Simple Present Tense

School  Dr. Jaime Monteiro

Student:________________________________Series:______              Date:____/_____/______

Teacher: Márcia Oliveira

English Exercises – Simple Present Tense

1.     Read the dialogue and answer the questions.

Mr. Robins: What’s your name, please?

      Gloria: Elliot, Gloria Elliot.

Mr. Robins: What do you do in the morning?

      Gloria: I go to school.

Mr. Robins: Do you have the afternoons free?

      Gloria: Yes, I do.

Mr. Robins: We have two afternoon positions: salad assistant ad dish washer,

      Gloria: I love salad !

Mr. Robins: What do you know about salad?

      Gloria: A good salad is fresh and colorful.

a.       What are the characters in the dialogue?

______________________________

b.      What Gloria does in the morning?

______________________________

c.       The subject of the text is:

(    ) a news

(    ) a job interview

(    ) a joke

d.      Gloria is a good candidate for a job?

(    ) Yes, she’s a good candidate.    

(    ) No, she isn’t a good candidate .

2.     Underline the verbs in the 3ª person singular.

I work in a bank and my friend John works there too. I walk to work, but John goes by bus. We sometimes meet at the cafeteria and have a coffee together. After work, I go to night school and I study until late. John has more fun. He plays football with his friends or goes to the disco. But I want a better job, so while he plays, I learn.

VOCABULARY:

·       There too:_____________________

·       But:__________________________

·       Sometimes:_____________________

·       While: _________________________

·       Until late: ______________________

·       More fun: ______________________

·       After: _________________________

·       Together: ______________________

·       Bus: __________________________

·       To Work: ______________________

·       To walk: _______________________

·       To go: _________________________

·       To meet: _______________________

·       To want: _______________________

·       To play:________________________

3.   Suplly the simple present of the verbs in the parentheses.

a.     Dogs ____________ (bark).

b.     I usually ___________ to school. (walk).

c.     He___________ near his house. (work).

d.     She never____________  sandwiches. (eat)

e.     We _________ apples at the supermarket. (buy)

4.     Supply the following verb forms.

Eats  -  have  -  make  -  drink  -  like  -  speaks  -  play  -  leaves  -  visits  -  plays

a.     We __________ breakfast at 7 o’clock.

b.     They_____________ to study English.

c.     That girl_____________ French well.

d.     The plane____________at 10 o’clock.

e.     The children__________in the park every day.

f.     John __________the piano perfectly.

g.     You always______________delicious cakes.

h.     She __________her parents every Sunday.

i.      They usually__________much wine.

j.      Little Peter_____________fruit every morning.