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The present simple tense

Here you have a  four-minute video that EXPLAINS how and when to use the present simple. You can pause the video, take notes in your notebook, go forward or backward at your convenience:

Present Simple Tense. Vídeo de Englishgrammarspot en YouTube. Licenza YouTube estándar

Now that you've watched the video, take a look at this presentation to review the form and use of the present simple.


Present simple review en Slideshare. Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

 

 

Exercise 1

Write full sentences and questions with the present simple in your notebook or on an electronic document.

Example: He / usually / get up late (+): He usually gets up late

  1. Anna / like music (?)
  2. She / have a lot of hobbies (+)
  3. I / get on very well with my sister (-)
  4. My brother / know me very well (-)
  5. The film / finish late (?)
  6. Peter / be a good cook (-)
  7. You / have breakfast with your parents (?)
  8. What / your favourite food / be (?)
  9. She / love pizza (+)
  10. They / eat meat (-)

Exercise 2

Complete the gaps with the verbs in the box in the present simple tense.

Get on - not have - open - not talk - not work - listen

1. banks in the afternoon?

2. My sister many friends

3. We normally to the news in the car.

4. She's quite shy. She very much.

5. Jane well with her boss?

6. My cooker's new but it very well.

 

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Bonus task

Test your knowledge on the simple present. Here you have the links to three different online tests:

After submitting your answers, you will see how well you have done in the tests. Good luck!