Simple Present - Test 1

A - Put in the correct verb forms. 6) His friend ___________to school.

1) Andy ___________the family car. a) gos
a) wash b) go
b) washes c) goes
c) washs
7) Do you ___________milk in your tea?
2) Every morning my mother ___________at 6 a) like
o'clock. b) liks
a) get up c) likes
b) get ups
c) gets up 8) ___________I correct?
a) Are
3) Mr. Black ___________e-mails in the b) Be
evenings. c) Am
a) write d) Is
b) writes
c) writs 9) It ___________a beautiful day today.
a) am
4) The girls ___________the shopping. b) are
a) dos c) be
b) does d) is
c) do
10) John often ___________handball.
5) Mandy and Susan ___________films every
a) play
weekend.
b) plays
a) watches
c) playes
b) watch
c) watchs

B - Which sentences/questions are correct? 5) Which question is in the Simple Present?

a) Do she work in an office?
1) Which sentence is in the Simple Present?
b) Do she works in an office?
a) He can a bike ride.
c) Does she work in an office?
b) He can ride a bike.
d) Work she in an office?
c) He can rides a bike.
e) Works she in an office?
d) He cans ride a bike.
6) Which question is in the Simple Present?
2) Which sentence is in the Simple Present?
a) From where do you come?
a) He has read a book.
b) Where do you come from?
b) He is reading a book.
c) Where does you come from?
c) He read a book.
d) Where dos you come from?
d) He reads a book.
e) He will read a book.
7) In which sentence is the Simple
3) Which negative sentence is in the Simple Present? Present used correctly?
a) He do not reads a book. a) Carol clean the bathroom.
b) He does not read a book. b) Carol cleans the bathroom.
c) He is not reading a book. c) Carol cleanes the bathroom.
d) He not read a book.
8) In which sentence is the Simple
4) Which negative sentence is in the Simple Present? Present used correctly?
a) We do'nt work in a bank. a) Andrew wash the dishes.
b) We does not work in a bank. b) Andrew washes the dishes.
c) We don't work in a bank. c) Andrew washs the dishes.

C - Form questions in the Simple Present.

1) Frank / to read / comics ______________________________________
2) what / they / to eat / for breakfast ______________________________________
3) when / his mum / to come / home ______________________________________
4) to be / Peter / from Austria ______________________________________
5) Marie and Joe / to like / homework ______________________________________
D - Negate the sentences.
1) Kevin plays basketball. ______________________________________
2) Steve can make breakfast. ______________________________________
3) I run to school. ______________________________________
4) The kite flies into the air. ______________________________________
5) He is from Spain. ______________________________________

E - Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps.

1) Jill ____________________ two children. (to have)
2) The pupils ____________________ songs in the classroom. (to sing)
3) Andy's brother ____________________ in an office. (to work)
4) She ____________________ my sister. (to be)
5) ____________________ you ____________________ English? (to speak)

F - Which answers are correct? 2) Which verb forms are correct?

1) Which verb forms are used in the Simple a) she are
Present? b) she has
a) Infinitiv c) she hase
b) Infinitiv + -ed d) she is
c) Infinitiv + -ing e) she plays
d) Infinitiv + s f) she plaies
e) have + Infinitiv + -ed
4) Which sentences/questions are in the
3) Which verb forms are correct? Simple Present?
a) he flies a) He's 15.
b) he flys b) Do you speak Spanish?
c) he lives c) I'm in room 201.
d) he livees d) She didn't help her mother.
e) he workes e) She doesn't like milk.
f) he works f) We are reading a book.
g) She drives a car.
5) What are typical signal words for the
6) Which verbs/auxiliaries can be negated
Simple Present?
by adding >not<?
a) always
a) am
b) at the moment
b) read
c) every day
c) can
d) now
d) is
e) often
e) play
f) sometimes
f) are
g) yesterday
g) speak