1. PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE EXERCISES

2. Verbs & Adverbs of frequency
To be
Verbs & Adverbs of frequency
Wh- questions

3. Present Simple «to be» Part 1
Fill in the blanks using “AM, IS, ARE, AM NOT, ISN’T, AREN’T”:
1. It ……………. an onion. (+)
11. İzmir ………….. a city. (+)
2. Jasmine ……….. a student. (-)
12. He ……… a postman. (+)
3. We ……….friends. (+)
13. It ………. nine o’clock. (+)
4. I ………. hungry. (-)
14. Manhattan …………. an island. (-)
5. Mark years old. (+)
15. Mr. Richards …… a lawyer. (+)
6. A bee ……….. a big insect. (-)
16. I ………..ill. I …………. happy. (+ / -)
7. Newsweek ………… a magazine. (+)
17. London ……….. a big city. (+)
8. I …………. a professional football
player. (-)
18. Dave and Adrian ………… sisters. They ……..
brothers. (- / +)
9. I know you. You ……. in my class. (+)
19. New York ………. near to New Jersey. (+)
10.Cows ……… insects. They …….
mammals. (- / +)
20. Susan and I ……….. teachers. We ………..
students. (- / +)

4. Present Simple «to be» Part 2
My name (be) ____(1) John. I (be) _____(2) fifteen years old. I live on a farm. It (be) _____(3) in the country. It is quiet in the country. It (be, not) ____ (4) loud in the country.

5. Present Simple «verbs» Part 1
Make sentences by using the verbs in bracket
1) Mary (be) _______ twenty-nine years old.
We (like) _______ eating fruit. It (taste) _______ good.
The football team never (score) _______ . It (lose) _______ all the time.
Robert and Betty always (talk) _______ to each other on the phone.
Jose and I (study) _______ chemistry together every day.
The car (have) _______ a flat tire.
The baby ___________ (cry) every night.
Arzu and Neşe _________(play) table tennis every weekend.

6. Present Simple «verbs» Part 2
Make negative sentences
1) Tom _______ stamps. (not/collect)
2) You  _______songs in the bathroom. (not/sing)
3) Julie _________in the garden. (not/work)
4) I ________ at home. (not/sit)
5) Tina and Kate  ________the windows. (not/open)
6) Adam _______ French. (not/speak)
7) His sister  ________lemonade. (not/like)
8) We  ________to music. (not/listen)
9) My father  _________the car every Saturday. (not/clean)
10) Johnny and Danny  _________in the lake. (not/swim)

7. Present Simple «verbs» Part 3
Make sentences by using the verbs in brackets.
1) They _______ hockey at school. (play)
2) She _______  s. (not/write)
3)  ____you _____ English? (speak)
4) My parents ______ fish. (not/like)
5) ______ Anne  ______ any hobbies? (have)
6) Andy's brother  ______in an office. (work)
7) Leroy  ______very fast. (not/read)
8)  Jim and Joe  _______ the flowers every week? (water)
9) Yvonne's mother _______ a motorbike. (not/ride)
10) ______ Elisabeth _______ cola? (drink)

8. Present Simple «verbs» Part 4
A. Put the adverb of frequency on the right place. 1. He listens to the radio. (often) _____________________________ 2. They read a book. (sometimes) 3. Pete gets angry. (never) 4. Tom is very friendly. (usually) 5. I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)

9. Present Simple Tense Wh- Questions -1
Make present simple ‘wh’ questions:
1. Where / John?
________________________________________
2. Why / they / hungry?
_______________________________________
3. Where / we?
4. Who / you?
5. Why / he / late?
_________________________________________

10. Present Simple Tense Wh- Questions -1
Answers:
1. Where is John?
2. Why are they hungry?
3. Where are we?
4. Who are you?
5. Why is he late?

11. Present Simple Tense Wh- Questions -2
Make present simple ‘wh’ questions:
1. (where / you / go to school?)
______________________________________ __________________________
2. (what / you / do?)
__________________________________________________________________
3. (where / John / come from?)
4. (how long / it / take from London to Paris?)
5. (how often / she / go to the cinema?)

12. Present Simple Tense Wh- Questions -2
Answers
1. Where do you go to school?
2. What do you do?
3. Where does John come from?
4. How long does it take from London to Paris?
5. How often does she go to the cinema?

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