4. In Britain the banks OPEN (open) at 9.30 a.m.

5. My sister DOESN,T GO (not/ go) to the cinema very often.

6. Food COSTS (cost) a lot of money.
7. How many languages DO THEY SPEAK (John and Charles/
WORKSHEET – THE SIMPLE PRESENT speak) ?
A. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES: 8. I must confess I DON,T STUDY (not/ study) a lot.
1. We use the present simple to TALK ABOUT REPEATED 9. Her job IS (be) very interesting.
ACTIONS and also to TALK ABOUT ROUTINES 10. What DOES HE DO (he/ do) ?
2. We use do/does to make NEGATIVE and 11. Mary usually HAS (have) breakfast in the morning.
INTERROGATIVE sentences. 12. Where DO YOU COME (you/ come) from ?
3. We use –S or -ES with he/ she/ it.
E. REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE NEGATIVE:
B. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS: 1. I understand your problem. .........................................................................
1. What is the way of making the 3rd person singular? 2. He smokes a lot. .................................................................................
HE, SHE, IT - V-(E)S ENDING 3. They know the answer. .....................................................................
2. What happens with verbs ending in vowel + y 4. She loves him. ...................................................................
(e.g. say) ? WE ADD –S – SAYS, LAYS, 5. You speak English. .............................................................
3. What happens with verbs ending in consonant + y 6. I want it. ...............................................................
(e.g. fly) ? Y- IES – FLIES, TRIES, CRIES 7. He wants them. ............................................................
4. After which (groups of) consonants do we add -es? 8. Sarah lives in London. ..............................................................................
-S,-SS,-SH,-CH,-X,-O +ES
5. Which two other common verbs add -es? F. MAKE QUESTIONS USING THE WORDS IN BRACKETS:
DO. (Be, have – completely change form) 1. People sometimes do stupid things. (Why ?) ..........................................
2. He plays football. (How often ?) ...............................................................
C. WRITE THE 3RD PERSON SINGULAR OF THE VERBS: 3. I want to go. (Where ?) ...............................................................................
1. box - boxes 2. buys 4. It’s important.(Why ?) ...............................................................................
3. completes 4. cries 5. They go to church. (When ?) ....................................................................
5. defends 6. denies 6. Michael needs money. (How much ?) ......................................................
7. destroys 8. expects 7. She goes to school. (What time ?) .........................................................
9. fries 10. Guesses 11. prays 8. I stay here. (How long ?) ........................................................................
12. reaches 13. Receives 14. rushes 9. Peter and John go to the cinema every Sunday. (How ?) ................
15. watches 10. You work. (Where ?) ...................................................................................
D. PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORM:
1. Some people AREN,T (not/ be) very clever. G. OPTIONAL ACTIVITY
2. Peter STUDIES(study) engineering. TELL ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL PREFERENCES. WHAT DO YOU
3. If you need money, why DON,T YOU GET (you/ not/ get) a job? USUALLY DO AT SCHOOL? REFER TO: SUBJECTS YOU LIKE/
4. PEOPLE YOU MEET/ PLACES YOU GO/ ACTIVITIES YOU DO/ ....
 THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT SIMPLE?
A. STUDY THE EXPLANATION AND COMPARE THE
EXAMPLES:

PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT SIMPLE

A. READ THE INFORMATION ATTENTIVELY:
1. We use the Present Continuous when we talk about something which
1. Use the present cont. to talk 1. Use the present simple to
is happening at the time of speaking.
about something which is talk about things in general,
2. We also use the present cont. when we talk about some thing
happening at or around the things which happen
which is happening around the time of speaking, but not necessarily
time of speaking: repeatedly and daily routines:
exactly at the time of speaking.
3. We often use the present cont. when we talk about a period around
E.g. Tom is playing tennis. E.g. Water boils at 100
the present. For example, today, this season, ...
degrees Celsius.
4. We use the present cont. when we talk about changing situations.
2. Use the present cont. for a Tom plays tennis every
temporary situation : Saturday.
B. WRITE THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER AFTER THE
SENTENCES (bearing in mind the previous information) :
E.g. That machine isn’t 2. Use the present simple for a
- ‘ I’m reading an interesting book at the moment. I’ll lend it to you when
working. It broke down this permanent situation:
I’ve finished it’ , Tom said. ...............
morning.
- ‘Is your English getting better?’ ...............
E.g. That machine doesn’t
- You’re working hard today’
Use it with now, right now, work. It hasn’t worked for
- ‘Yes, I have a lot to do.’ ............
today, at the/ this years.
- ‘Where is Margaret?’
moment.
- ‘She’s having a bath.’ .............
Use it with Frequency
Adverbs and Adverbial
C. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING ONE OF THE VERBS:
Expressions.

1. The number of people without jobs ......................................... at the

moment. B. SOME VERBS ...
2. He is still ill but he .................................. better now. ..... are used only in simple tenses. For example, you cannot say ‘I am
3. These days petrol .............................. more and more expensive. knowing’. You can only say: I know.
4. The world ............................... . Things never stay the same. Here is a list of verbs which are not normally used in continuous
5. The cost of living ................................... . Every year things are dearer. tenses (but there are exceptions):
6. George has gone to work in Spain. When he arrived, his Spanish want need belong know suppose
wasn’t very good but now it ........................................... remember like love see realise
7. The economic situation is already very bad and it .................................... mean forget prefer hate hear
worse. believe understand seem
 C. DECIDE WHETHER THE VERBS ARE RIGHT OR WRONG. CORRECT THE
WRONG ONES.
1. I don’t know your telephone number. ...........................................................
2.Please don’t make so much noise. I study. ...............................................
3.Look! Somebody is climbing up that tree over there. ...........................
4.Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? .........................
5.Are you believing in God? ..............................................................................
6.Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. ...............................
7.The moon goes round the Earth. .................................................................
8.I’m thinking it would be a good idea to leave early. ...............................
9.The government is worried because the number of people without jobs is
increasing. ...........................................................................................
10. I’m usually going to work by car. ................................................................
D. PUT THE VERB INTO THE CORRECT FORM (PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR
PRESENT SIMPLE)
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.A: Can you drive?
B: No, but I ...................................... (learn). My father .................................
(teach) me.
8.You can borrow my umbrella. I .................................. (not/ need) it
at the moment.
9.(at a party) I usually .................................. (enjoy) parties but
I .................................. (not/ enjoy this one very much.
10. George ......................... (say) he’s 80 years old but I ...............................
(not/ believe) him.
11. Ron .................. (be) in London at the moment. He .............................
(stay) at the Hilton Hotel.
12. Brian usually .................................... (live) in some strange place
with his family but at the moment they ....................................... (live) in
a house on the coast of Norfolk.
13. Miranda usually ................... (go) to school by bus but today her
father .......................... (take) her because she is late.
14. Tim always ........................... (drink) milk when he is thirsty but now he
............................... (not/ drink) milk; he ............................... ( drink)
orange juice.
15. Mrs. Blackwell is generally a quiet woman. She ....................................
(not/ talk) a lot but now she ...................................... (ask) Mr. Thomson
a lot of questions about the house.
16. Brian usually ............................ (do) his homework when he ...................
(come) home from school at 4 o’clock. It’s now 5 o’clock and
he .............. (not/ do) his homework; he ...................................... (watch) a
football match on TV.
17. Rita ............. (go) to Rosemary’s house every Saturday afternoon.
Today they ............................ (go) to the Zoo to see their favourite
animals.
18. Alice usually ...................... (ride) her horse when the weather is
fine. Now the sun ............................. (shine) but Alice ...........................
(not/ ride) Star because she has got a headache.