Titanic 3) The ocean (sound) _ like an airplane 4) The flag (blow) _ in the wind every day It is getting old It (need) _ to be replaced soon 5) The janitor at my school (empty) the trash on Sunday 6) Angelica always (try) to make new friends 7) James (run) _ two miles every day 8) Elizabeth often (march) _ with the band 9) John and I (open) presents at Christmas 10) When there is a fire, the firemen (rush) _ to put it out After the fire (be) _ out, they (go) _ home 11) I (be, not) _ _ tired I (think) _ I will read a book 12) Shelley (not, think) _ _ _ this quiz is hard But I (do) _! Exercise 12: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense Example: I (play) play the guitar Example: Jessica (play) plays the guitar Example: He (not, play) does not play the guitar 1) I always (eat) _ vegetables Carrots (be) my favorite 2) Randy (like) _ swimming in the ocean, but he (be) _ afraid of sharks 3) It (be) _ really cold outside, and I (not, have) _ _ _ a jacket! Exercise 11: Fill in the spaces with the correct 4) We (think ) _ it is fun to form of the verb in simple present tense ride roller coasters Affirmative (+): Example: He (play) plays the 5) Roberto and Kelly (hunt) _ for eggs every Easter guitar Negative (-): He (not, play) does not play the 6) The simple present tense (be) _ easy! guitar 1) I rarely (eat) _ chocolate I (not, like) 7) My family (want) to visit the pyramids in Egypt _ _ _the way it (taste) 11 (12) 8) Donna (love) _ the summer She also (like) _ winter 9) Liz and Tommy (travel) _ to the coast every year 10) The baby (cry) every time it (want) to be fed 11) You (need) _ to exercise in order to stay healthy 12) What time (be) _ Rubiela getting here? She (be) late! 13) Yoko (win) _ the science contest every year She (be) _so smart! 14) Ken (be) a baker He (bake) _ cakes and pastries every morning 15) Then he (sell) _ them to his customers Everybody (love) _ Ken's bakery Exercise 13: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense Note: These sentences use verbs and adverbs An adverb says something more about the action of a verb Example: Joseph (always, climb) always climbs trees in his yard Example: Ernestine (usually, pick) usually picks flowers on Mondays 1) Julia (sometimes, sell) _ _ lemonade on hot days 2) Thomas (often, play) _ _ baseball after school 3) My neighbor (never, paint) _ _ his house; it looks terrible! 4) The students (eagerly, leave) _ _ their classrooms when the bell rings 5) Mrs Gomez (quickly, water) _ _ the plants when she (get) _ home at five o'clock 6) Each night, Serena (kindly, help) _ _her little sister with geography homework 7) Stuart (happily, play) _ _video games with his friends on Saturdays 8) Joan and Nate (patiently, wait) _ _ for the bus to arrive each day 9) The jazz musicians in our town (frequently, win) _ _ competitions 10) The merry-go-round (slowly, come) _ _ to a stop every five minutes Exercise 14: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense Hi My name (be) (1) Albert My friends (call) _ (2) me Al You can call me Al if you (like) _ (3) I (want) to tell you about a problem I (have) _ (4) It (be, not) (5) a big problem, but it is not a small problem, either I (guess) _ (6) it's somewhere between big and small I (have) (7) a best friend His name (be) _ (8) Joe, but everybody (call) _ (9) him Joey Joey and I have been friends for a long time That's the problem Joey (like) (10) to smoke He (say) (11) he (do, not) _ (12) but I (know) (13) he (do) (14) He (try) _ (15) to hide it from me, but I (see) _ (16) him it sometimes When I see him it, he just (laugh) _ (17) and (walk) (18) away Now, Joey (smoke) _ (19) every day When he (come) (20) over to my house, he (always, bring) _ _ (21) his cigarettes with him He (keep) (22) them in his pocket He (think) (23) they are cool He (not, think) _ _ _ (24) it's a bad idea to smoke He (say) (25) "(not, worry) _ _ _ (26) Al I'm okay." He (tell) (27) me that I (not, understand) _ 12 (13) _ _ (28) ,but I (think) _ (29) I (do) _ (30) I (feel) (31) like it's his right to smoke He can what he (want) (32) to do, right? But I can (not, help) _ _ (33) worrying He's my best friend 13 (14)