Practice Exercise 9 || Simple Present Tense
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A. Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in
simple present tense.
Example: I/You/We/They (play) play the guitar.
Example: He/She/It (play) plays the guitar.
1) Mary (be) ___ twenty-nine years old.
2) We (like) _____ to eat fruit.
It (taste) _______ good.
3) The football team never (score) _______ .
It (lose) _______ all the time.
4) Roberta and Betty always (talk) ____ to each other on the phone.
5) Jose and I (study) ______ chemistry together.
6) The car (have) _____ a flat tire.
7) You never (make) ______ breakfast for me.
I always (have) ______ to make it myself.
8) The mechanic (fix) ______ my car when it breaks down.
9) Tom rarely (fly) _____.
He usually (drive) _______.
10) I usually (watch) _______ TV, but tonight I (think) ______
I will read a book.
11) Igor (call) _____ his mother on the phone every day.
12) When he (be) ____ alone at night,
Beto sometimes (get) _____ scared.
13) I (be) ____ tired.
I (think) ______ I am going to take a nap.
14) Cakes (be) _____ hard to make.
They (require) ________ a lot of work.
15) Joel (like) _______ to play soccer.
He (practice) _________ every day.
B. Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in
simple present tense.
Affirmative (+):
Example: He (play) plays the guitar.
Negative (-):
Example: He (not, play) does not play the guitar.
1. I rarely (eat) _____ chocolate.
I (not, like) _____ ____ _____the way it (taste) _______.
2) We (like) _____ to watch movies.
My favorite movie (be) ___ Titanic.
3) The ocean (sound) _______ like an airplane.
4) The flag (blow) _______ in the wind every day.
It is getting old.
It (need) _______ to be replaced soon.
5) The janitor at my school (empty) ________ the trash on Sunday.
6) Angelica always (try) _____ to make new friends.
7) James (run) _____ two miles every day.
8) Elizabeth often (march) ________ with the band.
9) John and I (open) _____ presents at Christmas.
10) When there is a fire, the firemen (rush) _____ to put it out.
After the fire (be) _____ out, they (go) ____ home.
11) I (be, not) _____ _____ tired.
I (think) ______I will read a book.
12) Shelley (not, think) ______ _____ ______ this quiz is hard.
But I (do) _____!
simple present tense.
Example: I/You/We/They (play) play the guitar.
Example: He/She/It (play) plays the guitar.
1) Mary (be) ___ twenty-nine years old.
2) We (like) _____ to eat fruit.
It (taste) _______ good.
3) The football team never (score) _______ .
It (lose) _______ all the time.
4) Roberta and Betty always (talk) ____ to each other on the phone.
5) Jose and I (study) ______ chemistry together.
6) The car (have) _____ a flat tire.
7) You never (make) ______ breakfast for me.
I always (have) ______ to make it myself.
8) The mechanic (fix) ______ my car when it breaks down.
9) Tom rarely (fly) _____.
He usually (drive) _______.
10) I usually (watch) _______ TV, but tonight I (think) ______
I will read a book.
11) Igor (call) _____ his mother on the phone every day.
12) When he (be) ____ alone at night,
Beto sometimes (get) _____ scared.
13) I (be) ____ tired.
I (think) ______ I am going to take a nap.
14) Cakes (be) _____ hard to make.
They (require) ________ a lot of work.
15) Joel (like) _______ to play soccer.
He (practice) _________ every day.
B. Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in
simple present tense.
Affirmative (+):
Example: He (play) plays the guitar.
Negative (-):
Example: He (not, play) does not play the guitar.
1. I rarely (eat) _____ chocolate.
I (not, like) _____ ____ _____the way it (taste) _______.
2) We (like) _____ to watch movies.
My favorite movie (be) ___ Titanic.
3) The ocean (sound) _______ like an airplane.
4) The flag (blow) _______ in the wind every day.
It is getting old.
It (need) _______ to be replaced soon.
5) The janitor at my school (empty) ________ the trash on Sunday.
6) Angelica always (try) _____ to make new friends.
7) James (run) _____ two miles every day.
8) Elizabeth often (march) ________ with the band.
9) John and I (open) _____ presents at Christmas.
10) When there is a fire, the firemen (rush) _____ to put it out.
After the fire (be) _____ out, they (go) ____ home.
11) I (be, not) _____ _____ tired.
I (think) ______I will read a book.
12) Shelley (not, think) ______ _____ ______ this quiz is hard.
But I (do) _____!