Present Simple Tense Exercise 1: am/ is/ are
1. Lan …………………….my sister. (be)
2. They ………………….. my cousins. (be)
3. I………………… good at Math. (not be)
4. ………..…..you a teacher? (be)
5. ……………he a good student? (be) 6. …………it a pen? (be)
7. My friends……………….. friendly. (not be)
8. Mai and I ………………friends. (be)
9. The book …………….. mine. (not be)
10. We………………students of Yen Vien Secondary School. (not be)
Exercise 2: Give the correct form of verbs.
1. I often (do)…………………. morning exercises.
2. She always (talk)…… ………….. during classes.
3. They (go)……………….to school by bus every morning.
4. I (live)……………… in Lieu De Town.
5. Nam (study)………………….. History every Monday and Thursday.
6. My mother and I usually ……………… cakes on Sunday. (make)
7. We usually (read)…………………book, (listen)…………………….to music or (watch)
…… ………………TV in the afternoon.
8. The children (enjoy) ……..….. eating ice cream.
9. Water (boil) …… at 100 C.
10. When …does…………your mother (cook)…cook…………. every evening?
11. ……………. your father (work)……………..in the farm? -Yes, he…………………
12. ……………… we …………… Science on Monday? (have)
13. ………………Mai ……………….in your class? (study)
- No, she …………………. 1
14. …………………you (like) ……………… learning English?
- Yes, I…………………….
15. ………………they (get up) …………..……..at 6 o’clock?
16. How………………your students (go) ……………..to school every day?
17. She (live) …………….…… in Ho Chi Minh City.
18. She (not live) ……………………… in Ho Chi Minh City.
19. Lan (have) …………………. breakfast and (go)……………………to school at 6 a.m.
20. Sometimes, I ……………..….badminton. (play)
Exercise 3: Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences
1. My brother and his friend often __________ football on Sunday. A. play B. plays C. are playing D.is playing
2. John always (go) __________ to school in time. A. go B. goes C. are going D. is going
3. Barbara usually __________ dinner for her husband after work. A. cook B. cooks C. are cooking D.is cooking
4. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons __________ to work together every day. A. drive B. drives C. are driving D.is driving
5. My parents never __________ breakfast at 7:00 a.m. A. eat B. eats C. are eating D.is eating
Exercise 4: Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences
1. The cinema ________ at 11 p.m. A. close B. closing C. Closes
2. We ________ to Vietnam every summer. A. visit B. visits C. visiting 3. He ________ in Hanoi. A. live B. lives C. living
4. My best friend ________ to me every week. A. write B. writing C. writes
5. John (try)________ very hard in class, but I don`t think he’ll pass the course. A. try B. trying C. tries 2 6. I ________ in a bank. A. work B. works C. workes
7. It ________ almost every day in Manchester. A. rain B. rains C. raining
8. My life is so boring -- I just ________ TV every night. A. watch B. watching C. watches
9. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam without even trying. A. pass B. passing C. passes
10. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning. A. fry B. frying C. fries
Exercise 5: Give the correct form of verbs
1. When father (comes) __________ back, will we go out?
2. My mother (cooks) __________ breakfast at 6 a.m every day.
3. Every morning, Mark (drives) __________ his children to school.
4. I (speak) ___________ Italian when I’m at school.
5. They (like) ___________ drinking coffee.
6. I hate living here because it (rains)___________ a lot.
7. Those shoes (cost) _________ too much.
8. I (visit) ____________ my grandma on Fridays.
9. The Sun (rises) _____________ in the East.
10. Bees ________ (make) honey.
Exercise 6: Rewrite the sentence in negative form
1) They don’t/ doesn’t watch handball at school.
2) Tom and Tim don’t/ doesn’t clean their room.
3) An don’t/ doesn’t do his homework.
4) My grandparents don’t/ doesn’t watch TV.
5) We don’t/ doesn’t wake up at 6.30.
6) She don’t/ doesn’t go shopping with her mother.
7) Mrs. Smith don’t/ doesn’t carry a big box.
8) My sisters don’t/ doesn’t teach English.
9) The teacher don’t/ doesn’t tell stories.
10) I don’t/ doesn’t fly in a plane. 3
Exercise 7: Turn the below sentences into negative ones.
1. They listen to English every day. => .......................................................................................
2. He plays badminton every afternoon. => ..................................................................................
3. They play volleyball every morning. => ..................................................................................
4. He does homework every night. => ........................................................................................
5. He has breakfast at 6.30. => ....................................................................................................
6. I get up at 6 a.m. every morning. => .......................................................................................
7. Mary and Peter go to work every day. => ................................................................................
8. We have dinner at 8 p.m. =>....................................................................................................
9. My father reads books every day. => .......................................................................................
10. Nga practices English every week. => .................................................................................... 4