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FACULTY: PROGRAM:
TEACHER´S NAME: STUDENT´S NAME:
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Present Simple Part

Affirmative sentences
Sentence construction Rules of forming the 3rd person singular
I The verbs in the 3rd person singular get –s ending. There
You are some spelling rules you have to learn.
play volleyball. 1) Y changes into –i in the end of the verbs if there
We football. is a consonant before it.
They basketball. e.g.: try  tries
He the piano. 2) If the verb ends with –ss, -sh, -ch, -o or –x, it
She plays the drums. gets –es ending in 3rd person singular.
e.g. : wishes, mixes, matches, watches, misses,
It goes, does

TASK 1 - Write the correct form of the Task 2 – Write the correct forms of the
verbs in the brackets on the lines. verbs in the brackets on the line. You
E.g.: They ……… to school. (to go)  go have to use 3rd person singular.
1) I usually _________ a bike in spring. (to E.g.: She ……… to school. (to go)  goes
1) Tim _________ to Paris every month. (to
ride)
fly)
2) You _________ dinner at 4 o’clock every
2) Sandra _________ carefully on the
day. (to prepare) lessons. (to listen)
3) Mary and I _________ to school at 3) Molly _________ her homework in the
quarter past 7. (to go) afternoons. (do)
4) My parents _________ work at 4 o’clock 4) Britney often _________ when she
in the afternoon. (to finish) _________ a romantic film. (to cry, to
5) They _________ new dresses for Mary see)
in May. (to buy) 5) She _________ her hair in the bathroom.
6) You never _________ meat. (to eat)
(to brush)
6) It _________ a lot in England. (to rain)
7) I always _________ home after school.
7) He never _________ at me. (to laugh)
(to walk) 8) Mrs Davis _________ after lunch. (to
8) The students _________ English from wash up)
Mrs Harrison. (to learn) 9) Tigger _________ jumping. (to like)
9) We _________ a lot on Saturdays. (to 10) Mum rarely _________ the bus. (to
dance) miss)
10) You _________ your house for 11) Ms Martin usually _________ about
Christmas. (to decorate) the housework. (to worry)
11) Charlie and Mandy _________ the table 12) Bill _________ his girlfriend. (to
before lunch. (to set) kiss)
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Task 5 – Write the correct forms of the Task 6 – Write the correct forms of the
verbs in the brackets on the line. verbs on the line from this list.
1) The students _________ their books to
school. (to bring)  to bake  to play
2) The pop group _________ a lot. (to  to build  to read
practise)  to drink  to wear
3) His brother never _________ the ball.  to get up  to work
(to catch)  to know  to write
4) She _________ we _________ hungry.
(to think; to be) 1) I _________ a letter to my grandma.
5) We _________ on Fridays. (to go out) 2) We _________ milk for breakfast.
6) The boys usually _________. (to fight) 3) The teachers _________ at school.
7) Mum _________ to cook something new 4) They _________ football every Friday.
on weekends. (to try) 5) I _________ a cake for Jake in September.
8) Brian and Frank _________ every day. 6) We _________ your address.
(to swim) 7) The Lees _________ at 6 o’clock.
9) I _________ to tell you the truth. (to 8) The children _________ a sandcastle in
want) summer.
10) Her parents _________ her up when 9) The women always _________ beautiful
she _________ ill. (to call; to be) skirts.
11) Dick always _________ my homework. 10) The pupils often _________ books.
(to copy)
12)

Task 7 – Write the correct forms of the Task 8 – Write the correct forms of the
verbs on the line from this list. verbs on the line from this list.
 to bark  to fry
 to carry  to have  to arrive  to live
 to collect  to sleep  to ask  to open
 to come  to watch  to begin  to remember
 to eat  to work  to blow  to study
 to fix  to win
1) Mark __________ by day because he
__________ at night. 1) The school __________ at 8 o’clock.
2) Fred __________ TV in the evenings. 2) I __________ your birthday every year.
3) Mr Thomson __________ dinner at 6 3) My class __________ every competition.
o’clock. 4) Mr Sand __________ cars, he is a
4) Winnie-the-Pooh always __________ mechanic.
honey. 5) We __________ in New Hampshire.
5) The dog __________ when the postman 6) The teacher __________ the students on
__________. the lessons.
6) The meat __________ in the oven. 7) Fiona __________ Spanish.
7) Peter __________ huge boxes at his 8) The wind often __________ in autumn.
workplace. 9) Father __________ the window when he
8) Mr Brown __________ stamps. __________ home.
1)
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Task 9 – Multiple choice. There are three

different verbs given for each sentence.
You have to choose the correct one, and
then you have to write the correct form
of this verb on the line. Look at the
example.

e.g.: I ____ school at half past 7. (begin,

start, finish) start

1) The clothes ________ in the garden.

to wash to fall to dry

2) Tom ________ to work every day.

to drive to take to jump

3) Mrs Brown ________ the beds in the

mornings.
to take to make to do

4) The leaves ________ down in autumn.

to fly to break to fall

5) Mother ________ in the kitchen.

to start to cook to lie

6) I never ________ anyone your secret.

to give to forget to tell

7) We ________ on holiday in July.

to go to spend to do

8) Tyler ________ fast.

to hit to run to smile

9) Children ________ chocolate.

to love to make to break

10) Barbara always ________ to do her

homework.
to answer to do to forget
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Present Simple Tense Part 2

Negative sentences

Sentence construction Task 2 – Rewrite the negative sentences

into affirmative.
I 1) Tim doesn’t copy music.
You do not volleyball. ___________________________________
We don’t football. _________________________________
They 2) The Smiths don’t drink juice for dinner.
play basketball.
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He does the piano. _________________________________
She not the drums. 3) My father doesn’t wash the car.
It doesn’t ___________________________________
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4) Dennis and I don’t clean the windows.
___________________________________
TASK 1 – Don’t or doesn’t? _________________________________
5) I don’t want a new bicycle.
E.g.: They ……… go to school.  don’t ___________________________________
_________________________________
1) Mary _______ travel to France. 6) Steve doesn’t speak Arabic.
2) We _______ write an essay every day. ___________________________________
3) My mum _______ sell flowers. _________________________________
4) Peter and Sam _______ fish. 7) They don’t watch late night films.
5) I _______ talk to him about love. ___________________________________
6) Kim _______ usually sit next to Mike. _________________________________
7) You _______ build houses. 8) Lola doesn’t miss the last bus.
8) Lilith _______ teach Jim. ___________________________________
9) They _______ forget my birthday. _________________________________
10) The train _______ arrive in time. 9) Grandma doesn’t write a postcard to her
11) Susie and you _______ go to the shop. family.
12) The child _______ smile at Luke. ___________________________________
13) My family _______ spend money on _________________________________
silly things. 10) You don’t worry about your exam.
14) Jake _______ pick up the litter. ___________________________________
15) Ben and I _______ collect stickers. _________________________________
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Task 3 – Write the correct forms of the

verbs in the brackets on the line. Then
rewrite the sentences into negative. Look
at the example below.
e.g.: I ____ to school . (to go)  go / I
don’t go to school early.

1) Cindy ________ (to put on) mini skirts.

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2) The students _________ (to listen) to
the teacher.
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3) My class _________ (to make) an
excursion in May.
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4) We ___________ (to decorate) the
Christmas tree at Christmas.
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5) I _________ (to lock) the door of my
office after work.
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6) Phil _________ (to arrive) home at 5.
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7) You _________ (to sleep) ten hours.
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8) We _________ (to wear) a school
uniform.
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9) Linda _________ (to lie) in the sun in
summer.
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10) Lisa and Frank _________ (to meet)
their friends after school.
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