1. PRESENT TENSE
1.- In this exercise you have to put the verbs in brackets into the correct form..
Examples: Water boils (boil) at 100 degrees centigrade.
George doesn't go (not/go) to the cinema very often.
How many languages do you speak (you/speak)?
1 The swimming bath ____________ (open) at 9.00 and ____________ (close) at 18.30 every day.
2 What time ____________ (the banks/close) in Britain?
3 I have a car but I ____________ (not/use) it very often.
4 How many cigarettes ____________ (you/smoke) a day?
5 ____________ (you/do)?' 'I'm an electrical engineer.'
6 'Where ____________ (your father/come) from?' 'He ____________ (come) from Scotland.'
7 If you need money, why ____________ (you/not/get) a job?
8 I ____________ (play) the piano, but I ____________ (not/play) very well.
9 I don't understand the word 'deceive'. What ____________ ('deceive'/ mean)?
2.- This time you have to read some sentences and correct them. The English is correct but the
information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each time.
Example: The sun goes round the earth. The sun doesn't go round the earth. The earth goes
round the sun.
1 The sun rises in the west. ____________________________________________________
2 Mice catch cats. ____________________________________________________
3 Carpenters make things from metal. _____________________________________________
4 The River Amazon flows into the Pacific Ocean. ___________________________________
3.- Now you have to use these sentences to make questions. Begin your question with the word(s) in
brackets.
Examples: Tom plays tennis. (How often)---» How often does Tom play tennis?
I get up in the morning. (What time/usually?)---» What time do you usually get up?
1 Ann watches television. (How often?) How often _________________________________
2 I write to my parents. (How often?) _________________________________
3 I have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?) _________________________________
4 Tom works. (Where?) _________________________________
5 I go to the cinema. (How often?) _________________________________
6 People do stupid things. (Why?) _________________________________
7 The car breaks down. (How often?) _________________________________

2. 4.- Rewrite these sentences putting the verbs in the correct tense: Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
1 I (live) in Washington, though I (stay) in London at the moment.
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2 The car isn't here today because Sheila (use) it. She generally (use) the bus, but the drivers are on
strike.
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3 We usually (stay) at home on Fridays, but we went out tonight because the children (have) a party.
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4 I (come) from Scotland, though I (live) in London at the moment.
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5 I (stay) with my parents at the moment, though I (have) my own flat.
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6 He (teach) in a language school, though he (work) in a factory at the moment because the school's on
holiday.
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5.- Rewrite these sentences putting the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 You're very quiet. What (you/ think) about?
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2 What (you/ think) about the new sports centre?
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3 I'm sorry (I/ not/ agree) with you.
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4 (you/ look) for me?
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5 (you/ prefer) walking to cycling?
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6 (I/ not/ like) him at the moment.
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7 I'm afraid (I/ not/ remember) where we met.
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8 (you/ listen) to the radio at the moment.
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9 (I/ hate) cold evenings.
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3. 10 (They/ look) at clothes.
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11 What (this/ mean)?
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12 (I/ not/ understand) the lessons.
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13 (I/ agree) never with what he says.
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14 (He/ know) you're wrong.
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15 (They/ watch) us.
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6.- Now you have to put the verb into the correct form.
1 I___________________ (not/belong) to a political party.
2 Hurry! The bus ___________________ (come). I ___________________ (not/want) to miss it.
3 The River Nile ___________________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
4 The river. ___________________ (flow) very fast today - much faster than usual.
5 ___________________ (it/ever/snow) in India?
6 We usually ___________________ (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year we _____________
(not/grow) any.
7 You can borrow my umbrella. I ___________________ (not/need) it at the moment.
8 George says he's 80 years old but I ___________________ (not/believe) him.
9 Ron is in London at the moment. He___________________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel. He usually
____________ (stay) at the Hilton Hotel when he's in London.
10 I usually ___________________ (enjoy) parties but I ___________________ (not /enjoy) this one
very much.