Present Simple Verb Tense Exercises, and pdfs 🏠
The present simple is the most common verb tense in English. The exercises below will help you to practice positive, negative, and questions sentences.
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Exercise 1.
24 questions and answers.
- She _____(walk/walks) to work every day.
2. They ______ (eat/eats) their dinner at 6pm.
✅ eat
3. I ____ (don’t/doesn’t) watch TV every day.
✅ don’t
4. He ______ (go/goes) skiing once a year with his family.
✅ goes
5. I _____ (visit/visits) my mother every two weeks.
✅ visit
6. My girlfriend _____ (want/wants) a new smartphone for her birthday.
✅ wants
7. They ______ (prefer/prefers) to eat vegetarian food.
✅ prefer
8. Many companies _______ (need/needs) skilled workers to become successful.
✅ need
9. (Do/Does) _____they know Steve and Jenny?
✅ Do
10. Our cat ______ (hate/hates) our neighbour’s dog.
✅ hates
11. (Do/Does) ______ she feel better after taking the medicine?
✅ Does
12. They ______ (has/have) three children.
✅ have
13. He _____ (work/works) in London as a salesman for a small business.
✅ works
14. She _____ (dislike/dislikes) the hot weather.
✅ dislikes
15. We _______ (live/lives) in the south of Spain.
✅ live
16. A square ____ (has/have) 4 sides.
✅ has
17. Pandas _____ (eat/eats) bamboo.
✅ eat
18. People _____ (need/needs) food to survive.
✅ need
19. Tigers usually ____ (live/lives) in the jungle.
✅ live
20. The concert _____ (begin/begins) at 8 o’clock tonight.
✅ begins
21. Mark and Julia _____ (arrive/arrives) on Saturday night.
✅ arrive
22. The ceremony ________ (start/starts) at 8 o’clock tonight.
✅ starts
23. Shopkeeper: Sorry we are closed now, but we _______ (open/opens) after lunch at 2 o’clock.
✅ open
24. The train ________ (leave/leaves) at 14:00 so I will meet you at the station at 13:30.
✅ leaves
Exercise 2.
This next exercise is a dialogue between three friends in a cafe in London. You have to choose the correct present simple verb form.
26 questions and answers.
- Vicky: Hi Sarah, Hi Tony. How ______ (am/is/are) you both?
2. Sarah: Hi Vicky! I am doing well, and I _______ (feel/feels) very happy to see you! It’s a nice surprise!
✅ feel
3. Tony: Hi Vicky. Yes! it’s great to see you. _____ (Do/Does) you come to this cafe a lot?
✅ Do
4. Vicky: Ya! I love it here and my boyfriend really (like/likes) ______ the coffee.
✅ likes
5. Tony: Ya, I agree. They _____ (has/have) a nice selection of different coffee.
✅ have
6. Sarah: They ______ (make/makes) some great cakes as well.
✅ make
7. Vicky: Yeah. ____ (Do/Does) you both like latte?
✅ Do
8. Tony: Of course, we both _____ (love/loves) to drink latte. Any coffee is good coffee!
✅ love
9. Vicky: Yes! That ______ (sound/sounds) good. Please go and sit down and I will buy some drinks and cakes for you both. It’s my treat!
✅ sounds
10. Tony: Oh! Thanks Vicky. That ____ (am/is/are) very kind of you.
✅ is
11. Sarah: Yeah, thanks a lot! Ok Tony, let’s go and _____ (sit/sits) on the sofa over there.
⏲️A few minutes pass.
✅ sit
12. Vicky: Ok. Here ____ (am/is/are) the drinks and snacks!
✅ are
13. Vicky: I always ____ (buy/buys) muffins at this cafe.
✅ buy
14. Sarah: Great. _______ (Do/Does) you know if they are homemade here in the cafe?
✅ Do
15. Vicky: Hmmmmm. I _______(think/thinks) so.
✅ think
16. Tony (Eating): Who cares?! They _______ (taste/tastes) great!
(Everyone eats for a minute)
✅ taste
17. Sarah: Ya! So Vicky, How are you, and how ____ (am/is/are) your parents?
✅ are
18. Vicky: Ya, everyone ___ (am/is/are) well. I have been very busy recently, but I like it.
✅ is
19. Sarah: Ya? ____ (Do/Does) you prefer to busy?
✅ Do
20. Vicky: Yes definitely. I prefer to be busy, but my boyfriend ______ (prefer/prefers) a quieter life!
✅ prefers
21. Tony: I _____ (agree/agrees) with him!
✅ agree
22. Sarah: Haha! Yeah, Tony _____ (need/needs) to drink a lot of coffee to get motivated to work!
✅ needs
23. Vicky: Ya! I _____ (feel/feels) the same way.
✅ feel
24. Sarah: At the moment, I ____ (try/tries) to work hard in the morning and then have the evenings free.
✅ try
25. Vicky: Ya, I _______ (think/thinks) that’s a good idea.
📱 Tony’s phone rings
✅ think
26. Tony: I’m sorry, I _____ (need/needs) to take this call.
Sarah and Vicky: No problem.
✅ need
Exercise 3. 🚅 At a train station
1 . 👫2 tourists: Hi, how much ___ a ticket to London?
am / is / are
2. 🧑💼 Ticket seller: ____ this for you, or for both of you?
Am / Is / Are
✅ Is
3. 👫2 tourists: Yes, it ___ for both of us.
am / is / are
✅ it’s (it is)
4. 🧑💼 Ticket seller: Ok. _____ you want to travel today?
Do / Does
✅ Do
5. 👫2 tourists: Yes. We are in a hurry and we _____ the earliest tickets available.
need / needs
✅ need
6. 🧑💼 Ticket seller: Ok. I _____ to check to see the earliest option. One moment please.
has / have
✅ have
7. 🧑💼 Ticket seller: Ok, so there are two trains. One train ______ at 13:45 and the other train is at 14:22, but you have to change trains.
leave / leaves
✅ leaves
8. 👫2 tourists: Ok, ___ the train at 14:22 cheaper?
am / is / are
✅ is
9. 🧑💼 Ticket seller: Yes it is. It ______ £83.52 for two single tickets.
cost / costs
✅ costs
10. 👫2 tourists: Ok we will buy these tickets. Do you ______ a discount for students?
offer / offers
✅ offer
11. 🧑💼 Ticket seller: Unfortunately, this railway only _______ discounts to senior citizens. I’m sorry.
offer / offers
✅ offers
12. 👫2 tourists: Ok, no problem. I _____ to pay with ‘Apple pay’. Is it ok?
want / wants
✅ want
13. 🧑💼 Ticket seller: Sure. We ______ ‘Apple pay’. Please put your phone here.
accept / accepts
✅ accept
14. 👫2 tourists: Ok thanks. One more thing. My girlfriend _____ to use her laptop on the train, but she has a low battery. Can she plug it in on the train?
want / wants
✅ wants
15. 🧑💼 Ticket seller: Yes, of course. Every seat _____ a socket and you can plug your laptop in there.
👫2 tourists: Ok, great thank you for your help.
has / have
✅ has
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