UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL

SANTIAGO ANTUNEZ DE MAYOLO

CENTRO DE IDIOMAS

PRACTICE
PRESENT SIMPLE
FULL NAME: ………………………………………………………………

1. Choose the correct form of the verb in 1. Add –s or -es to the verbs:
simple present tense 1. See 14. wake
a. They (study / studies) English on 2. take 15. teach
3. brush 16. Lose
Tuesday.
4. kiss 17. catch
b. He (cook / cooks) on Tuesday. 5. Call 18. buy
c. I (wash / washes) the car on 6. give 19. pass
Wednesday. 7. play 20. come
8. study
d. We (cook / cooks) on Sunday.
9. watch
e. You (wash / washes) the car on 10. help
Friday. 11. cut
f. She (wash / washes) the car on 12. cry
13. swim
Saturday.
g. We (study / studies) English on Sunday.
h. It (cook / cooks) on Thursday.
i. He (study / studies) English on Friday.
j. You (wash / washes) the car on Thursday.
k. They (cook / cooks) on Wednesday.
l. She (study /studies) English on Thursday.
2. Write Do or Does:

 ________ Kate help her mother every day?

 ________ Ben want to find his friends?
 ________ you listen to rock music?
 ________ you often call your friends?
 ________ Tom know all the computer games?
 ________ your sister wear nice dresses?
 ________ they go to the zoo on Sundays?
 ________ they learn to dance at school?
 ______ you like to draw animals?
 ________ Mary spend much time on shops?
 ________ your brother drive his car well?
 ________ your dog chase the cats?
 ________ the boys like to plant flowers?

3. Fill in don’t or doesn’t:

Bill play tennis every Sunday.

I like to get up early.
We go to the park.
My brothers like to drink milk.
Kate like to eat fish.
My cousin know Italian well.
Sue wear long dresses.

Lic. Helen Pamela Salazar Sagástegui

English Teacher
 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL
SANTIAGO ANTUNEZ DE MAYOLO
CENTRO DE IDIOMAS
I like to walk with my dog. We often go to the movies.

Pam go to the gym. Liz wear shorts at all.

They understand this rule. Tim grow flowers in the garden.

4. Write C (correct) or I (incorrect) for each sentence.

1. I spends a lot of time on the Internet.
2. I e-mail my friends every day.
3. Does Tanya uses the Internet?
4. I shop usually for clothes online.
5. Do you play sometimes computer games?
6. My computer doesn’t work.
7. My mother worries if I don’t come home on time.
8. Do you turn off your computer, before you leave the house?

5. Look at the table and write sentences like in the example:

MIKE X X 9 9
SUE X 9 9 X
LINDA 9 9 X X
DARREN 9 X X 9

Example: Linda/football Linda doesn´t play football.

Sue/hockey …………………………………………………………………………....
Darren/football ………………………………………………………………………..
Sue and Mike/tennis …………………………………………………………………..
Darren/basketball ……………………………………………………………………..
Linda and Darren/tennis ………………………………………………………………
Mike/hockey ………………………………………………………………………….
Linda/basketball ………………………………………………………………………

6. Rewrite the sentences in the negative form:

My parents drink a lot of tea. ……………………………………………………
English people drive on the right. …………………………………………………….
George lives in New York. …………………………………………………………
They speak Spanish in Brazil. ………………………………………………………...
Potatoes cost a lot of money. …………………………………………………………
Cats like water. ………………………………………………………………………..
Susan study French at school. ………………………………………………………...
Darren and Linda play baseball in a team. ……………………………………

Lic. Helen Pamela Salazar Sagástegui

English Teacher