Simple Present Tense Simple Present Tense in The Negative

Grammar Practice Worksheets ✎
Simple Present & Present Progressive
Simple Present Tense Simple Present Tense in the Negative

Choose the correct verb from the list below to Make negative sentences using the correct verbs
complete the following sentences. Use the correct from the list below.
form of the simple present tense.
speak know go need want drink love be
fix stand speak drink eat do wear move smoke wear sell have get up serve
have wash make listen buy
take watch brush
Ex. 1. She is Japanese. She doesn’t speak French.
1. I wear breakfast at 7:00 every morning. 1. I any dinner because I am not

2. He always wear a suit to work. hungry.
2. Jerry and Beth are strangers. They

3. The teacher speak at the front of the
each other.
classroom.
4. He brush his teeth three times a day. 3. We to school on the weekend.
4. Mrs. Smith wants a divorce. She

5. We usually buy our groceries on the her husband anymore.
weekend. 5. Turtles quickly.

6. He do a meeting every morning.
6. Children coffee.
7. She often make chicken for dinner.
7. You jeans to a wedding.
8. They take the bus to school everyday.
8. Poor people a lot of money.
9. We often watch television in the
evenings. 9. It’s warm today. You to wear a
coat.
10. He listen to the radio on his way to
10. Jessica is very healthy. She
work.
cigarettes.
11. The teacher speak three languages.
11. The students are from China. They
12. A mechanic fix cars. English.
13. She wash the dishes after dinner. 12. The shoe store hats.
13. That restaurant breakfast.

14. They drink coffee every morning.
14. The children early on the
weekend.
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Simple Present Tense – Yes/No Questions
Practice making questions and giving short answers in the simple present tense.
Ex. Do you wake up early every day?

Yes, I do. (I wake up early every day.)
1.
(He takes the bus to school.)
2.
(They don’t live in a big city.)
3.
(We like to play tennis.)
4.
(They don’t watch TV a lot.)
5.
(He lives in an apartment.)
6.
(The students work hard.)
7.
(She doesn’t eat in the cafeteria.)
8.
(I speak French.)
Simple Present Tense – Information Questions
Use the correct question word (who, what, where, when, why, how many) and the simple present tense to make
information questions. The underlined words are the answers to the questions.
Ex. Where does he live?

He lives in an apartment on Main Street.
1.
They have three children.
2.
He speaks four languages.
3.
She lives with her roommate.
4.
They eat lunch in the cafeteria everyday.
5.
I go to bed at 11:00 every night.
6.
She doesn’t want to go to a movie because she is very tired.
7.
They eat eggs for breakfast every day.
8.
He wants steak for dinner.

Simple Present Tense and Frequency Adverbs
A. Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. Use the correct
form of the simple present tense.
eat / travel / play / listen to / help / shop / drink / rain / take / do
1. I never coffee before I go to bed.

2. She always her mother with the housework.
3. Her husband never the laundry.
4. They usually the bus to school.
5. We seldom dinner in a restaurant.
6. They rarely to different countries.
7. She usually at the supermarket near her home.
8. We sometimes cards on the weekend.
9. It often in April.
10. Teenagers seldom their parents.
B. Write sentences about yourself using each of the frequency adverbs below.
always / usually / often / sometimes / seldom / rarely / never
1. I always .
2. I usually .
3. I often .
4. I sometimes .
5. I seldom .
6. I rarely .
7. I never .
Present Progressive (Present Continuous) Tense
Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. Use the correct form of
the present progressive tense.
wear / study / sneeze / listen / rain / fix / dance /

eat / read / shine / buy / make / wash / fly / sleep
1. It is a beautiful day. The sun shine .
2. Mother is busy now. She make dinner.
3. Father is in the garage. He fix the car.
4. The students are in the classroom. They listen to their teacher.
5. The baby is in her crib. She sleep .
6. Ellie is in her bedroom. She study for her exam.
7. Claire and Bob are at a party. They dance .
8. You should take your umbrella. It .
9. Anna is going to a wedding. She buy a beautiful dress.
10. The floor is dirty. Andrea wash it.
11. Mark is at the supermarket. He groceries.
12. It is 12:00. The children eat lunch.
13. Brenda has a bad cold. She sneeze .
14. The students are in the library. They read .
15. The pilot fly his airplane.

Present Progressive Tense – Negative and Affirmative
Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. First use the negative
form, then the affirmative.
drink / go / wash / play / cook / study / listen / write

smoke / drive / speak / watch
Ex. Mary isn’t wearing a blue dress. She’s wearing a black dress.
1. Peter mathematics. He history.
2. The boys soccer. They hockey.
3. I coffee. I tea.
4. She a letter to her grandmother. She a letter to her aunt.
5. We a new car. We a used car.
6. I fish for dinner. I steak.
7. She sports on TV. She a movie.
8. The tourists Chinese. They Japanese.
9. He a cigarette. He a pipe.
10. She the dishes. She the clothes.
11. They to classical music. They to rock music.
12. We to Hawaii for our vacation. We to Mexico.

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Grammar Practice Worksheets ✎

Simple Present & Present Progressive

Simple Present Tense Simple Present Tense in the Negative

1. I wear breakfast at 7:00 every morning. 1. I any dinner because I am not

2. Jerry and Beth are strangers. They

4. He brush his teeth three times a day. 3. We to school on the weekend.

4. Mrs. Smith wants a divorce. She

weekend. 5. Turtles quickly.

13. That restaurant breakfast.

Simple Present Tense – Yes/No Questions

Ex. Do you wake up early every day?

(He takes the bus to school.)

(They don’t live in a big city.)

(We like to play tennis.)

(They don’t watch TV a lot.)

(He lives in an apartment.)

(The students work hard.)

(She doesn’t eat in the cafeteria.)

Ex. Where does he live?

She doesn’t want to go to a movie because she is very tired.

He wants steak for dinner.

eat / travel / play / listen to / help / shop / drink / rain / take / do

1. I never coffee before I go to bed.

always / usually / often / sometimes / seldom / rarely / never

wear / study / sneeze / listen / rain / fix / dance /

1. It is a beautiful day. The sun shine .

2. Mother is busy now. She make dinner.

3. Father is in the garage. He fix the car.

4. The students are in the classroom. They listen to their teacher.

5. The baby is in her crib. She sleep .

6. Ellie is in her bedroom. She study for her exam.

7. Claire and Bob are at a party. They dance .

8. You should take your umbrella. It .

9. Anna is going to a wedding. She buy a beautiful dress.

10. The floor is dirty. Andrea wash it.

11. Mark is at the supermarket. He groceries.

12. It is 12:00. The children eat lunch.

13. Brenda has a bad cold. She sneeze .

14. The students are in the library. They read .

15. The pilot fly his airplane.

drink / go / wash / play / cook / study / listen / write

1. Peter mathematics. He history.

2. The boys soccer. They hockey.

4. She a letter to her grandmother. She a letter to her aunt.

5. We a new car. We a used car.

6. I fish for dinner. I steak.

7. She sports on TV. She a movie.

8. The tourists Chinese. They Japanese.

10. She the dishes. She the clothes.

11. They to classical music. They to rock music.

12. We to Hawaii for our vacation. We to Mexico.

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