SENTENCES TO TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH TO PRACTISE THE PRESENT SIMPLE

1. Practice the present simple

2. Complete the gaps
• I sometimes………… (go) to work by car.
• I sometimes go to work by car.
• Ben ………………. (work) in a hospital.
• Ben works in a hospital.
• …………. you…………… (like) fish?
• Do you like fish?

3. • She …………… (not/teach) English.
• She does not teach English.
• Matthew never ………….. (watch)
television.
• Matthew never watches television.
• …………. she ……………….. (play)
football?
• Does she play football?

4. • They always ………………. (have) dinner at 7
o’clock.
• They always have dinner at 7 o’clock.
• We …………………… (not/live) in a big house.
• We do not live in a big house.
• Valerie ………………. (study) English at the
university.
• Valerie studies English at the university.
• …………… he …………….. (want) to eat?
• Does he want to eat?

5. Complete the text
• A: …………you……………… (live) in Barcelona?
B: No, I ………………. (not live) in Barcelona.
I ……………….. (live) in Madrid. But my sister
……………….(live) there.
A: And ……………. She …………….. (like) it?
• A: Do you live in Barcelona?
B: No, I do not live in Barcelona.
I live in Madrid. But my sister lives there.
A: And does she like it?

6. B: Yes, she …………… (love) Barcelona.
She …………. (work) in a bank in the mornings. In
the afternoons, she …………….. (play) tennis with
her boyfriend or she …………. (watch) TV at home.
In the evenings, she usually …………….. (go) for a
walk on the beach or she ………… (do) her English
homework. She ……… (study) English on
Saturdays.
B: Yes, she loves Barcelona. She works in a bank in
the mornings. In the afternoons, she plays tennis
with her boyfriend or she watches TV at home. In
the evenings, she usually goes for a walk on the
beach or she does her English homework. She
studies English on Saturdays.

7. • A: …………..she ………… (visit) you in
Madrid?
B: She ……………… (not come) to Madrid
very often. I usually ………………. (visit)
her in Barcelona.
• A: Does she visit you in Madrid?
B: She does not come to Madrid very
often. I usually visit her in Barcelona.