THE SIMPLE PRESENT pptx

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THE SIMPLE PRESENT

I. Give verbs in right tenses:
1. Cuckoos (not built) nets. They (use) the nets of the
birds
2. He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea.
3. What she (do) in the evenings? - She usually (play)
cards or (watch) TV.
4. The last train always (leave) the station at 11.30.
5. He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand)
him.
6. Ann is making dress for herself. She (make) all her
own clothes.
7. I (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun (be)
very strong.
8. He (enjoy) himself or would he (like) to leave now?
9. I (enjoy) myself very much. I (want) to stay to the
end.
10. How much you (owe) him? - I (owe) 5 pound.
11. What this one (cost)? - It (cost) 40 pence.
12. He never (listen) to what you say. He always (think)
about something else.
13. What you (have) for breakfast usually? - I usually
(eat) a carrot and (drink) a glass of cold water.
14. Why you (walk) so fast today? You usually (walk)
quite slowly. - I (hurry) I (meet) my mother at 4
o’clock and she (not like) to be kept waiting.
15. Tom never (do) any work in the garden. He always
(work) on his car.
16. Who (own) this umbrella? - I (not know). Everybody

(use) it but nobody (know) who own it.
17. Why Mrs. Pitt (look) so angry? _ Mr. Pitt smoked a
cigarette and dropped the ash on the carpet.
18. Everyday he (go) to school at 6 o’clock.
19. Today I (receive) a letter from my friend.
20. He (be) tall and handsome with a smiling face.
21. They usually (live) in Ha Noi.
22. He (work) very well.
23. Where do they work? They (work) in an office.
24. He (wish) he would be successful.
25. The Earth (go) around the sun.
26. My father often (get) up at 6 o’clock in the morning
and (do) morning exercise.
27. My skin always (peal) when I have been in the sun.
28. My family usually (go) to church on Sundays but
today we (do) not go because I have a fever.
29. Jasmine, like her sister (enjoy) traveling.
30. That school girl always (get) whatever she (want)
because her parents give in to her demands
II. Choose the best answer:
1. (I /He/She) work very well.
2. (They/You/He) works in this company.
3. He (get/gets) up at 5 every morning.
4. They (wish/wishes) to speak to you.
5. Buses (passes/pass) my house every hour.
6. They (help/helps) their father.
7. She always (carry/carries) an umbrella.
8. He (worry/worries) too much.
9. She (wash/washes) the floor every week.
10. Their neighbors often (complain/complains).

11. I usually (go/goes) by bus but Tom usually (go/
goes) by his car.
12. Why (do/does) you put on your coat?
13. What (do/does) Tom think of the Budget?
14. I (think/thinks) it is a pity you don’t take more
exercise.
15. Tom never (do/does) any work in the garden, he
always (works/work) on his car.
16. How Peter (gets/get) on at school? - He
(seem/seems) to like the life.
17. That (depends / depend) on the question
18. It (concern / concerns) your brother.
19. I (refuse/refuses) to answer any question about my
brother.
20. How (do / does) you end a letter that (begins/begin)
“Dear Sir”
I always (put /puts) “Your truly” but Tom
(prefers/prefer) “Yours faithfully”
21. The last train (leave / leaves) at midnight.
22. He (relaxes / relax) at weekend
23. My bosses (refuse / refuses) to discuss it.
24. Their dogs (bark / bark) at night.
25. We usually (have / has) breakfast at 8 o’clock.
26. She usually (play / plays) card or (watch /watches)
TV.
27. How you (get / gets) to work as a rule?
28. I usually (go / goes) by bus.
29. Cattle often (eat / eats) grass in this field.
30. English (is / are) my favorite subject.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. She (not work) now, she (swim) in the river.
2. Why Ann (not wear) her new dress?
3. The aero plane (fly) at 2,000 meters.
4. What Tom (do) now? He (clean) his shoes.
5. Who (move) the furniture about upstairs? It’s Tom. He (plaint) the front bedroom.
6. Mrs. Jones (sweep) the steps outside her house.
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7. What you (read) now? I (read) Crime and Punishment.
8. Someone (knock) at the door. Shall I answer it? - I (come) in a minute. I just (wash) my hands.
9. Where is Tom? - He (lie) under the car.
10. Can I borrow your pen or you (use) it at the moment?

SIMPLE PRESENT & PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. She always (borrow) from me and she never (remember) to pay me back.
2. You (need) another blanket or you (feel) warm enough?
3. It (save) time if you (take) the path through the wood?
4. No, it (not matter) which path you take.
5. I (save) up because I (go) abroad in July.
6. I (think) it is a pity you don’t take more exercise. You (get) fat.
7. The plane that you (look) at now just (take) off for Paris.
8. Tom never (do) any work in the garden, he always (work) on his car.
9. What he (do) to his car now? - I (think) he (polish) it.
10. That film (come) to the local cinema next week. You want to (see) it?
11. Why Mrs. Pitt (look) so angry? - Because Mr. Pitt (smoke) a cigarette and (drop) the ash on the carpet.
12. We (leave) home on the 8

th
, (arrive) in Paris in the 9
th
, (spend) the day in Paris, and (set) out that night for Venice. That (sound)
most interesting. You must tell me all about it when you (get) back.
13. This story is about a boy who (make) friends with a snake which he (find) in his garden. Then he (go) away but he (not forget) the
snake and some years later he (return) and (look) for it.
14. My brother (get) up very early too. But he (make) a lot of noise that he (wake) everybody up. He (sing) in his bath and (bang) doors
and (drop) things in the kitchen and (play) the radio very loudly.
15. What you (look) for Tom? - I (look) for the garage key. I always look for the garage key, because nobody over (put) it back on it
book.

PRESENT PERFECT
1. Where you (be)? - I (be) to the dentist.
2. I (not finish) my letter yet.
3. He just (go) out.
4. Someone (take) my bicycle.
5. You (hear) from her lately? - No, I (have not)
6. The cat (already/ steal) the fish.
7. How many bottles the milkman (leave)? - He (leave) six.
8. I (live) for ten years.
9. My neighbors (live) here since 1870.
10. I (not meet) him recently.
11. Would you like some coffee? - I just (make) some.
12. I (ask) him to dinner several times.
13. I (buy) a new carpet. Come and look at it.
14. Why (not finish)? - He (have) plenty of time.
15. You (spend) all your money? - How much money you (spend)? - I only (spend) half of it.

SIMPLE PRESENT, PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR PRESENT PERFECT

Choose the best answer:
1. Everyday he ___ to school at am.
a. go b. goes c. is going d. has gone
2. Today I ____ a letter from my friend.
a. receive b. receives c. have received d. receiving
3. What ____ your friend ____ for?
a. do / look b. does/ look c. are / looking d. is looking
4. He ___ tall and handsome with a smiling face.
a. are b. is c. been d. has been
5. ____ he handsome enough to be a film star?
a. Is b. Are c. Been d. Has been
6. Oh, no. He ___ not handsome enough to be an actor.
a. are b. is c. been d. has been
7. I ___ a friend. He is an actor. I spend my time with him when I ___ free time.
a. has b. am c. have d. all are correct
8. What ____ you ____ about the sun?
a. does / know b. do / know c. have / known d. a &b are correct
9. The earth ____ around the sun.
a. move b. moves c. has moved d. is moving
10. Now we ____ in Hue with our parents.
a. are b. are being c. have been d. all are correct
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11. ____ you like swimming, Ba? _ Yes, I do. But my brother ____.
a. are / doesn’t b. do / don’t c. do / doesn’t d. are / isn’t
12. She ____ in Hue for ten years.
a. is b. is being c. have been d. has been
13. Where ____ your father just ____?
a. does / go b. has / go c. has / gone d. have gone
14. Everyday thousands of people ____ by motorbike in Vietnam.
a. travel b. travels c. has traveled d. have traveled

15. What ___ you ____ of, Nam? I’m thinking of my mother.
a. do / think b. are / thinking c. have / thought d. a & b are correct
16. How long ___ you ____ her?
a. do / meet b. are / meet c. have / meet d. have / met
17. I ___ her for three years.
a. meet b. have met c. am meeting d. have meet
20. I ____ a lot of time travelling since I ____ this new job.
a. have spend/get b. spend/get c. spend/ have got d. am spending/get
16. ___ she ____ in Hue at the moment? - No, at the moment she ___ on holiday with her family on Cat Ba island.
a. Is / living b. Does / live c. Has / lived d. Have / lived
17. What ___ you ____ about this matter?
a. do / think b. are / thinking c. have / thought d. none is correct
18. I ____ on a farm for three years.
a. am living b. live c. have live d. have lived
19. We ___ a hard life, but we are always smiling.
a. have b. are c. are having d. have had
20. The old statue ____ on the top of the hill as long as anybody can remember.
a. stand b. stands c. standing d. is standing
21. He ___already ____ his homework.
a. has / finish b. has / finished c. does / finish d. a & b are correct
22. Have you done your homework (already / yet)?
23. He has (just / often) arrived.
24. We have (yet / already) visited the place.
25. (Did / Have) they just call me?
26. Has she come home (already / yet)?
27. We have (just / yet) received a Christmas gift.
28. Have you been to New York (yet / for)?
29. I have (since / already) been there.
30. (Have / Do) you like the city?
31. Absolutely (yes / already)! I like it very much.

32. Me, too. I have (for / already) been there and I like it so much.
33. She (learns / have learnt / has learnt) English since she was six years old.
34. Have you (see / saw / seen) John today?
35. He (get / gets / has got) up at 5 o’clock.

COMPLETE THE IRREGULAR VERB TABLE BELLOW
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Infinitive Past simple Past participle
Be was/were
Beat beaten
Become became
began begun
Bend bent
Bet
Bite bitten
Blow blew
Break broke
brought brought
Broadcast
Build
Burst burst
bought bought
caught
Choose chosen
came come
cost
Creep crept
Cut
Deal dealt
Dig dug

Do did
Draw drawn
drank drunk
drove driven
Eat eaten
Fall fallen
Feed fed
Feel felt
Fight fought
found found
Flee fled fled
Fly flown
Forbid forbidden
forgot forgotten
forgave forgiven
Freeze froze frozen
Get
Give gone
Grow grown
Hang
had had
Hear heard
Hide hid
Hit
Hold held
Hurt hurt
Keep kept
Kneel kept kept
Know known
Lay laid

Lead led
Leave left
lent lent
let let


Infinitive Past simple Past participle
Lie
lain
Light lit
Lose lost
Make made
Mean meant
Meet met
Pay paid
Put put put
read [red]* read [red]*
Ride rode
Ring rung
Rise rose
ran run
Say said
saw seen
Seek sought
Sell sold
sent sent
Set set
sewed sewn/sewed
Shake shaken
Shine shone

Shoot shot
showed shown/ showed
shut
Sing sang
Sink sank
Sit sat
Sleep slept
Slide slid
Speak spoken
Spend spent
Split split
Spread spread
Spring sprang
Stand stood
Steal stolen
Stick stuck stuck
Sting stung
Strike struck struck
Swear sworn
Sweep swept swept
Swim swam
Swing swung
Take took taken
taught taught
tore torn
Tell told
Think thought
Throw thrown
understood understood
Wake woken

Wear wore
Weep wept
Win won
Write written