Present simple (Revisions & Exercises)

A. Grammar revisions
A.1. Put in  do, don't,  does or doesn't.
Examples:  '... Do.... you like fish?'  'Yes, I ... do....
                    Where ...does.... Marry live?

1.  What.... your father do? 
     He's a private entrepreneur

2.  Who.... your parents live with?

3.  I'm sorry, I.... know.

4.  '.... your mother work?'  'No, she ....

5.  What TV station.... you watch?

6.  What TV station.... your teacher watch?


A.2. Make questions.
Examples:  you / tired?
                   ...Are you tired?...
                   Lucy / like Beer?
                   ...Does Lucy like Beer?....

1.  your father / work?
- ................................

2.  Where / your / father / work?
- ...............................................

3.  your father / at home / at weekends?
- ..........................................................

4.  they / work / on Saturdays?
- ............................................

5.  Salmin and Jimmy like swimming?
- .........................................................

6.  she / German?
- .......................

7.  What time / you / start / your activities?
- ...............................................................

8.  your / sister / pretty?
- ..................................

A.3. Write positive or negative short answer (Yes, I do / No, he doesn't. etc).
Example: Do you drink beer?  ....No, I don't. ....

1. Do you usually drive a car?  ........
2. Do you live in a big city?  ........
3. Do you have a cold?  ........
4. Does your teacher speak English to you?  ........
5. Do you play a musical instrument?  ........
6. Does it rain a lot where you live?  ........
7. Do your parents come from the same town?  ........
8. Do you and your friends practice your English?



B. Exercises
B.1. In this exercise you have to put the verb into the correct form.
Examples;  Water....boils.... (boil) at 100 degrees centigrade
                   Lisa....doesn't go.... (not/go) to the hairdresser very often
                   How many languages....do you speak.... (you/speak)?

1. The mall of Serang.... (open) at 9.00 and.... (close) at 21.00. every day
2. What time.... (the shops/close) in Rau Trade Centre?
3. I have a car but I.... (not/use) it very often
4. How many cigarettes.... (you/smoke) a day?
5. What.... (you/do)?  I'm an electrician
6. Where.... (your father/come) from?  He.... (come) from Garut
7. If you need money, why.... (you/not/get) a job?
8. I.... (play) the piano, but I.... (not/play) very well
9. I don't understand the word 'surname'. What.... ('surname' /mean)?

B.2. This time you have to read some sentences and correct them. The English is correct but
the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each time
Example:  The sun rises in the west.
- ....The sun doesn't rise in the west....
- ....The sun rises in the east....

1. The sun goes round the earth
- ................................................
- ................................................

2. Mice catch cats
- ..........................
- ..........................

3. Carpenters make things from iron
- ........................................................
- ........................................................

4. The river Amazon flows into the Pacific ocean
- ............................................................................
- ............................................................................

B.3. Now you have to use these sentences to make questions. Begin your question with the word(s)
in brackets. Examples: Lisa plays tennis. (How often?)
-....How often does Lisa play tennis?....
; I get up in the morning. (What time/usually?)
-....What time do you usually get up?....

1. I write to my parents. (How often?)
- How often........................................

2. Ann watches television. (How often?)
- ............................................................

3. We have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?)
- ....................................................................................

4. Jill works. (Where?)
- .................................

5. I go to the cinema. (How often?)
- ....................................................

6. The car breaks down. (How often?)
- .........................................................

7. People do stupid things. (Why?)
- ....................................................