PRESENT SIMPLE EXCERCISES

Exercises - Present Simple

(A) Add s / es / ies to the following verbs:
1. do ____________ 8. worry____________
2. study ____________ 9. play ____________
3. teach ____________ 10. grow ____________
4. say ____________ 11. watch____________
5. cry ____________ 12. miss ____________
6. dance ____________ 13. hurry ____________
7. fix ____________ 14. stop ____________

(B) Circle the correct answer :
1. I plays / play tennis every afternoon.
2. My parents live / lives in Ramat-Gan.
3. Tom listens / listen to the radio in the morning.
4. We eat / eats eggs for breakfast every morning.
5. My dog barks / bark at night.
6. Mrs. Gold sweep / sweeps the stairs once a week.
7. My brother never watches / watch television.
8. My family go / goes to the beach together in the summer.
9. I often eat / eats dinner at my grandmother’s house.
10. Sharon do / does her homework regularly.
11. They takes / take a bath daily.
12. You seldom listen / listens in class.
13. Dana and Liat goes / go to the swimming pool every afternoon.
14. I never hurt / hurts my cat.
15. He never finish / finishes his work on time.

(C) Fill in the correct form of the verb in Present Simple:
1. Fish (not fly) ____________. They (swim) ____________
2. The sun (not rise) ___________ in the west. It (set) ____________ down in the west.
3. A spider (not have) ____________ wings. A bird (have) ____________ wings.
4. Cats (not bark) ____________. Dogs (do) ____________.
5. Natalie usually (not sit) ____________ in the sun. She rarely (go) ____________ to the beach.
6. Babies (not talk) ____________. They (cry) ____________.
7. Dalia often (dry) ___________ the dishes but she (not put) ___________ them away.
8. Betty usually (not do) __________ homework before she (eat) ___________supper.
9. Sarit (brush) ____________ her hair every morning before she (go) ____________ to school.
10. Nir always (try) __________ to be a good boy, but he (not behave) __________ well.
11. Mike usually (not catch) ____________ a cold in the winter. He frequently (catch) ____________ in the summer.

(D) Rewrite the following sentences, putting the frequency expressions in the right place
1. They are happy to have guests. (always)
2. We laugh at people in trouble. (never)
3. I’m busy on Wednesdays. (usually)
4. Birds build their nests on this roof. (every winter)
5. They sing very loudly. (generally)
6. Dalit is late for school. (rarely)
7. My parents help me with my homework. (hardly ever)
8. My parents visit us. (from time to time)
9. We are at home on Saturdays. (often)
10. The secretary works here. (five days a week)
11. We have fish for lunch. (sometimes)
12. Sharon has lunch before two o’clock. (seldom)

(E) Make YES/NO Questions in the Present Simple:
1. Yes, Tamar hates mice.
2. Yes, our neighbor fixes bikes.
3. Yes, your mother bakes cakes every Friday.
4. No, Benny’s father doesn’t work in a bakery every week.
5. Yes, I always clean on Thursdays.
6. No, Neta doesn’t run fast.
7. Yes, Idan tries to win the swimming contest every year.
8. No, these rooms don’t have two windows.
9. Yes, the baby usually cries a lot.
10. Yes, Gilad always drives too fast.

(F) Write YES/NO Questions OR Wh-Questions to the following answers:
1. I study English four days a week.
2. We usually finish school at 13:25.
3. My Father washes the car once a week.
4. Rinat comes late to work because she takes her son to kindergarten