Present simple
- Exercises with answers
- PDF worksheets
- Grammar rules
Exercises
Present simple exercise 1 (verb to be)
- Complete short dialogues:
How often are you ill?
Quite often. I ___ very healthy.
Present simple exercise 2 (verb to be questions)
- Complete questions with the verb to be:
Where ___ Mark and Kevin? They are so late.
I have no idea.
Present simple exercise 3 (questions)
- Complete do/does questions:
___ to be a doctor? (your brother - want)
I don't know. But I want to be a nurse.
Present simple exercise 4 (wh questions)
- Liz is taking her English exam. Complete the examiner's wh- questions.
Your name is Elizabeth. ___ your friends ___ you?
My friends call me Liz.
Present simple exercise 5 (negative)
- What a good student doesn't do? Choose correct answers.
The best student ___ any mistakes. (don't do, doesn't do)
Even the worst students ___ during lessons. (don't sleep, doesn't sleep)
Present simple exercise 6 (negative)
- Correct mistakes in a knowledge quiz.
Ostriches live in Australia.
Ostriches ___ in Australia. (not live) They ___ in Africa. (be)
Present simple exercise 7 (third person)
- Complete the story about Sam's kitten.
What a fast cat she is! She never ___ a mosquito. (miss)
Present simple exercise 8 (third person)
- My dear family. Complete sentences with verbs from the list.
(cry, go, practise, love)
My aunt Fiona ___ watching romantic stories on TV.
She sometimes ___ at the end of a story.
Present simple exercise 9 (mixed forms)
- A multiple choice test.
Who ___ with when you are in Prague on your holiday? (you stay, do you stay)
PDF worksheets:
Present simple worksheets PDF Questions, negative forms and the third person singular.
Compare:
Present simple vs. present continuous Exercises with answers, PDF worksheets and grammar rules.
Present simple tense
Learn how to make the third person singular, questions and negative forms in the present simple.
The third person singular
Learn about -s, -es, and -ies endings in the third person singular (works, goes, tries).
Third person singular - spelling rules
Questions
Learn how to make yes/no questions (Do you study? Does she understand?) and wh-questions (Who do you know? Who knows you?).
Negative
Learn how to make negative forms (I don't like it. Daniel doesn't play football.).
Verb to be
Learn how to make affirmative, negative and question forms of the verb to be (am, are, is).