THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
Exercise 1. Put the verbs into the simple present tense.(chia động từ với thì hiện tại
đơn)
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She ______________(be) my best friend.
My father __________ (be) a doctor.
They _________ (be) students. They ____________ (go) to Long Bien school.
My best friend ___________ (be) my laptop.
She often _____________ (visit) her grandparent at weekend.
They ____________ (not know) how to make a cake.
I ___________ (watch) TV two hours a day.
In my country, people _____________ (speak) Vietnamese.
9. I (be) ________ at school at the weekend.
10. She (not study) ________ on Friday.
11. He (have) ________ a new haircut today.
12. I usually (have) ________ breakfast at 7.00.
13. _______ She (live) ________ in a house?
14. Where (be) ________your children?
15. My sister (work) ________ in a bank.
16. Dog always (like) ________ meat.
17. She (live)________ in Florida.
18. It (rain)________ almost every day in Manchester.
19. We (fly)________ to Spain every summer.
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20. My mother (fry)________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
21. The bank (close)________ at four o'clock everyday.
22. John always (try)________ hard in class, but I (not think) ________ he'll pass.
23. My life ______(be) so boring. I just (watch)________ TV every night.
24. My best friend (write)________ to me every week.
25. ____You (speak) ________ English?
26. She (not live) ________ in HaiPhong city.
27. My classmates often ________________ (held) a party at weekend.
28. Jane ___________ (read) “The Guardian' newspaper, but I ______________
(read)'The Independent'.
29. Fred ____________ (cycle) to work, but his wife ___________ (go) by car.
30. Jeff____________ (buy) his food in small shops, but Jane ____________ (do)
all her shopping at the supermarket.
31. Diana ____________ (like) Physics, Chemistry and biology; she always
__________ (get) good marks in her science exams.
32. Susan ________________ (live) in Leeds, but she _______________ (work) in
Bradford.
33. I _____________ (leave) work at 6 o'clock, but John ______________ (finish)
word at 5 o'clock.
34. Mary _____________ (ride) her bike to school and her father _____________
(carry) her books.
35. For breakfast Ann ______________ (eat) cereal with milk and then she
______________ (have) some toast.
Exercise 2: Change the following sentences into the negative. (chuyển các câu sau
sang dạng phủ định)
1. They play volleyball every week. – They ………………… volleyball every week.
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2. John is nice. – John ………………… nice.
3. This car makes a lot of noise. – This car ………………… a lot of noise.
4. I like computer games. – I ………………… computer games.
5. We are from Greece. – We ………………… from Greece.
6. You wear pullovers. – You ………………… pullovers.
7. They speak English. – They ………………… English.
8. He watches TV. – He …………………..….TV.
9. I am from Spain. – I ………………… from Spain.
10. Steve draws nice pictures. – Steve ………………… nice pictures.
11. She feeds the animals. – She ………………… the animals.
12. We take photos. – We ………………… photos.
13. Sandy does the housework every Thursday. – Sandy ………………… the
housework every Thursday.
14. The boys have two rabbits. – The boys ………………… two rabbits.
15. Simon can read English books. – Simon …………………English books.
16. He listens to the radio every evening. – He ………………… the radio every
evening.
17. Anne is the best singer of our school. – Anne ………………… the best singer of
our school.
18. The children are at home. – The children ………………… at home.
19. The dog runs after the cat. – The dog ………………… the cat.
20. Lessons always finish at 3 o’clock. – Lessons ………………… at 3 o’clock.
Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences. (hoàn thành các câu sau)
1. (where / you / go to school?)->Where do you go to school?
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2. (what / you / do?)
-> ……………………………………………………………………………………
3. (where / John / come from?)
-> ……………………………………………………………………………………
4. (how long / it / take from London to Paris?
->………………………………………………………………………………………
5. (how often / she / go to the cinema?)
>………………………………………………………………………………………
6. (how many children / you / have?)
->………………………………………………………………………………………
7. (when / you / get up?)
>………………………………………………………………………………………
8. (how often / you / study English?)
>………………………………………………………………………………………
9. (what time / the film / start?)
>………………………………………………………………………………………
10. (where / you / play tennis?)
->………………………………………………………………………………………
11. (what sports / Lucy / like?)
->………………………………………………………………………………………
12. (how / they / get to work?)
->……………………………………………………………………………………….
13. (how often / you / come here?)
->………………………………………………………………………………………
14. (where / she / live?)
>……………………………………………………………………………….………
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15. (why / you / eat so much chocolate?)
->………………………………………………………………………………………
16. (what / this machine / do?) ->.
…………………………………………………………………………………..……
17. (who / she / meet on Saturdays?)>………………………………………………………………………………………..
18. (how many brothers / she / have?)
->……………………………………………………………………………………….
19. (how much / this / cost?)
-> ………………………………………………………………………………..……
20. (where / you / eat lunch?)
->……………………………………………………………………….………………
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