Grammar: Simple Present

IES GERALD BRENAN
DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLÉS
3º ESO. REVISION 1. SIMPLE PRESENT

WORKSHEET ONE
FORMA:

I work I don´t work Do I work?
You work You don´t work Do you work?
He works He doesn´t work Does he work?
She works She doesn´t work Does she work?
It works It doesn´t work Does it work?
We work We don´t work Do we work?
You work You don´t work Do you work?
They work They don´t work Do they work?

1. Choose the correct word:

1. Juan and Carmen live / lives in Madrid.
2. Harry watch / watches television every evening.
3. I usually go / goes to school by bus.
4. It never snow / snows in this city.
5. María live / lives in that house.
6. He never clean / cleans his teeth.
7. Carol get / gets up early every day.
8. All the buses leave / leaves from this bus stop.

2. Make questions:

1. Jack / get up at 7.00 _________________________________?
2. Alice and Mike /walk to work _________________________________?
3. Jack / leave home at 8.00 __________________________________?
4. My parents / relax in the evening __________________________________?
5. I / watch TV/every day __________________________________?

3. Make negative sentences:

1. I / like football ___________________________________
2. Students in my school / wear uniform ___________________________________
3. My grandfather / use a computer ___________________________________
4. John / do his homework ___________________________________
5. My younger brother / drink coffee ___________________________________

WORKSHEET TWO

1. Read the sentences . Are they true or false? If they are false, write the correct
answer:
1. Cats love dogs
2. Rabbits like meat
3. Cats hate chasing mice
4. Mice like cheese
5. Fish don´t like water
6. Birds love eating worms.
7. Cows don´t like grass
8. Birds hate flying
9. Dogs don´t like going for walks.
10. Rabbits hate eating carrots

2. Look at the list below. You must understand everything.Find six things that you
like and six things that you don´t like. Write complete sentences:

going to bed late chicken
English puzzles
doing homework games
reading books washing up
lemonade getting presents
shopping peanuts
tidying your bedroom chocolate
cooking Maths
getting up early school
action films having a birthday
going to the dentist coffee
school holidays watching cartoons
break time spiders
swimming writing letters
camping buying clothes
eating in restaurants telephoning / texting

WORKSHEET THREE

1. Complete each sentence. Use the verb and adverb in brackets:

1. Tina (miss,sometimes) ___________________the bus to school.
2. I ( never,get up ) ___________________before 6 o´clock.
3. People (have,usually)_________________a holiday in August.
4. Jim and Hlen (often, go) _________________to the theatre.
5. I (sing, often) ______________________in the shower.
6. Pat ( play, sometimes)__________________football on Sunday.
7. You (finish, always) ____________________ your homework.
8. Our teacher (wear,never) ___________________a tie.
2. Complete each sentence:
1. Mary (like,not) _________________watching spot.
2. ___________________(watch,you) television every day?
3. I (not, eat, often ) _____________________chips.
4. (have, we ) _____________________homework today?
5. My father (work, not,usually ) ____________________at weekends.
6. (come, Fermín) ______________________to school on his bike?
7. (go, Jane, often ) ____________________to the disco?
8. My friends (live, not )_____________________near my house.

3. Put the words in the correct order:

1. Our / smoke / not / teachers / do
2. do / not / we / cinema / Friday / on /go / to / the
3. Pedro and Sara / not / do / eat / meat
4. David / does / ride / a bike?
5. Where / Helen / live / does?
6. play / football / do / after / school / you?
7. Kate / oranges / not / does / like
8. want / you / do / what?
9. at 3.30 / I / have / usually / lunch
10. on / school / not / go / Juan / does / Saturday

WORKSHEET FOUR
1.Write full sentences about your life:

1. A pop star you don´t like I .....................................................
2. A sport you don´t practice I ....................................................
3. A TV programme you don´t watch I .....................................................
4. Something that you don´t do on Sundays I.....................................................
5. Something that your mother doesn´t like She................................................
6. Something that your teacher doesn´t like She ...............................................
7. Something that you don´t do in the morning I ................................................
8. Something that you don´t do in the evening I ................................................
2. Put the nine free time activities below in order of importance for you.
going shopping going to the cinema going to the disco listening to music
playing computer games playing sport reading books or magazines
talking to friends watching TV

3.Read and complete the texts with the words in the box:

home friends cinema games month music shopping live
weekdays

“ I ___________on a farm. I spend all my free time with my __________.On weekdays
we usually stay at __________ and _________TV or listen to _________. On
___________we often go __________in town. I sometimes play computer _________in
my bedroom. About once a week we go to the __________

Now write a similar text about yourself:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

4. Complete the questions and give your answers. Use these verbs (some are used
more than once): vote drink play be drive speak have
1. Do you play basketball? No, I don´t
2. _______________________ any foreign language? ___________
3. _______________________coffee? __________
4. _______________________ a pet? __________
5. _______________________ a student?_________
6. _______________________ at elections? __________
7. _______________________ a car? __________
8. _______________________ tall? ___________
9. _______________________ the guitar? __________

WORKSHEET FIVE
1. Complete and answer:

1. ________ old is your mother?
2. ________ do your granparents come from?
3. ________ nationality is Beckam?
4. ________ are you studying English, only to pass your exams?
5. ________ do you go to the cinema?
6. ________ do you like going to the beach, only in summer?
7. ________ is your favourite subject at school?
8. ________ do you usually get up?
9. ________ are the months of the year?
10. ________ often do you clean your teeth?
11. ________ is your best friend?
12. ________ is your English dictionary

2.Make questions with HOW OFTEN with a correct verb for each sentence: tidy;
stay up; go (x2); argue; listen; arrive; watch; read; have; see; help

1. How often do you go to the cinema? Once a week
2. __________________________ to the radio? ______________
3. __________________________the housework? ____________
4. __________________________ lunch in a restaurant? _____________
5. __________________________ videos? ____________
6. __________________________ late at school? ______________
7. __________________________ all night? ______________
8. __________________________your best friend?____________
9. __________________________ a book? ______________
10. __________________________ your bedroom? _____________
11. __________________________ to an amusement arcade? ______________
12. __________________________with your parents?_____________

Now answer the questions with the following: never; sometimes; often; every day;
once /twice/three times a day / a month / a year

3. Complete the questions with like + -ing. Use a verb from the box. Answer the
questions:
do watch study go play read cook listen

1. you / sport on TV? Do you like watching sport on TV________? Yes, I do
2. you and your friends / to discos? ____________________________________
3. you / computer games? ____________________________________
4. your friends / comics? ____________________________________
5. you / English? ____________________________________
6. your mother / pop music? ____________________________________
7. your father / dinner? ____________________________________
8. your best friend / homework? ____________________________________

WORKSHEET SIX

1. Complete Robert´s description of Meg. Use the present simple affirmative or
negative form of the verb in brackets:

Meg is a very active person and she is really fit. She is mad about tennis. She
______________(practice) a lot and she is a fantastic player! I ____________(play)
because I´m terrible at sport, but I ___________(love) to see her play tennis. I
_____________(go) to the sports club to watch her. I´m lazy,so I
_____________(exercise) a lot.
Meg is a very friendly person and people _____________(think) that she´s
great. She is always with someone; she ____________(like) to be alone. We
___________(go) to a lot of parties,sometimes two or three a week! Everyone is her
friend and she ____________(speak) to everyone. People _____________(tell) her their
problems. She ____________(know) everything about everyone!

2. Complete Meg´s description of Robert. Use the verbs in the list in present
simple affirmative or negative:

argue; be ; prefer; win ;play (x2); read; practice; come; shout; think; like (x2)

My boyfriend,Robert, and I are very different. He __________shy, but he is very quiet.
He is very clever and he _________books. I ____________books a lot, but I like
magazines. I ___________action and I love sport. My favourite sport is tennis. I always
___________tennis at weekends and I usually ___________!
Robert ____________a lot of sports, but he __________tennis on TV. He
sometimes ___________to the sports centre with me. He __________, but he
___________for me! I __________that he is interesting and he is very funny. He is
never moody and we never __________.

Now write a similar text about your best friend:

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

WORKSHEET SEVEN

1. Complete the text with verbs in the present tense:

My name is María. My favourite singer at the moment is Alejandro Sanz. I
really _________him. I __________to all his concerts. My sister Susana __________in
El Corte Inglés and she gets the tickets for me. She doesn´t like pop music very much,
so she _____________ to pop concerts. When my parents ___________me my pocket
money, I ____________ a CD single or an album. Susana and I are fans of Malaga
Football Club. We _________to all their matches and we also __________ them on TV.

Now write questions for the answers:
1. ....................................................................? Alejandro Sanz
2. ....................................................................? Yes, she does. She goes to all of them.
3. .....................................................................? In El Corte Inglés.
4. ......................................................................? No, she doesn´t, because she doesn´t
like pop music.
5. ..................................................................................? A CD single or an album.
6. ...................................................................................? Yes,they do- on TV.

2. Make questions Then answer them.

1. cold / today?
2. cats/ friendly animals?
3. you / hungry?
4. your brother / older than you?
5. how often /your father / wash the dishes?
6. you / like / play/ football?
7. your friends / like / study/ Maths?
8. your mother / like / cook?
9. your family/ speak English?
10. how often/ your family/ go shopping?
11. you/ like/ do / in your free time?
12. Why / people / like / come / Málaga/ holiday?
13. how/ your family/ celebrate Christmas?
14. what / teenagers/ usually / like / do / weekends?

WORKSHEET EIGHT

1. Make suitable questions for the following answers:

1. I am fourteen years old.
2. I live in a town in the south of Spain.
3. He is Spanish.
4. She has got two sisters.
5. I live with my brother and my parents.
6. I go to Gerald Brenan High School.
7. My favourite subjects are English and Geography.
8. School starts at 8.30.
9. We have lunch at about 3 o´clock.
10. No, I never do to the disco on weekdays.
11. I get up at half past seven.
12. Yes, I do. I love going to the cinema.
13. No, they don´t. My parents say that television is bad for you.

3. Translate into Spanish:

1. Me gusta ir de compras con mis amigas.
2. A mi madre le gusta mucho viajar.
3. Mi asignatura favorita es el inglés.
4. Son malos estudiante. No hacen los deberes.
5. Casi siempre tomo un refresco cuando salgo.
6. ¿Dónde estudias? Estudio en el Instituto “Gerald Brenan”.
7. Nos encanta ir al cine los sábados.
8. Nunca como caramelos, prefiero el chocolate.
9. A ella le encanta nadar y jugar al baloncesto.
10. ¿Con qué frecuencia ves a tus abuelos?
11. ¿A qué hora te levantas?
12. ¿Dónde trabaja tu padre?

WORKSHEET NINE

1. Answer the following questions fully:

1. What time do you go to bed?

2. Do you have breakfast? What do you usually have?

3. How do you go to school?

4. What time does school start?

5. What do you do during the break?

6. What time do you usually do your homework?

7. What do you do in the evening?

8. How many hours a day do you watch television?

9. Which is your favourite TV programme?

10. What do you and your family like doing at the weekend?

11. What do your parents do?

12. How often do you go to the cinema?

13. What kind of films do you like?

14. Do you like practicing sports? Which sports do you practice?

15. What kind of music do you like listening to?

16. What things do teenagers like doing in their free time?

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WORKSHEET TEN

1.Read the text:

Ann McGregor lives in London. She is thirty-four and works for the BBC. She
interviews people on an early morning news programme called The World Today.
Every weekday she gets up at three in the morning because the programme starts at half
past six. She loves her work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of interesting
people, but she loves her weekends too.

Now make suitable questions for the following answers:

1. ..........................................................................................? She is thirty four.
2. ..........................................................................................? For the BBC.
3. ..........................................................................................?She interviews people.
4. ..........................................................................................?At three in the
morning.
5. ..........................................................................................?At half past six
6. ..........................................................................................?Because it is exciting
and she meets a lot of interesting people.

2. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Check the meaning
of new verbs in your dictionary:

love relax stay cook have like chat eat bring go live arrive
come visit bring listen go out get up leave

On Fridays I .............................home from the BBC at about two in the afternoon and I
just ..........................
On Friday evenings I .........................., but sometimes a friend ..........................for
dinner. He or she ..........................the wine and I ..........................the meal. I
..........................cooking! We ..........................to music or we just ...........................
On Saturday mornings I ..........................at nine o´clock and I
..........................shopping. then in the evenings I sometimes ..........................to the
theatre or the oera with a friend. I ..........................opera! Then we ..........................in
my favourite Italian restaurant.
On Sunday mornings I ..........................in bed late, I ..........................until eleven!
Soemtimes in the afternoon I ..........................my sister. he ..........................in the
country and ..........................two children. I ..........................playing with my niece and
nephew, but I ..........................early because I ..........................to bed at eight on Sunday
evenings!

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WORKSHEET ELEVEN

(cont.)
Make questions for the answers:

1. .......................................................................................? At about 2.00 in the
afternoon.
2. .......................................................................................?No, she doesn´t cook on
Friday evenings.
3. .......................................................................................?The shopping.
4. .......................................................................................?Cooking, going to the
theatre, going to the opera, listening to music, relaxing.
5. .......................................................................................?In the country
6. .......................................................................................?Two children.
7. .......................................................................................?Because she goes to bed
at 8.00 on Sunday evenings.

Translate into English:

1. Mi padre tiene cuarenta y cinco años.
2. Yo nunca llego tarde al colegio.
3. Me encanta levantarme temprano los domingos y pasear por la playa.
4. Juan se sienta al lado de la ventana detrás de Carmen y delante de Isabel.
5. No me gusta nada ir al dentista.
6. ¿Por qué te gusta cocinar?
7. ¿Dónde te encuentras normalmente con tus amigos? De camino al colegio
8. Estoy cansada y tengo hambre
9. Me levanto todos los días a la misma hora.
10. ¿Que le gusta hacer en su tiempo libre?
11. ¿Qué clase de música le gusta escuchar a tu hermana?
12. ¿Te gustan los juegos de ordenador?
13. ¿Cuántos hermanos tienes?
14. Mi hermano casi nunca hace los deberes
15. A mi padre no le gusta hacer las tareas de la casa.
16. Nuestro programa favorito es “Pasapalabra”.
17. A mi mejor amigo le encanta ver el football en la televisión pero no le gusta
jugar.
18. Nosotros nunca nos hablamos.
19. ¿Cómo vienes al colegio? Vengo andando.
20. A él no le gusta estar solo.
21. Mi mejor amiga siempre me cuenta todos sus secretos.
22. ¿Con qué frecuencia van tus padres al cine? Dos veces al mes.
23. ¿Cuándo estudias inglés? Una hora casi todos los días.
24. A mi abuelo le gusta hacer crucigramas.
25. No me gusta mucho hacer deporte, sólo me gusta nadar. (sólo= only)

KEY WORKSHEET ONE
1. Choose the correct word:
1. live; watches ; go , snows ; lives ; cleans ; gets up ; leave
2. Make questions:
1. Does Jack get up at 7.00
2. Do Alice and Mike walk to work?
3. Does Jack leave home at 8.00
4. Do my parents relax in the evening?
5. Do I watch TV every day?
3.Make negative sentences:
1. I don´t like football
2. Students in my school don´t wear a uniform
3. My grandfather doesn´t use a computer
4. John doesn´t do his homework
5. My younger brother doesn´t drink coffee

KEY WORKSHEET TWO

1. Read the sentences...
1. Cats don´t love dogs
2. Rabbits don´t like meat
3. Cats love / don´t hate chasing mice
4. True
5. Fish like water
6. True
7. Cows like grass
8. Birds love / don´t hate flying
9. Dogs like going for walks
10. Rabbits love / don´t hate eating carrots
2. Different possible answers...

KEY WORKSHEET THREE

1. Complete each sentence...
1. Tina sometimes misses the bus
2. I never get up before 6 o´clock
3. Jim and helen often go to the theatre
4. I often sing in the shower
5. Pat sometimes plays football on Sunday
6. You always finish your homework
7. Our teacher never wears a tie
2.Complete each sentence
1. Mary doesn´t like watching sport
2. Do you watch television every day?
3. I don´t often eat chips
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4. Do we have any homework today?
5. My father doesn´t usuallly work at weekends.
6. Does Fermín come to school on his bike?
7. Does Jane often go to the disco?
8. My friends don´t live near my house.
3. Put the words in the correct order
1. Our teachers do not smoke
2. We do not go to the cinema on Friday.
3. Pedro and Sara do not eat meat
4. Does David ride a bike?
5. Where does Helen live?
6. Do you play football after school?
7. Kate does not like oranges
8. What do you want?
9. I usually have lunch at 3.30
10. Juan does not go to school on Saturday

KEY WORKSHEET FOUR
1. Write full sentences about your life
Different possible answers
2. Put the nine free...
Different possible answers
3. Read and complete the text...
work; friends;home;watch;music;weekdays;shopping;games;cinema
4. Complete the questions ...
1. Do you play basketball?
2. Do you speak any foreigh language?
3. Do you drink coffee?
4. Do you have a pet
5. Are you a student?
6. Do you vote at elections?
7. Do you drive a car?
8. Are you tall?
9. Do you play the guitar?

KEY WORKSHEET FIVE

1. Complete and answer:
How; Where; What; Why;How often;When;Which;What time;Which;How;Who;Where
2. Make questions with HOW OFTEN...
1. How often do you go to the cinema?
2. How often do you listen to the radio?
3. How often do you have lunch in a restaurant?
4. How oftendo you watch videos?
5. How often are you late for school?
6. How often do you stay up all night?
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7. How often do you see your best friend?
8. How often do you read a book?
9. How often do you tidy your bedroom?
10. How often do you go to an amusement arcade?
11. How often do you argue with your parents?
3. Complete the questions with like +ing ...
1. Do you like watching sport on TV?
2. Do you and your friends like going to discos?
3. Do you like playing computer games?
4. Do your friends like reading comics?
5. Do you like studying English?
6. Does your mother like listening to pop music?
7. Does your father like cooking dinner?
8. Does your best friend like doing homework?

KEY WORKSHEET SIX
1. Complete Robert´s description of Meg...
practices; don´t play ; love ; go ; don´t exercise; think ; doesn´t like; go ; speaks ; tell;
knows
2. Complete Meg´s description of Robert...
isn´t ; reads ; don´t like ; like; play; win; doesn´t practice; prefers; comes; doesn´t play;
shouts; think; argue

KEY WORKSHEET SEVEN

1. Complete the text ...
like; go; works; doesn´t go; give ; buy ; go ; watch
Now write questions for the answers
1. Who is María´s favourite singer?
2. Does she go to all his concerts?
3. Where does her sister work?
4. Does Susana go to pop concerts?
5. What does María buy with her pocket money?
6. Do they watch football matches?
2. Make questions.Then answer them
1. Is it cold today?
2. Are cats friendly animals?
3. Are you hungry?
4. Is your brother older than you?
5. How often does your father wash the dishes?
6. Do you like playing football?
7. Do your friends like studying Maths?
8. Does your mother like cooking?
9. Does your family speak English?
10. How often does your family go shopping?
11. What do you like doing in your free time?

3º ESO. REVISION 1. SIMPLE PRESENT 3º ESO

KEY WORKSHEET EIGHT
1. Make suitable questions for the following answers:
1. How old are you?
2. Where do you live?
3. Where is he from?
4. How many brothers nad sisters has he got?
5. Who do you live with?
6. Which school do you go to?
7. Which are your favourite subjects?
8. What time does school start?
9. What time do you have lunch?
10. Do you go to the disco on weekdays?
11. What time do you get up?
12. Do you like going to the cinema?
13. Do your parents watch (a lot of) television?
2 .Translate into Spanish:
1. I like going shopping with my friends.
2. My mother likes travelling very much.
3. English is my favourite subject.
4. They are bad students. They don´t do their homework.
5. I usually have a soft drink when I go out.
6. Where do you study? I study at Gerald Brenan High School.
7. We love going to the cinema on Saturday.
8. I never eat sweets, I prefer chocolate.
9. She loves swimming and playing basketball
10. How often do you see your grandparents?
11. What time do you get up?
12. Where does your father work?
KEY WORKSHEET NINE
1.Answer the following questions fully:
Different possible answers.

Grammar: Simple Present

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