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Basic Grammar Review Exercises

This document provides a grammar review with exercises in the simple present tense. It includes prompts to fill in blanks with verb forms, rewriting sentences in the negative form, asking questions for given answers, and writing original sentences based on prompts. The review covers topics like verb agreements with subjects, regularly occurring actions, and stating general truths. It aims to help students practice and reinforce their knowledge of simple present tense grammar.

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Basic Grammar Review Exercises

This document provides a grammar review with exercises in the simple present tense. It includes prompts to fill in blanks with verb forms, rewriting sentences in the negative form, asking questions for given answers, and writing original sentences based on prompts. The review covers topics like verb agreements with subjects, regularly occurring actions, and stating general truths. It aims to help students practice and reinforce their knowledge of simple present tense grammar.

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SCHOOL NAME

Reviewing some Basic Grammar Points

1. Fill in the gaps with the Simple


Present of the verbs in brackets.
II am
amso
solucky!
lucky!My
My e.g.: Sean tidies up (tidy up)
mom
momhelps
helpsme
metidy
tidy
his room on Saturdays.
up
upmy
myroom.
room.

1. Melissa and Kate _____ (be)

best friends, but sometimes


they ____________ (disagree).
2. I _______ (do) my homework

every day before dinner, but my


sister _______ (do) it after school.
3. I usually ________ (take care) of her baby

when she ________ (go) to the cinema. She


always

________ (feed)

him

before

she

2. Rewrite these sentences


in the negative form.

IIcare
care about
about you.
you.
II hope
hope you
you care
care
about
about me
me too.
too.

e.g.: I like cherries.


I dont like cherries.
1. You want your friends to feel like you
care about them.
________________________________________________
_______________________________________anymore.
2. Sarah enjoys watching soap operas.
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
3. She comes to me for advice. _______________

________ (leave), but I ________ (change)

______________________________________________

the diapers. He ________ (be) so sweet, but

4. We feel good about selling our new car.

sometimes he ________ (cry) a lot and I

_______________________________________________

dont know what to do.

_______________________________________________

4. Sara ________ (enjoy)

going out, but she

5. He knows about their attempt to break into

also ________ (like) being with her family .

his house. _____________________________________

When she ________ (stay) home, she usually

_______________________________________________

________ (read) a book and ________ (watch)

6. I think you should tell her to leave.

TV. CSI Miami and Boston Legal ________ (be)

______________________________________________

her favourite series.

7. Adrians mom goes shopping at the weekend.

5. Ben _______ (get up) very early. He

_______________________________________________

never ________ (miss) the bus to school.

_______________________________________________

6. He usually _______ (study) after he

8. She has got siblings.

_______ (finish) his karate practice.

______________________________________________

7. _______________________ (there be) many

9. I really enjoy travelling around the world.

foreign students in my class. We __________

_______________________________________________

(get along) pretty well, but _______________

________________________________________________

(there be) this girl, Carmen, who _______

10. She is as old as I thought her to be.

(be) simply gorgeous.

______________________________________________

The
Theworld
worldisismuch
muchmore
morebeautiful
beautiful
when
whenyou
yousee
seeititfrom
fromaadifferent
different
perspective...
perspective...

________

______________________

______

3. Now ask questions for these


answers.
e.g.: Yes, I do. I love him very much.

Do you love him?


1. No, I dont. I dont live in Southampton.

4. Write sentences in the


Simple Present from
these prompts .

II love
love
holidays!
holidays!

e.g.: She/ not like/ all types/ vegetables


She doesnt like all types of
vegetables.

_____________________________________________
2. I live in Brighton.

_____________________________________________
3. I live with my parents and my siblings.

_____________________________________________

1. Mark/ not study/ every day/ but/ he/


be/ good student ______________________________
_______________________________________________
2. Helen/ try to be/ good student/ but/ she/

4. Three. Ive got a sister and two brothers.

have/ difficulties _______________________________

_____________________________________________

_______________________________________________

5. My father is an engineer and my mother

3. What time/ you/ get up/ usually? ___________

is a nurse.

______________________________________________

____________________________________________

4. not there be/ much time left/ so/ we/ must

6. No, we dont. We go to different schools.

hurry _________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_______________________________________________

7. I am in the 9th Year.

5. Mark and Helen/ not go out often ___________

_____________________________________________

_______________________________________________

8. I go to school by bus.

6. My parents/ not allow me/ arrive late _______

_____________________________________________

______________________________________________

9. Lessons start at 9.

7. Who/ be/ girl/ over there? ___________________

_____________________________________________

________________________________________________

10. I usually have lunch at the school canteen.

8. How much/ the plane ticket/ cost? _________

_____________________________________________

______________________________________________

11. I dont go home for lunch because I

9. She/ love/ going to parties/ but/ tonight/ she/

have classes in the afternoon.

not/ can/ go ___________________________________

____________________________________________

_________________________________________________

12. I usually go home after classes.

10. When/ she/ get back/ money? ______________

_____________________________________________

________________________________________________
11. I not know/ where/ she/ find time to do all
that __________________________________________

Hope
Hope youve
youve
enjoyed
enjoyed being
being
with
with me!
me! See
See you
you
ss
n!
n! ;)
;)

_______________________________________________
12. My mom/ watch/ too much TV/ but/ my dad/
not like it. ________________________________
_________________________________________________

SCHOOL NAME...
Reviewing some Basic Grammar Points

1. Fill in the gaps with the Simple


Present of the verbs in brackets.
II am
amso
solucky!
lucky!My
My e.g.: Sean tidies up (tidy up)
mom
momhelps
helpsme
metidy
tidy
his room on Saturdays.
up
upmy
myroom.
room.

1.

Melissa and Kate are best

1. You want your friends to feel like you

disagree.

You dont want your friends to feel like

3. I usually take care of her baby when she

goes to the cinema. She always feeds him


leaves, but

change the

diapers. He is so sweet, but sometimes he

4. Sara enjoys going out, but she also likes

being with her family . When she stays


reads

2. Sarah enjoys watching soap operas.

book

3. She comes to me for advice.


She doesnt come to me for advice.
4. We feel good about selling our new car.
We dont feel good about selling our new car.
5. He knows about their attempt to break into

cries a lot and I dont know what to do.

usually

you dont care about them anymore.

Sarah doesnt enjoy soap operas.

does it after school.

she

e.g.: I like cherries.


I dont like cherries.

care about them.

day before dinner, but my sister

home,

IIcare
care about
about you.
you.
II hope
hope you
you care
care
about
about me
me too.
too.

friends, but sometimes they

2. I do my homework every

before she

2. Rewrite these sentences


in the negative form.

and

watches TV. CSI Miami and Boston Legal


are her favourite series.
5. Ben gets up very early. He never misses

his house.
He doesnt know about their attempt to break
into his house.
6. I think you should tell her to leave.
I dont think you should tell her to leave.
7. Adrians mom goes shopping at the weekend.
Adrians mom doesnt go shopping at the

the bus to school.

weekend.

6. He usually studies after he

8. She has got siblings.

finishes his karate practice.


7. There are many foreign students in

my class. We get along pretty well,


but there is this girl, Carmen, who is
simply gorgeous.

The
Theworld
worldisismuch
muchmore
morebeautiful
beautiful
when
whenyou
yousee
seeititfrom
fromaadifferent
different
perspective...
perspective...

She hasnt got any siblings.


9. I really enjoy travelling around the world.
I really dont enjoy travelling around the world.
10. She is as old as I thought her to be.
She isnt as old as I thought her to be.

3. Now ask questions for these


answers.
e.g.: Yes, I do. I love him very much.

Do you love him?


1. No, I dont. I dont live in Southampton.

Do you live in Southampton?


2. I live in Brighton.

Where do you live then?


3. I live with my parents and my siblings.

4. Write sentences in the


Simple Present from
these prompts .

II love
love
holidays!
holidays!

e.g.: She/ not like/ all types/ vegetables


She doesnt like all types of
vegetables.
1. Mark/ not study/ every day/ but/ he/
be/ good student Mark doesnt study every
day, but he is a good student.

Who do you live with?

2. Helen/ try to be/ good student/ but/ she/

4. Three. Ive got a sister and two brothers.

have/ difficulties Helen tries to be a good

How many siblings have you got?


5. My father is an engineer and my mother

is a nurse.

What do your father and your mom do for


a living?/ What are you parents jobs?

student, but she has some difficulties.


3. What time/ you/ get up/ usually? What time
do you usually get up?
4. not there be/ much time left/ so/ we/ must
hurry

6. No, we dont. We go to different schools.

Do you and your siblings go to the same


school?
7. I am in the 9th Year.

Which Year are you in?


8. I go to school by bus.

How do you go to school?

There isnt much time left, so we

must hurry.
5. Mark and Helen/ not go out often
Mark and Helen dont go out often.
6. My parents/ not allow me/ arrive late
My parents dont allow me to arrive late.
7. Who/ be/ girl/ over there?
Who is that girl over there?

9. Lessons start at 9.

What time do lessons start?


10. I usually have lunch at the school canteen.

Where do you usually have lunch?


11. I dont go home for lunch because I

have classes in the afternoon.

Why dont you go home for lunch?


12. I usually go home after classes.

8. How much/ the plane ticket/ cost?

How

much does the plane ticket cost?


9. She/ love/ going to parties/ but/ tonight/ she/
not/ can/ go She loves going to parties but
tonight she cant go.
10. When/ she/ get back/ money?
When does she get her money back?
11. I not know/ where/ she/ find time to do all
that I dont know where she finds the time

Hope
Hope youve
youve
enjoyed
enjoyed being
being
with
with me!
me! See
See you
you
ss
n!
n! ;)
;)

to do all that!
12. My mom/ watch/ too much TV/ but/ my dad/
not like it. My mom watches too much TV,
but my dad doesnt like it.

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