The document provides exercises to practice verbs in the present tense. It includes putting verbs in brackets into the correct present tense form, correcting incorrect sentences, forming questions from sentences, and rewriting sentences using the present simple and present continuous tenses.

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.