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Present Simple

We use
present simple
to talk about regular activities.

I go to school everyday.
I usually watch TV at night.
My mum goes to work by taxi.
She visits her friends every weekend.
My father cooks lunch on Fridays.
He often sings a song in the bathroom.
My parents work at X company.
They come home together.
We live in Nowshahr.
Exercise 1: Present simple

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.

✗ Mike usually _______ at quarter past seven. (get up)

✗ I ______my homework in my bedroom. (do)

✗ John and Cameron _______ football after school. (play)

✗ Amy ________ a violin lesson every Thursday. (have)

✗ You _________ school at half past three. (leave)

✗ We ________ to Parkmead High School. (go)


Exercise 𝟸: present simple negative

Complete the sentences with don’t and doesn’t.

✗ I ____work.
✗ You ____ work.
✗ He _____ work.
✗ She _____ work.
✗ It ____ work.
✗ We ____ work.
✗ You _____ work.
✗ They _____ work.
Present Simple Yes/No Questions

✗ Do you study English in the library in the morning?


✗ Do you play the piano at school every day?
✗ Do you want to see a movie later?
✗ Does Mark work in this office?
✗ Does she like me?
✗ Does the plant need water?
✗ Does the dog need some food?
✗ Do Tina and James have three dogs?
✗ Do they have a computer in their house?
✗ Do we go to the gym tomorrow?
✗ We put "do" or "does" first to make a
yes/no question.

✗ We use "Does" if the subject is he, she,


it, or one person, one thing, or one
animal.
Exercise 𝟹: Present Simple Yes/No
Questions

Match the questions with the answers.


✗ Do you like scary movies? a) Yes, he does. / No he
✗ Do they have any children? doesn’t.
✗ Does Mark like me? b) Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
c) Yes, we do. / No, we don’t.
✗ Does she exercise at this gym?
d) Yes, she does. / No, she
✗ Do we practice baseball in the
doesn’t.
park at night? e) Yes, they do. / No, they
✗ Does it sleep in the afternoon? don’t.
f) Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t.
Present simple Wh-questions

✗ A) What do you want to eat?


✗ B) I want to eat pizza.

✗ A) What does she like to do in her free time?


✗ B) She likes to do yoga in her free time.

✗ A) Where do you live?


✗ B) I live in New York City.

✗ A) Where does he work?


✗ B) He works at some company. I don't know the name.
Present simple Wh-questions

✗ A) When do you need to leave?


✗ B) I need to leave now.

✗ A) When does the concert start?


✗ B) The concert starts at 𝟿 p.m.

✗ A) How do you make spaghetti?


✗ B) Put the pasta in boiling water and cook it for 𝟾
minutes.

✗ A) How does he run so fast?


✗ B) He practices every day.
✗ "What" asks about a thing.
✗ "Where" asks about a place.
✗ "When" asks about a time.
✗ Use "how" to ask for the method or way to do something.
✗ Pattern:
✗ Question Word + do/does + subject + verb...?
✗ Remember to use "does" if the subject is he, she, it, or
one person, one thing, or one animal (not I or You).
Exercise 𝟺: Present simple Wh-questions

Complete the sentences with what, where, when, and how.

✗ ______ do you live? I live in Texas.

✗ ______ does he go to school? At 𝟾 o’clock.

✗ ______ do you want to go the park? Let’s take a taxi.

✗ ______ time do you go to bed? At half past eleven.

✗ ______ do you go to bed? At half past eleven.

✗ ______ do you do in the afternoon? I do my homework.

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