LUYỆN TẬP THÌ HIỆN TẠI ĐƠN – THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

Exercise 1: Put DO or DOES into the following sentences to make questions.

1. _____________ the students study hard every day?
2. _____________ Mr. Brown go to his office every day?
3. _____________ you want cream and sugar in your coffee??
4. _____________ the children go to bed very early?
5. _____________ that girl come from South Africa?
6. _____________ you know that Italian student?
7. _____________ Miss Lan prefer coffee to tea?
8. _____________ your English lessons seem very difficult?
9. What newspaper _________ you usually read? – The Times.
10. Which TV channel ________ your father often watch?
11. How often _______ Mark go to the movies? – Twice a month.
12. What ________ Mrs. Brown do? – She is a teacher.
13. What ________ her father often do in the evening?
14. How ________ Ally go to school? – She goes to school by bike.
15. What ________ the bears do in the winter?
16. What time _________ your baby get up?
17. Where _______ you live? – I live in Ha Noi.
18. ____________ your brother like eating mango? – Yes, he _________.
19. What time ____________ the train arrive?
20. _____________ you like watching Tom and Jerry? – Yes, I _______.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
1. He often …………… up late.
A. get up B. gets up C. got up D. getting up
2. ……….. you often ……………. TV?
A. Do / watch B. Do / watches C. Have / watch D. Does / watches
3. Mr. Brown ……………….. English.
A. speak B. speaks C. does speak D. speakes
4. I usually ………………….. shopping on weekend.
A. goes B. does go C. go D. do
5. Hai often ………………… his face at 6.15.
A. washes B. washing C. does wash D. wash
6. Thanh and Mai always …………………… a movie on Saturdays.
A. see B. sees C. do see D. does
7. ………….he often …………………… a bus to school?
A. Do / take B. Is / take C. Does / takes D. Does / take
8. We …………………… student in class 8A.
A. are B. is C. do D. eat
9. She ………………… homework in the evenings.
A. do not B. does not do C. doing D. do
10. He usually …………………… a taxi to the railway station.
A. takes B. take C. taking D. does take
11. They often ……………………their parents on every Saturday.
A. visit B. visits C. does not visit D. visiting
12. My and I always …………………… to the countryside by bus.
A. went B. goes C. do go D. go
13. Our teacher usually …………………… us many exercises.
A. give B. giving C. gives D. does give
14. He often …………………… a train to work.
A. catches B. catch C. don’t catch D. catching
15. The sun ……………………in the East.
A. rise B. rises C. raise D. does rise
16. My old friend, Manh …………………… to me twice a month.
A. phone B. phones C. phoned D. do phone
17. What she says …………………… true.
A. is B. are D. do D. does
18. The weather generally ……………. quite hot in July and August.
A. get B. gets C. got D. getes
19. Michael………….. thirsty eight hours a week.
A. worked B. work C. works D. workes
20. Every afternoon I ……. for a walk in the garden.
A. will go B. go C. am going D. have gone
21. I ….. sorry. I …late.
A. am / am B. is / is C. are / are D. am / am not
22. The earth ……………………. the sun.
A. circle B. circling C. circles D. do circle
23. He usually ………………… the trees in the morning.
A. water B. waters C. watering D. watered
24. The sun …………………… in the West.
A. set B. setting C. does set D. sets
25. They always ………………… noise in the class.
A. do make B. made C. makes D. make
26. Hung …………. often …………………… camping in the summer.
A. does not / go B. doesn’t goes C. does / go D. do / go
27. …………Son …………………… to their friends every summer holiday?
A. Do / call B. Does / call C. Is / call D. Are / call
28. How …… your children (go) …….. to school everyday?
A. do / goes B. is / going C. did / go D. do / go
29. Everyday, my sister ……… the floor.
A. usually clean B. cleans usually C. usually cleans D. usually cleaned
30. The bus…………. at 10 am.
A. start B. starts C. go D. is start
31. Water …….. at 100 degrees Celsius.
A. boils B. boiled C. is boiling D. will boil
32. Why ……. you often ……. so much noise in the house?
A. do / make B. did / make C. are / making D. were / making
 33. ……. you sometimes ……. out with friends?
A. Are / going B. Do / go C. Have / gone D. Did / go
34. John …….. tennis once or twice a week.
A. is playing B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. plays usually
35. The Earth ……… on the sun for its heat and light.
A. is depended B. is depending C. depended D. depends
Exercise 3: Give the correct form of the verb in the simple present.
1. School (finish) ______________ at 4:30 p.m everyday.
2. _______ you often (eat) ____________ lunch in the school canteen?
3. My sister usually (go) __________ to school at 7 o’clock every morning.
4. How _______ you (go) __________ to school everyday?
5. ________ your sister (listen) ____________ to music in her free time?
6. Minh usually (do) _________ his homework in the evening.
7. I (like) _________ English but I (not like) _____________ Maths.
8. I usually (have) ___________ meat and vegetable for my lunch.
9. His brother (go) __________ to the judo club every Sunday.
10. Every day, Minh (get) _________ up at six thirty. He (get) _________ dressed,
(brush) __________ his teeth and (wash) ___________ his face. He (have) ______
breakfast at seven. He (go) __________ to school at seven fifteen.
11. Jane sometimes (play) _________ tennis with me on Sundays.
12. What _______ David often (do) _________ at weekend?
13. ________ you often (have) ___________ dinner at home?
14. Janet (not speak) _______________ English, she (speak) __________ Chinese.
15. Harry’s mother (not work) _____________ in an office, she (work) _________ in a
factory.
16. _______ it often (rain) _________ in summer in your country?
17. Birds (build) _____ their nests in summer and (fly) ______ to the south in winter.
18. My parents (work) __________ 38 hours a week. They (be) ________ workers.
19. He (cycle) ___________ every morning to keep his health well.
20. The train (arrive) ____________ in London at 8.15 in the morning.
21. Peter usually (have) _________ dinner at 7 o’clock.
22. Linda’s son (not do) _______________ his homework every evening.
23. Jack (play) ____________ football twice a week.
24. Frank (usually / listen) _____________________ to the news at 7 a.m.
25. They (always / go) _________________ for a walk in the evening.
26. Tom and Tracy (often / go) ______________ out at the weekend.
27. How much money ________ your mother (give) _________ you for your study
every month?
28. These boys often (play) _________ football after school and (come) ________ back
home at about 6 p.m every day.
29. How _______ your father (get) _______ to work every day? – Of course, he (drive)
__________.
30. In the autumn, I rarely (go) ________ sailing and (go) _______ to school.
31. ________ your students (play) ________ soccer every efternoon?
32. What ________ she (do) _____? – She (be) ______ a teacher.
33. Mr. Hagar (ride) __________ his bike to the factory every morning.
34. June (visit) __________ her grandmother once in a week.
35. Her children always (wash) _______ their hands and faces before eating something.
36. _______ Peter and Besty (go) ______ to work every day?
37. Michale (go) ________ shopping with his father on Sundays.
38. Water (freeze) ____________ at 0oC.
39. How many hours _______ she (sleep) ___________?
40. I (not play) _______________ table tennis.
41. The Sun (rise) __________ in the east.
42. My father (listen) ____________ to the radio everyday.
43. Jasmine (not like) _________________ volleyball, so she (not learn)
______________ to play it.
44. Nam always (brush) ____________ his teeth after meals.
45. It (rain) ___________ in the dry season.
46. The Earth (move) ____________ around the Sun.
47. Our parents (visit) __________ Ho Chi Minh City every summer.
48. Our English teacher always (come) _________ to class on time.
49. Rivers (flow) ________ into the seas.
50. _______ she (visit) __________ her grandpa very often?
51. We (not go) ____________ to school on Sundays.
52. John (play / usually) __________________ tennis once or twice a week.
53. Why ______ you often (make) __________ so much noise in the house?
54. Hoa (like) ______ acting. She (be) ______ a member of the school theater group.
55. Ameican students (not have) ________________ longer vacation than Vietnamese
students.
56. Mr. Lam usually (grow) __________ vegetables on his farm.
57. Students (have) __________ 15 minute break each day.
58. He (write) __________ for Hanoi mewspaper. He (be) _____ a journalist.
59. They often (take) _________ part in English club after school.
60. Ms. Lien (do) ________ morning exercises regularly.
61. He (be) _____ a doctor. He (take) _______ care of sick people.
62. We (go) _______ to school six days a week.
63. I (be / always) _______________ busy on Sundays.
64. This book (be) _______ mine. That one (belong) ___________ to Peter.
65. Every morning, the sun (shine) ___________ in my bedroom window and (wake)
__________ me up.
66. What _______ your father (do) ________? – He (be) ______ an architect.
67. Sometimes I (get) ________ up before the sun (rise) __________.
68. What _____ they often (do) _______ for entertainment on Saturdays?
69. The boys (not play) ___________ football, they usually (play) ______ basketball.
70. Ms. Smith (come) _________ from London, so she (not know) ______________
how to eat Vietnamese food.
71. My mother often (wash) ___________ the clothes in the morning.
72. My father often (go) ______ to work by bus and (play) _______ sport after work
every day.
73. The banks in London (serve) __________ five days a week and they (close)
________ on Saturday and Sunday.
74. Don’t call me in the afternoon, I (be / usually) _______________ away.
75. I always (buy) _______ lottery tickets but I never (win) _______ anything.
76. Viet Nam (export) ____________ rice to many countries in the world.
77. Ann sometimes (go) ____ to the countryside to visit her grandparents on Sundays.
78. This house (look) _________ over a very beautiful pond.
79. The last train (leave) ____________ the station at 5 p.m.
80. Some animals (not eat) ______________ during winter.
81. Everyone (know) _________ that smoking (be) _____ harmful to our health, but
some still smokes.
82. People (speak) _________ English in most of Canada.
83. Laura (have) _________ coffee for breakfast every morning.
84. Willis sometimes (watch) _____________ TV after dinner.
85. What time _____ their children (go) ________ to bed?
86. Where (be) _____ your father? – He (be) ______ in the bedroom.
87. On Monday, we (have) _______ Maths and (not have ) ______________ Art.
88. Santa and Bella usually (read) _______ books, (listen) _________ to music or
(watch) _________ TV.
89. Tom (be) ____ my friend. He (play) _________ sport every afternoon.
90. Every year, Mrs. Anthena (go) ________ to Vietnam.
91. Matt (like) ________ apples but he (not like) ______________ apple juice.
92. Every time that kid (finish) ___________ a sandcastle, the waves (come) _______ in
and (wash) __________ it away.
93. It (take) __________ me two hours to draw a horse.
94. California (be / not) __________ in the United Kingdom.
95. Christmas day (fall) _________ on a Monday this year.
96. Mary (not come) _______________ here very often.
97. _______ you usually (have) ___________ bacon and eggs for breakfast?
98. The Queen of England (live) ____________ in Buckingham Palace.
99. The moon (circle) _____________ around the earth.
100. Peter (not/ study) ______________ very hard. He never (get) _____ high scores
101. The flight (start) __________ at 6 a.m every Thursday.
102. I like Math and she (like) ____________ Literature.
103. I (bake) ________ cookies twice a month.
104. My best friend (write) ________ to me every week.
105. Jane always ________ (take care) of her sister.
106. My family (have) __________ a holiday in December every year.
107. Martha and Kevin ___________ (swim) twice a week.
108. She _______ (help) the kids of the neighborhood.
109. Mike (be)________ humour. He always ___________ (tell) us funny stories.
110. Tiffany and Uma (be) ______my friends.
111. My father always (make) __________ Sunday dinner.
112. Ruth (not eat) __________ eggs; they (make) _________ her ill.
113. _______ Mark (go) _______ to school every day?
114. _______ your parents (like) ________ your girlfriend?
115. How often ________ you (go) ________ swimming?
116. Where _______ your sister (work) _______?
117. Ann (not usually have) _________________ lunch.
118. We (go) ________ out once a week.
119. _______ you (speak) ________ English?
120. We (fly)________ to Spain every summer.
121. I usually ___________(go) to school.
122. They ___________ (visit) us often.
123. You ___________ (play) basketball once a week.
124. Tom ___________ (work) every day.
125. He always ___________ (tell) us funny stories.
126. She never ___________ (help) me with that!
127. Martha and Kevin ___________ (swim) twice a week.
128. In this club people usually ___________ (dance) a lot.
129. Linda ___________ (take care) of her sister.
130. John rarely ___________ (leave) the country.
131. We ___________ (live) in the city most of the year.
132. Lorie ___________ (travel) to Paris every Sunday.
133. I ___________ (bake) cookies twice a month.
134. You always ___________ (teach) me new things.
135. She ___________ (help) the kids of the neighborhood.
Exercise 4: Find a mistake and correct.
1. What does they wear at their school?
2. Do he go to the library every week?
3. Windy always watch TV at 9 p.m before going to bed at 10 p.m.
4. Sometimes, we goes swimming together with her family.
5. How does Linda carries such a heavy bag?
6. I often gets up early to catch the bus to go to work.
7. She teach students in a local secondary school.
8. They doesn’t own a house. They still have to rent one to live.
9. Bui Tien Dung am a famous goalkeeper in the National Football Team.
10. What do your sister do?
11. John and Harry doesn’t go swimming in the lake.
12. Liam speak Chinese very well.
13. How often does she goes shopping in the supermarket?
14. Our dogs aren’t eat bones.
15. Claire’s parents is very friendly and helpful.
16. He often get up early and go to office by bus.
17. I teaches students in a high school.
18. Tom don’t own a house. e still have to rent house to live.
19. Quang Hai am a famous midfielder in Vietnam National Football Team.
20. Lim catch 4 dogs and 5 cats.
21. How many of those people do you knows?
22. Binh sometimes forget my birthday.
23. That flowers smells very sweet.
24. My best friend know a lot about cars. He work at a garage.
25. His teacher meet with students after class.
26. They has a new job. They work for an office supply company.
27. Does you get home until 4:00 in the afternoon?
28. His friends has a break from 10:30 to 10:45 the morning.
29. Hoang listen to music every night after working.
30. What do your brother do?
Exercise 5: Add “s” or “es” after these verbs.
study think come
finish tell work
wash ride leave
feel fill like
go send belong
 bake miss live
drive help begin
end laugh start
take teach make
return sleep run
swim paint hope
play pick dance
write stop speak
keep turn bring
stand shout sit
visit burn hit
pay hate lay
read give know
Exercise 6: Write the following sentences into others form.
For example: She is a student at Phu Dong Primary School.
=> She isn’t a student at Phu Dong Primary School.
=> Is she a student at Phu Dong Primary School?
1. My father makes breakfast.
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2. Danny phones his father on Sundays.
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3. She works at Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi.
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4. Minh doesn’t usually sleep early at the weekends.
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5. Annie isn't the best singer of our school.
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6. Do they watch TV every night?
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7. He doesn’t go to school on Sunday.
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8. Does Jane play tennis every afternoon?
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9. It doesn’t rain much in the hot season here.
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10. The sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
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Exercise 7: Complete the following sentences.
For example: They / wear suits to work?  Do they wear suits to work?
1. She / not / sleep late at the weekends.
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2. We / not / believe the Prime Minister.
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3. you / understand the question?
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4. They / not / work late on Fridays.
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5. David / want some coffee?
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6. She / have three daughters.
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7. When / she / go to her Chinese class?
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8. Why / I / have to clean up?
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9. How often / she / go to the cinema ?
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10. She / not / usually / go / to the church.
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11. My family / normally / eat / breakfast / 6.30.
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12. San / not / phone / mother / on Mondays.
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13. When / you / often / eat / breakfast / morning?
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14. Harry / not / go / swimming / in the lake.
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15. your parents / agree / with your decision?
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16. It / rain / in the dry season.
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17. Where / your father / work?
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18. Where Billy / work ? - She / work / in the supermarket.
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19. she / play / tennis / every week?
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20. we / make / too much noise at night?
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21. My father / not / make / breakfast.
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22. Where / she / ride / her bike?
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23. they / clean / the bathroom?
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24. What / you / do?
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25. Where / John / come from?
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26. How long / it / take from London to Paris?
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27. How often / she / go to the cinema?
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28. How many children / you / have?
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29. When / you / get up?
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30. How often / you / study English?
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31. What time / the film / start?
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32. Where / you / play tennis?
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33. What sports / Lucy / like?
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34. How / they / get to work?
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35. How often / I / come here?
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36. Where / she / live?
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37. Why / you / eat so much chocolate?
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38. What / this machine / do?
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39. Who / she / meet on Saturdays?
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40. How many brothers / she / have?
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41. How much / this / cost?
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42. Where / you / eat lunch?
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43. Where / you / go to school?
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Exercise 8: Write the following sentences into negative (-) and question (?) form.
1. They listen to English every day.
(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________
2. He plays badminton every afternoon.
(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

3. They play volleyball every morning.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

4. He does homework every night.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

5. He has breakfast at 6.30.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

6. I get up at 9.00 every morning.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

7. Mary and Peter go to work every day.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

8. We have dinner at 8 p.m.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

9. My father reads books every day.

(-) __________________________________________________________________
(?) __________________________________________________________________

10. Nga practices English every week.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

11. Sally usually has her lunch at home.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

12. They sometimes read poems in the lessons.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

13. Mrs. Cooper eats in the restaurant every Sunday.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

14. His cat never jumps on the kitchen table.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

15. Jane’s younger sister drinks milk every morning.

(-) __________________________________________________________________

(?) __________________________________________________________________

Exercise 9: Give the correct form of the verb in the simple present to complete the
following text.
Mary (1. be) ____ a teacher. She (2. teach) _________ English. The children (3.
love) ______ her and they (4. learn) _______ a lot from her. Mary (5. come) ________
home at 3.00 and (6. have) _____ lunch. Then she (7. sleep) _______ for an hour. In
the afternoon she (8. go) _______ swimming or she (9. clean) ______ her house.
Sometimes, she (10. meet) _______ her aunt and (11. drink) ______ tea with her.
Every Sunday she (12. do) ______ the shopping with her friends .
Exercise 10: Choose the best answer.
1. I _____ a student.
A. am B. is C. are
2. My father __________ excuses when I feel like going to the cinema.
A. make always B. make always C. always makes
3. His students ________ German in class.
A. don’t speak B. doesn’t speak C. not speak
4. She ________ six years old.
A. isn't B. not is C. are not
5. John ________ in a supermarket.
A. works B. working C. work
6. The flowers _______________ watered by Bob.
A. are normally B. normally are C. normally is
7. Danny ________ his father on Sundays.
A. phoning B. phones C. phone
8. I ___________ what you mean.
A. doesn't know B. not know C. don't know
9. My husband and his colleague __________ golf whenever they are not too busy.
A. play B. plays C. are playing
10. John always __________ on time for meetings.
A. arrives B. are arriving C. arrive
11. Barbara usually __________ dinner for her husband after work.
A. cooks B. cook C. is cooking
12. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons __________ to work together every day.
A. drive B. drives C. are driving
13. My parents normally __________ breakfast at 7:00 a.m.
A. eats B. are eating C. eat
14. My best friend ________ to me every week.
A. write B. writies C. writes
15. John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course.
A. try B. trys C. tries
16. The bank ________ at four o'clock.
A. closes B. close C. do close
17. It ________ almost every day in Manchester.
A. rain B. rains C. raines
18. My life is so boring - I just ________ TV every night.
A. watch B. watchies C. watches
19. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam without even trying.
A. pass B. passes C. is passing
20. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
A. fry B. does fry C. fries
21. My sister __________ to the cinema very often.
A. don’t go B. doesn’t go C. goes not
22. I _________ English very well.
A. not speak B. doesn’t speak C. don’t speak
23. What _______ this word _________ ?
A. does / means B. is / mean C. does / mean
24. I come from Canada. Where ______ you _______ from?
A. does / come B. do / come C. do / comes
25. Our lessons _________ at nine o’clock.
A. starts B. do starts C. start