Key to Simple Present (rest of verbs)

1.-Circle the correct answer.

  1. Watch

  2. Finish

  3. Comes

  4. Go

  5. pass

2.-Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple.

1. Eats

2. Doesn’t watch

3. Washes

4. Doesn’t work

5. Does … run

6. Drives

7. Do we turn

8. Don’t fly

9. Carries

10. Don’t drive

11. Does the tour begin

12. travel

3.-Complete the sentences with the present simple form of the verbs in the box.

not think study prefer not eat go out prefer go play not listen not drink

  1. I prefer

  2. David goes out

  3. You’re very confident, but you don’t think

  4. Graphology experts study

  5. Sonia doesn’t eat

  6. John listens

  7. Peter and I prefer

  8. Sally plays

  9. Muslims don’t drink

  10. I go


4.-Write sentences and questions.

1. My brother watches TV every day

2. Do you play the guitar?

3. I don’t go to karate classes

4. Where does James practise on his skateboard?

5. My friends meet in town every Friday.

6. My sister doesn’t go out much

5.-Order the words

1. I don’t usually drink coffee.

2. Helen never goes to bed late.

3. Do you always help at home?

4. You always do your homework in your room

5. We sometimes have lunch in a café.

6. Where do you usually meet?

6.-Complete the letter with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Go

  1. Don’t play

  2. Do you like

  3. Have

  4. Studies

  5. Don’t practise

  6. Teaches

  7. do you do

7.-Write present simple questions.

1. Does Jenny sleep for eight hours a night? (û) N, she doesn’t.

2. Do Mike and Pam have a siesta every day? (û) No, they don’t.

3. Do you have a healthy diet? (ü) Yes, I do.

4. Do they drink coffee? (ü) Yes, they do.

5. Does your cat eat meat? (ü) Yes, it does.

6. Do you eat in a restaurant every weekend? (û) No, I don’t

7. Do you walk to school? (û) No, I don’t

8. Do Jane and Dave / listen / to music? (ü) Yes, they do.

9. Have you got a comic collection? (ü) Yes, I have

10. Is Peter Spanish? (û) No, he isn’t

11. Has Mary got 20 CDs? (û) No, she hasn’t

8.-Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.

  1. My brother and his friend prefer pizza to pasta.

  2. We relax with friends after school.

  3. Simon watches TV every night.

  4. John cycles two kilometres every day

  5. I don’t like hamburgers.

  6. Sarah doesn’t play computer games every day.

9.-A day in the life of Tim Hopkins

Tim Hopkins has got two jobs. During the day he is a radio presenter at Kiss FM, then at night he works as a disk jockey in a London night club.

Every day Tim gets up at half past six and drives to the radio station for his eight o’clock show. He doesn’t have breakfast because he is usually late. During the show Tim often interviews famous pop stars like Robbie Williams.

The show finishes at ten o’clock, but Tim doesn’t go home. He has to choose records for the next day. At one o’clock he stops for lunch. He usually goes to a café in Piccadilly Street.

Tim doesn’t leave work until four o’clock. Then he has to prepare for his night job.

Does Tim enjoy his two jobs? “Yes, I do”, says Tim, “it is hard work, but a lot of fun”

10.-Use the Present Simple to complete the sentences

1. Do we turn at the corner?

2. These cameras don’ work.

3. His bike goes very fast.

4. Does the tour begin at 9 o’clock?

5. Brenda carries a mobile phone.

6. My father takes the Underground every day.

7. Does the train cross the river?

8. We usually pass the train station on the way home.

9. My bicycle doesn’t go very fast.

11.-Use the Present Simple to complete the sentences with the verbs below

1. Travel

2. Doesn’t travel

3. Passes

4. Don’t work

5. Carries

6. Do you eat

7. Does the tour begin

8. Do we turn

12.-Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple.

1. Travels

2. Don’t study

3. Do you like

4. Talk

5. Doesn’t eat

6. Does John work

7. Flies

8. take