PRESENT SIMPLE exercises
Interactive exercises with present simple tense.
- affirmative sentences fill in the blanks exercise
- negative sentences fill in the blanks exercise
- questions fill in the blanks exercise
- affirmative sentences multiple choice exercise
- negative sentences multiple choice exercise
- questions multiple choice exercise
- present simple random exercise (multiple choice)
About PRESENT SIMPLE tense
The present simple is a verb tense with two main uses. We use Present Simple to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes. Important!!! The 3rd person (HE, SHE, IT) is formed by adding -s or -es to the end of the verb.
Postive/affirmative sentences - e. g.
I go to school every day.
She goes to school every day.
In the negative form of present simple, you need to use do not (don't - shorter way) or does not (doesn't - shorter way) which is used for the 3rd person ONLY!!! (HE, SHE, IT).
Negative sentences - e. g.
I don't go to school every day.
She doesn't go to school every day.
We use do and does to make questions with the present simple tense. We use does for the third person singular (HE, SHE, IT) and do for the others, also with question words : where, what and when.
Questions - e. g.
Do you like school?
Does she like school?
When do you go to school?
VERB PLAY in PRESENT SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE | NEGATIVE | QUESTIONS | |
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I | I play | I don't play | Do I play? |
He, She, It | He plays She plays It plays |
He doesn't play She doesn't play It doesn't play |
Does he play? Does she play? Does it play? |
We, You, They | We play You play They play |
We don't play You don't play They don't play |
Do we play? Do you play? Do they play? |
VERB WATCH in PRESENT SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE | NEGATIVE | QUESTIONS | |
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I | I watch | I don't watch | Do I watch? |
He, She, It | He watches She watches It watches |
He doesn't watch She doesn't watch It doesn't watch |
Does he watch? Does she watch? Does it watch? |
We, You, They | We watch You watch They watch |
We don't watch You don't watch They don't watch |
Do we watch? Do you watch? Do they watch? |