PRESENT SIMPLE: EXERCISES

Realizar hasta el punto 7

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

a) The school at 8.20 a.m. (to start)

b) Mark Spanish and German at school. (to learn)
c) Lisa P.E. (physical education) three times a week. She it.
(to have)/(to like)
d) My parents both maths at my school. (to teach)
e) You to school by bus. (to go)
f) We always our homework after school. ( to do)
g) I very hard every day. (to study)

2. Complete the sentences with the verbs. Pay attention, the form
has to be negative this time.

a) I at 6 o’clock in the morning, I can sleep until 7. (to get up).

b) My brother history and I maths. (to like)
c) We Italian at our school. (to learn)
d) You to school by bus, your father drives you to school. (to
go)
e) Jessy to school today because he is ill. (to go)
f) They at school, they eat at home. (to eat)
g) Amy after school, she watches TV. (to study)

3. Complete the text with the verbs in the brackets. This time the
positive and negative forms are mixed.

This is Lara. Lara (1. to be) from Mexico. She (2. to

speak) Spanish and she (3. to learn) English at school.
She (4. to say): “I (5. to go) to school with Tom every
day. Tom (6. to come) from Mexico, he is English, he
(7. to come) from London. He (8. to speak) English
but he (9. to speak) Spanish very well, he (10. to
learn) it at school.” Tom (11. to say):” I (12. to like) it
here in Mexico. I (13. to have) many friends yet, but Lara
(14. to be) very nice to me. We sometimes (15. to
go) out at the weekends.”
4. Put the words in the correct order! Answer by the short answer!(+
= Yes / - = No)
a) we / Do / PE / on/ have / Tuesdays ? (+)

b) 8:30 am/ school/ at/ start/ does?(+)

c) always/ they/homework/do/do ?(-)

d) like/ English/ Lisa/ does ?(+)

e) Do / brother/ sister/ and/ you/ have?(-)

f) your/ do/ read/ parents/ a lot?(-)

5. Complete these questions with the verbs in the brackets!

a) you to school on Sundays? (to go)
b) your teacher you a lot of homework? (to give)
c) What they after school? (to do)
d) she TV every day? (to watch)
e) Where you ? (to live)
f) When your brother ?(to get up)

6. Write sentences about the following people:

a) Amy: schoolstart 8.30 a.m, English , French , end of school 4.00

p.m.

Example: Amy starts school at 8.30 a.m. She likes English but she doesn’t
like French. She finishes school at 4.00 p.m.

b) Brian: school start 8.00 a.m, P.E. , at noon = lunchtime, end of school
3.15 p.m.

c) Alex: school in London, history , science 

 d) Daniel: school start 8.15 a.m, by bus, I.T.  , drama 

e) Thomas: school start 8.00 a.m., science , latin  school in Wales, on

foot, end of school 2.00 p.m.

7. Sarah got her new timetable this morning. She comes home from
school and tells her mother. Imagine a short dialogue between
Sarah and her mother.(She likes the courses in italics and she doesn’t
like the courses which are underlined)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

9.15- English Science I.T. I.T Science
10.05
10.05- P.E. Maths History P.E French
11.00
11.00- R.E. French Geography English History
11.55
11.55- Lunchtime
13.25
13.25- Drama R.E. French Science English
14.00
14.00- Economics Art Maths Economics
14.50
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CONTINUOUS: EXERCICES

1. Complete the sentences using the present simple or the present

continuous!

a) John home every day at 8 a.m. (to leave)

b) My sister her homework in the evening. (to do)
c) She at the moment. She . (to talk)/ (to write)
d) -Teacher: “Kate, give me what you ”. (to eat)
- Kate: “I . I promise”. (to eat)
e) Pupils usually school early in the morning. (to start)
f) After school I always to the swimming pool. (to go)
g) We often tests at our school. (to do)
h) I to my teacher now.(to talk)
i) Every morning my mother at 6 o’clock. (to get up)
j) Andy sometimes comics. (to read)
k) Lisa to the teacher, she . (to listen)/ (to
talk)
l) I to school by bus every day. (to go)

m) Look. The teacher to John in the playground. (to talk)

n) I in the same class as my sister. We always
together. (to be)/ (to work)
o) I always quiet while the teacher . (to be)/
(talk)
p) I for my English test while my little brother outside.
(to study)/ (to play)

2. Complete this text using the present simple or the present continuous!

Maria…………. (1.- to want) to improve her English. Therefore, she……………. (2. –

to do) a language course in London at the moment. She………………. (3. - to stay)
in a hotel and she……………….(4. – to take) the bus to get to her language school.
It………….. (5. – to be) only a five minute walk to the bus station. The
bus……………….(6. – to leaves) at half past eight and her first lesson……………….
(7.- to begin) at 9 o’clock.
In the afternoon Maria usually……………(8. - to do) sightseeing in London, but
today she………………(9. - to study) for a test.