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Basic English Grammar, 4th Edition

Chapter 3: Using the Simple Present

Worksheet 1. Verbs: Occupation activities

What do these people do every day? Write the letter of their activities in the correct
box.

a. directs traffic
b. draws pictures
c. drives a car
d. gives medicines
e. stops crime
f. takes blood pressure
g. takes passengers from one place to another
h. uses paints

A nurse A taxi driver A police officer An artist

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Worksheet 2. Verbs: Everyday activities

Complete the sentences. Choose a verb from each word pool. Write the correct form of the
verb in the blank space.

go work take

1. I _______ in an office every day during the week.

2. I _______ a walk in the park every day.

3. I _______ to the beach every weekend.

eat drink live speak

4. My friend Carlo _______ in Italy.

5. He _______ Italian every day.

6. He _______ Italian food, and he _______ Italian coffee.

climb eat drink sleep

bear cat

7. Bears _______ during the winter.

8. Big fish _______ little fish.

9. Cats _______ milk.

10. Cats _______ trees.

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Worksheet 3. Verbs: Occupation activities

Complete the sentences. For each item, write the verb that goes with the bolded
noun in the first sentence.

This is a picture of my high school class 20 years ago. Now we all have
careers.

1. Sandy and I are teachers. We _______________ in the high school.

2. Pierre is an excellent cook. He _______________ in a French

restaurant.

3. Lou is a truck driver. He _______________ trucks.

4. Maria is an opera singer. She _______________ in operas.

5. Anna and Martha are professional tennis players. They

_______________ tennis.

6. Sacha is a piano player with the City Symphony Orchestra. He

______________ the piano.

7. Betty is a writer. She _______________ books.

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Worksheet 4. Weather verbs

Complete the sentences. Write the correct form of a verb from the word pool in each
blank space. Use each verb once.

appear be rain rise see set snow shine

Sunrise: 5:39 a.m. Sunset: 6:02 p.m.

1. The sun always _______________ in the east.

2. The sun never _______________ in the east.

3. The climate in the desert is dry. It rarely _______________ in the

desert.

4. August _______________ usually a hot month in New York, but not

always.

5. Alaska is a cold place. It often _______________ in Alaska in the

winter.

6. In the summer, Alaska is not cold. The sun ___________________

until 11:00 at night on the longest days.

7. The summer is the hurricane season in the Caribbean area. Hurricanes

often _______________ in the Caribbean in the summer.

8. We sometimes _______________ a full moon. Every month the moon

is a full circle for a few days.

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Worksheet 5. Verbs: Everyday activities

Complete the sentences. Choose a verb from each word pool. Write the correct form
of the verb in the blank space.

fly swim
1. Whales _______________. They don’t _______________.

live die
2. Elephants _______________ for many years. They don’t
_______________ young.

jump crawl
3. A horse _______________. It doesn’t _______________.

jump crawl
4. A snake doesn’t _______________. It _____________.

walk crawl
5. Babies don’t _______________. They _______________.

talk cry
6. Babies _______________. They don’t ______________.

sing talk
7. A bird doesn’t _______________. It ______________.

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Worksheet 6. Verbs: Animal activities

Complete the sentences. Circle the letter of the phrase that completes each sentence correctly.

ant
1. Ants are small insects. They ________.
a. jump over water b. crawl on the ground c. swim under grass

2. Bees are insects. They ________.

a. swim in the water b. crawl on ice c. fly in the air

3. A bee sometimes ________.

a. feels a person b. stings a person c. speaks to a person

4. Rabbits _______.
a. fly over the water b. jump over the grass c. swim under
lakes

5. Cows _______.
a. give milk b. run fast c. have stripes

6. Horses _______.
a. have wings b. run fast c. have

7. A mouse doesn’t _______.

a. run fast b. eat cheese c. make a loud noise

8. Dogs often _______.

a. climb trees b. chase cats c. sting people

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Worksheet 7. Verbs: Everyday activities

Cross out the incorrect word.

1. A pilot (flies / drives) a plane.

2. An astronaut (travels / swims) in space.

3. You use a parachute when you (climb / jump) out

of an airplane.

4. An artist (draws / sings) pictures.

5. A violinist (plays / touches) the violin.

6. A glass (fixes / breaks) when it falls on the floor.

7. A mechanic (fixes / breaks) a car.

8. Mothers (sing / speak) songs to their babies.

9. Babies (walk / crawl) before they (walk / crawl).

10. In football, you (break / kick) the ball with your foot.

11. In baseball, a player (hits /kicks) the ball with a bat.

12. In baseball, one player (throws /

brings) the ball to another player. The
other player (finds / catches) the ball.

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Worksheet 8. Verbs: Everyday activities, page 1

Show the order in which the actions happen. Write 1 in front of the first action, 2 in
front of the second action, etc.

1. Every morning, I …..

_____ wash my face and brush my teeth

_____ wake up

_____ get up

_____ have breakfast

_____ go to work

2. Sam makes eggs every Saturday morning. He …..

_____ serves the eggs to his family

_____ takes the eggs out of the refrigerator

_____ stirs the eggs around in the pan

_____ breaks the eggs into a pan

_____ puts the eggs on plates

1

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Worksheet 8, page 2

3. Helen drives her car to work every day. In the mornings, she…..

_____ takes the keys out of her purse

_____ gets out of the car

_____ gets in the car

_____ unlocks the car

_____ starts the car

_____ locks the car

_____ drives the car

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Worksheet 9. Verbs: Opposites

Complete the sentences in Column A with words or phrases that

are opposites. Write the letter of the correct word or phrase
from Column B in the blank space in Column A.

Column A Column B

1. The opposite of lock is ____. a. take

2. The opposite of get out of is b. fix

____.

3. The opposite of go is ____. c. unlock

4. The opposite of give is ____. d. die

5. The opposite of start is ____. e. play

6. The opposite of break is ____. f. come

7. The opposite of live is ____. g. go to sleep

8. The opposite of work is ____. h. write

9. The opposite of wake up is ____. i. stop

10. The opposite of read is ____. j. get in

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Worksheet 10. Nouns and adjectives (people’s faces and hair)

Complete the sentences. Write a word from the word pool in each blank space. A
word may be used more than once.

bald beard curly moustache mouth smile straight

1. This is a picture of my friend Jack. He has ____________ hair.

2. This is a picture of my friend Olga. She has __________ hair.

3. This is a picture of my karate teacher. He doesn’t have any

hair on top of his head. He is ____________________.
But he has a moustache above his ___________________.

4. This is a picture of my Uncle Ben. He has a ___________ on

his face, but he doesn’t have a ___________________ above
his mouth.

5. This is a picture of my Aunt Lisa. She has ____________

hair and a ________________ on her face.

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Worksheet 11. Time and place words

Complete the dialogues. Write the letter of a phrase from the word pool in the blank
space.

a. At midnight f. Every Sunday

b. At night g. Online
c. At noon h. To my office
d. At 7 A.M. i. To the mountains
e. At the Japanese restaurant j. At the library

1. A: Where do you go every morning?

B: _______.

2. A: Where do you buy your clothes?

B: _______.

3. A: Where do you have dinner on weekends?

B: _______.

4. A: Where do you study at night?

B: _______.

5. A: Where do you go on vacations?

B: _______.

6. A: When do you visit your grandparents?

B: _______.

7. A: When do you have lunch?

B: _______.

8. A: When do you watch TV?

B: _______.

9. A: What time do you get up in the morning?

B: _______.

10. A: What time do you go to bed at night?

B: _______.

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Worksheet 12. Nouns

Write each word or phrase in the column where it belongs.

√ ant bald head beard bee cheese curly hair egg

grass ground insect milk moustache pan plate smile

Food and serving A human face Things in nature

ant

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Worksheet 13. Vocabulary review

Check all the words or phrases that can complete the sentences.

1. A doctor _______.
 takes blood pressure  directs traffic
 gives medicines  listens to the sounds in your chest

2. A bus driver _______.

 drives people around  uses a parachute
 travels over the ocean  works in an office

3. Whales _______.
 crawl  swim
 fly  climb

4. Cats _______.
 fly  climb
 jump  run

5. Bees _______.
 fly  sting
 wash  brush

6. Put the eggs in the pan and _______.

 wear them  stir them
 drive them  cook them

7. A good mechanic _______.

 drives a taxi  breaks things
 directs traffic  fixes cars

8. First, I get up in the morning. Then I _______.

 go to bed  brush my teeth
 eat breakfast  wash my face

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Worksheet 14. Vocabulary review, page 1

What does the word mean? Circle the letter of the correct definition of the word in
bold.

1. Margo dances in the ballet. She is a dancer.

a. kicks a ball
b. moves her body to music
c. drives a taxi

2. Our baby doesn’t crawl anymore. Now he walks and runs.

a. jump over things
b. drink milk
c. move along the floor on his hands and knees

3. Put eggs in the pan. Stir them around in the pan. Then put in the
cheese.
a. Mix them by turning them around with a spoon.
b. Cook them for a long time.
c. Break them

4. Sue is online now.

a. on a football field
b. at her computer
c. in her car in traffic

5. This city is safe. It doesn’t have crime.

a. bad and illegal actions.
b. police officers
c. dangerous animals

6. My grandfather has high blood pressure, so he doesn’t eat food

with lot of salt.
a. a lot of money
b. a medical problem
c. a problem with his car

7. Ouch! That stings! The medicine on my skin hurts!

a. feels like fire
b. tastes bad
c. sounds terrible

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Worksheet 14, page 2

8. Superior is the name of one of the five large lakes between Canada
and the United States.
a. countries
b. oceans
c. bodies of water with land all around them

9. Please don’t lock the door. I don’t have my key.

a. close
b. close and you can open it only with a key
c. open

10. A passenger finishes his trip in a taxi. Then he gets out of the taxi.
a. enters
b. leaves
c. sits in

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Worksheet 15. Which word doesn’t belong?

Check the one word that does not belong in the group.

1. O bee O ant O cheese O snake

2. O crawl O walk O run O fly

3. O eye O beard O hair O moustache

4. O draw O kick O paint O write

5. O plate O egg O cheese O milk

6. O green O straight O curly O blond

7. O truck O bus O office O taxi

8. O sing O sleep O cry O talk

9. O tie O skirt O shirt O ring

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Worksheet 16. Vocabulary review

Sandy sends a picture with an email from Paradise Island. Write the correct word
from the word pool in the blank space.

get up dance dinner eggs fish

ocean online plays rises sets walk

Hi everybody!

This is a picture of Jim and me on vacation on Paradise

Island. We love it here! The hotel has a computer for the guests, so now I
am ______________________, and I’m sending this email to all of you.

We ______________________ early. The sun _____________________

before 6 A.M., and we watch the sunrise every day. We eat a big breakfast. I
usually have two fried ______________________, and Jim always has
cereal. We swim in the ______________________ every day. We take a
______________________ on the beach every day too.

We see ________________ in the ocean, and sometimes we see a whale.

The sun ______________________ at about 7:30 P.M. The sunsets here are
beautiful. We have ______________________ at about 8:00 P.M. A
wonderful pianist ______________________ the piano at dinner. After
dinner, a rock group plays for us, and we ______________________ to the
music.

See you soon!

Love, Sandy

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Worksheet 17. Crossword

Complete the crossword puzzle. Use the clues to figure out the words. Write the
correct words across and down. Write one letter in each space.

1 2 3

5 6

10

11

12

www.CrosswordWeaver.com

ACROSS
2 May comes _______ April and June
5 My sister plays the _______.
8 _______ usually don’t like homework.
10 I wake up at 7:00 o'clock in the _______.
12 100% of the time.

DOWN
1 0% of the time
3 Birds and planes have them.
4 Karen _______ to the store every weekend.
6 We eat _______ at noon.
7 The New Year _______ on January 1.
9 Sara _______ a small car.
11 Cats and dogs have them in back.

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Answer Key
Worksheet 1
A nurse: d. gives medicines; f. takes blood pressure
A taxi driver: c. drives a car; g. takes passengers from one place to another
A police officer: a. directs traffic; e. stops crimes
An artist: b. draws picture; h. uses paints

Worksheet 2
1. work
2. take
3. go
4. lives
5. speaks
6. eats / drinks
7. sleep
8. eat
9. drink
10. climb

Worksheet 3
1. teach
2. cooks
3. drives
4. sings
5. play
6. plays
7. writes

Worksheet 4
1. rises
2. sets
3. rains
4. is
5. snows
6. shines
7. appear
8. see

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Worksheet 5
1. swim / fly
2. live / die
3. jumps / crawl
4. jump / crawls
5. walk /crawl
6. cry / talk
7. talk / sings

Worksheet 6
1. b. crawl on the ground
2. c. fly in the air
3. b. stings a person
4. b. jump over the grass
5. a. give milk
6. b. run fast
7. c. make a loud noise
8. b. chase cats

Worksheet 7
1. drives flies
2. swims travels
3. climb jump
4. sings draws
5. touches plays
6. fixes breaks
7. breaks fixes
8. speak sing
9. walk / crawl crawl / walk
10. break kick
11. kicks hits
12. brings / finds throws / catches

Worksheet 8
1. 1. wake up; 2. get up; 3. wash my face and brush my teeth; 4. have breakfast;
5. go to work
2. 1. takes the eggs out of the refrigerator; 2. breaks the eggs into a pan; 3. stirs the
eggs around in the pan; 4. puts the eggs on plates; 5. serves the eggs to his
family
3. 1. takes the keys out of her purse; 2. unlocks the car; 3. gets in the car; 4. starts
the car; 5. drives the car; 6. gets out of the car; 7. locks the car

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Worksheet 9
1. c. unlock
2. j. get in
3. f. come
4. a. take
5. i. stop
6. b. fix
7. d. die
8. e. play
9. g. go to sleep
10. h. write

Worksheet 10
1. curly
2. straight
3. bald / mouth
4. beard / moustache
5. straight / smile

Worksheet 11
1. h. To my office
2. g. Online
3. e. At the Japanese restaurant
4. j. At the library
5. i. To the mountains
6. f. Every Sunday
7. c. At noon
8. b. At night
9. d. At 7 A.M.
10. a. At midnight

Worksheet 12
Food and serving: cheese, egg, milk, pan, plate
A human face: bald head, beard, curly hair, moustache, smile
Things in nature: ant, bee, grass, ground, insect

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Worksheet 13
1. takes blood pressure; gives medicines; listens to the sounds in your chest
2. drives people around
3. swim
4. jump; climb; run
5. fly; sting
6. stir them; cook them
7. fixes cars
8. eat breakfast; brush my teeth; wash my face

Worksheet 14
1. b. moves her body to music
2. c. move along the floor on his hands and knees
3. a. mix them by turning them around with a spoon
4. b. at her computer
5. a. bad and illegal actions
6. b. a medical problem
7. a. feels like fire
8. c. bodies of water with land all around them
9. b. close and you can only open it with a key
10. b. leaves

Worksheet 15
1. cheese
2. fly
3. eye
4. kick
5. plate
6. green
7. office
8. sleep
9. ring

Worksheet 16
online;
get up; rises; eggs; ocean; walk
fish
sets; dinner; plays; dance

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Worksheet 17
N B E T W E E N
E I G
V I O L I N O
E U G B E
R N S T U D E N T S
C G
H D I
M O R N I N G
T I S
A V
I E
A L W A Y S
S
Across:
2. between
5. violin
8. Students
10. morning
12. always

Down:
1. never
3. wings
4. goes
6. lunch
7. starts
9. drives
11. tails

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Word List draw lock safe

action drink loud season
air drive make see
all eat medical serve
along enter medicine serving
always every midnight set
another face milk shine
ant family mix sing
appear fast month sleep
around feel moon smile
artist field mountain snow
at find moustache sometimes
bad finish mouth sound
bald fire move speak
bee fish music spoon
blood pressure fix nature start
body floor night sting
break fly noise stir
breakfast food noon stop
bring from nurse straight
brush get in ocean summer
by get out of office sun
can get up online Sunday
car give only Swim
cat go open tail
catch grass ouch take
chase ground over talk
cheese his paint taxi driver
chest hit pan teach
circle human passenger teeth
climate hurricane people them
climb illegal person things
close in picture throw
clothes insect place touch
come into plate traffic
computer it play travel
cook jump police officer truck
crawl key problem turn
crime kick purse . unlock
cry knee put use
curly lake rain wake up
dance land refrigerator walk
dangerous leave restaurant wash
die library ring water
dinner like rise work
direct listen run write
1

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