THE PRESENT SIMPLE – EXERCISES A. Write the 3rd person singular (Simple Present) of the following verbs: 1- sleep ____________ 3- say ____________ 5- have ____________ 7- miss ____________ 2- wash ____________ 4- go ____________ 6- copy ____________ 8- write ____________ B. Choose the correct form of the verb in each sentence. 1- John and Richard ______________ (play/plays) basketball. 2- They ______________ (don’t/doesn’t) study after school. 3- We _______________ (take/takes) the train to the office every day. 4- What ___________ (do/does) you want to study? 5- On Tuesdays, I _________ (go/goes) to the shopping centre. 6- Terry ___________ (play/plays) soccer and _________________ (studys/studies) every day. 7- ____________ (Do/Does) Lucy ride her bike to school, or ___________ (do/does) she take the bus? 8- On Sunday, he ____________ (don’t/doesn’t) read the newspaper. C. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Simple Present. 1- Peter and Jane __________________ (wake up) at seven a.m. and they ______________ (go) to school. 2- Jane __________________ (go) to school by car but Peter ___________________ (not go) with her. 3- _____________ Jane _______________ (have) homework today? Yes, she _____________________. 4- Peter _____________________ (watch) TV in the afternoon and Jane _____________________ (listen) to music. 5- They __________________ (have) dinner at 7.30 p.m. but they __________________ (not eat) much. 6- ____________ you _____________ (like) school? No, I _____________________. D. Make questions with the word groups, using (do) or (does) and other words when necessary. 1- (Where/she/buy/clothes) ________________________________________________________________? 2- (When/you/play/soccer) ________________________________________________________________? 3- (What/he/eat/lunch) ___________________________________________________________________? 4- (How/they/go/school) __________________________________________________________________? 5- (Why/we/travel/morning) _______________________________________________________________?