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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
____________ 1 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.
5. The
last bus leaves at 10:00 o’clock
every night.
6. Rinat
feels very good.
7. Yes,
I like geography.
8. No,
we don’t go to the park every afternoon.
9. My
sister studies French because she wants to go to France.
10. Yes,
Ronit belongs to a youth club.
(G) Danny is asking
Galit questions. Fill in the questions below:
Danny:
_____________________________________________________________.
Galit :
My name is Galit.
Danny :
_____________________________________________________________.
Galit : I
live in Haifa.
Danny :
____________________________________________________________.
Galit :
Yes, I go to school in Haifa.
Danny :
_____________________________________________________________.
Galit :
My father drives me to school.
Danny :
_____________________________________________________________.
Galit :
School begins at 08:15 in the morning.
Danny :
_____________________________________________________________.
Galit :
No, my father doesn’t take me back home.
Danny :
____________________________________________________________.
Galit :
Nobody makes my lunch when I return home.
Danny :
Well we very alike. It is nice to meet you.
Present Progressive &
Present Simple
(H) Circle the correct
time expression:
1. I am
studying for a test (every day, at the moment).
2. The
first lesson starts at nine o’clock (now, every day).
3. My
parents don’t work (at the moment, on Fridays).
4. Where
are they meeting (twice a week, tonight)?
5. Let's
run! The bus is leaving (in five minutes, every hour).
6. Do you
wake up late (on weekends, right now)?
7. Dror
and his friends go to movies at least (at the moment, once a week).
8. He
studies French (four times a week, now).
9. Dafna
doesn’t visit her parents (every day, now).
10. Is
the teacher correcting the works (at the moment, 4 times a week)?
(I) Circle the correct
form of the verb:
1. Look!
A man (runs, is running, are running) after Gila.
2. The
doctor (is taking care of, take care of, take care of) my mother
right now.
3. It
(are raining, rains, is raining) heavily at the moment.
4. Mother
(feed, is feeding, feeds) the baby at night.
5. Many
children (are playing, play, plays) in the park every afternoon.
6. The
boys (is planning, are planning, plan) the trip today.
7. Oded
rarely (dance, is dancing, dances) at parties.
8. We
(move, are moving, moves) to the new office tomorrow.
9. I
don’t like to drive (now, at night).
10. How
often (does, is, do) Oren and Ben met?
(J) Fill in the verbs in
brackets in the correct form:
1. The
neighbor’s children _____________ (sleep) for 2 hours every
afternoon.
2. Uncle
Zvi _____________ (eat) dinner with us every Friday night.
3. Where
is Mordehai? He _____________ (talk) to the teacher about his
homework.
4. I
often _____________ (go) for a walk after supper.
5. Be
quiet! Shlomo _____________ (play) the piano.
6. It’s
five o’clock and we _____________ (listen) to the news.
7. My
sister _____________ (need) some money to buy a new notebook.
8. Mr.
Doron _____________ (work) thirty-five hours a week.
9. Ze’ev
and Uri _____________ (write) letters to their ant Sara now.
10. My
friend Efrat _____________ (like) classical music very much.
(K) Fill in: Am
/ Is / Are / Do / Does
1. What ____________ your
name?
2. Where ____________ you
learn?
3. ____________ you a good
pupil?
4. How old ____________
you?
5. ____________ you have
many friends?
6. What ____________your
father do?
7. ____________ your mother
work?
8. Who ____________ your
best friend?
9. ____________ you a happy
person?
10. Why ____________ you
looking at your watch?
11. ____________ I asking
too many questions?
