EJERCICIOS TEMA 1.

1. Choose the correct answer. Then turn the sentences into negative and interrogative.
1) My aunt is a new house. My aunt isn’t a new house. Is my aunt a new house?
2) The Scotts are / have a big car.
3) I am / have 20 years old
4) My birthday is / has in May.
5) His friend is / has a dog.
6) My favourite subject is Maths. My favourite subject isn’t Maths. Is my favourite
subject maths?
7) An elephant is / has big ears.
8) You are / have late.
9) I am / have right.

2. Choose the correct answer.

1. Juan and Carmen live in Madrid.
2. Harry watches television every evening.
3. I usually go/ to school by bus.
4. It never snows in this city.
5. Sam lives in that house.
6. You never clean/your teeth!
7. Carol gets up early every day.
8. All the buses leave/from this bus-stop.

2. Write the adverbs of frequency in the right place in the sentences.

1. My father doesn’t go to the library. (often)
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Do your friends watch TV? (usually)
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Tina is busy in the mornings. (sometimes)
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Stella goes out at the weekend. (hardly ever)
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. My friends are very friendly. (generally)
…………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Complete the following sentences with the PRESENT SIMPLE of the verbs in brackets.
1. Janet’s school _______begines________ (begin) at 8 o’clock.
2. My brother ___likes____________ (like) Coca-Cola; I ___prefer____________ (prefer)
orange juice.
3. My mother _______makes_________ (make) my bed in the morning.
4. Ted and Paul ______drink__________ (drink) coffee in the afternoon.
5. _____it doesn’t ____usually rain __________________ (it / usually / rain) here in the
summer?
6. Ruth ________doesn’t eat____________ eggs; they _make______________ her ill. (not eat,
make)
7. ‘Have you got a light, by any chance?’ ‘Sorry, I ______don’t smoke _______________ (not
smoke).
8. When _____do you study____________________ (you / study) for your tests?

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 9. She ______carries___________ (carry) a big bag when she ______goes_________ (go)
shopping.
10. _____Does Sarah play ____________________ (Sarah / play) the piano?
11. I _____usually see____________________ (usually / see) my grandparents during the
weekends.
12. The children ______sleep____________ (sleep) eight hours per day.
13. My sister ____doesn’t watch________________ (not / watch) TV at night.
14. ______Do your friends listen___________________ (your friends / listen) to music on the
radio?
15. A painter __rarely paints_____________________ (rarely / paint) without a cap on his head.
16. He _________seldom__visits__________ (seldom / visit) his parents during the week.
17. Jane Morgan _________________ (be) a good secretary.
18. She ________goes________ (go) in at nine o’clock everyday but she _doesn’t
leave_________________ (not / leave) before seven in the afternoon.
19. The plane ______depart_________ (depart) at twelve noon.
20. My cousin ____always call________________ (always / call) me when I am washing my
hair.

4. Complete the sentences. Use don’t or doesn’t and one of the verbs in the box.

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1) Would you like a cigarette? - No, thank you. I __don’t smoke_______________.

2) They ______don’t cost__________ magazines in that shop.
3) She has a car but she __doesn’t drive _____________ very often.
4) I like to dance, but I ______don’t see_________ to discos very often.
5) He smells because he ___doesn’t have a shower ____________ very often.
6) It’s a cheap restaurant. It _______doesn’t wear________ much to eat there.
7) He likes football but he _ doesn’t _play____________.
8) I ____don’t know___________ much about politics.
9) She is married but he ___doesn’t go____________ a ring.
10) He lives near our house but we __don’t sell_____________him very often.

5. Write sentences using the verbs in the present simple tense and the adverbs of frequency in
the right place.
1) basketball / she / play / often . She plays basketball often
2) lunch / We / have / always / at 2:00 . We have always lunch at 2:00
3) Lara / sometimes / angry / be / with her parents. Lara bes angry sometimes with her parents
4) our / smoke / not / teachers / do / generally. Teacher doesn’t do smoke our generally
5) David / usually / ride / does / a bike?. Does David ride usually a bike?

6. Give question and negative form for the sentences below:

1) She goes to school.
She doesn’t go to school_/_Does she go to school?_________________________________
2) I always eat toast for breakfast.
I don’t always eat toast for breakfast/ Do I always eat toast for breakfast?
3) My cat likes cheese.
My cat don’t like cheese_/__Do my cat like cheese?________________________________

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 4) Jane usually watches TV in the evening.
Jane doesn’t usually watch TV in the evening /Does Jane usually watch TV in the evening

7. Put the verbs in brackets into present continuous.

1) My sister is to cleaning (to clean) the bathroom.
2) Look! They are to going (to go) inside.
3) I am to waiting (to wait) in the car now.
4) Mrs Miller is to listenning (to listen) to CDs.
5) We aren’t to speaking(not to speak) English at the moment.
6) His brother is doing (do) a test at the moment.
7) Are they to swimming (to swim) in the pool.
8) Look! David and Max are to coming (to come) home.
9) Is my dog Charlie running (run) to the park?
10) Are you to making (to make) breakfast now?

8. Write sentences with the words given using the present continuous form.
1) Michael / wash / the car - Michael is washing the car
2) I / clean / my shoes – I am clean
3) The children / play / in the garden -
4) She / wait / for a taxi? -
5) The cat / sleep / on the chair -
6) Jane and Emily / not do / their homework -
7) Bill / not wait / at the bus stop -
8) We / listen / to the radio -
9) The children / play / a game? -
10) Laura / walk / the dog -

9. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1) Richard (always, get up) ______________________ before7.00.
2) Hurry up! The bus (wait) ______________________ for us.
3) Where (we, go) ______________________ ? This is the wrong road!
4) My friends (not believe) ______________________ my story.
5) Mary can’t talk to you at the moment. She (have) ______________________ a hot bath.
6) Please be quiet! I (read) ______________________ a very interesting book.
7) (like, Susan) ______________________ horror films?
8) Ali (usually, sit) ______________________ at the front of the class.
9) This bike (cost) ______________________ a lot of money.
10) I’m sorry, but I can’t hear you. You (talk) ______________________ very quietly.

10. Choose the correct answer.

a) What time ………. to bed?
1) usually do you go 2) do usually you go 3) do you usually go
b) Every day Frank ………. to work.
1) goes 2) is going 3) go
c) Stop it! ………. it!
1) I’m not liking 2) I don’t like 3) I not like
d) What ……….? Is it an orange?
1) you are eating 2) are you eating 3) do you eat
e) Sorry, I can’t speak to you now. ………. a bath.
1) I’m having 2) I have 3) I don’t have

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 f) Pay attention, Philip! ……….?
1) Do you listen 2) Is it listening 3) Are you listening
g) Excuse me. ………. to Manchester?
1) This road goes 2) Does this road go 3) Is this road go

11. Write the verb in the correct form – Simple Present and Present Continuous.
1) I ____________________ (like) cinema very much.
2) At the moment they ____________________ (stand) in the rain.
3) What time _________________________ (the boys / wake up) on holidays?
4) _________________________ (she / generally / have) breakfast at 7.
5) Rose is the one who ____________________ (wear) a blue shirt.
6) He ____________________ (not / work) on Sundays.
7) I _________________________ (always / speak) English in summer.
8) How long ______________________________ (it / take) to get there?
9) Where ______________________________ (you / go) now?
10) Put your raincoat on. It _____________________ (rain) cats and dogs.
11) He can’t come. He ____________________ (work) at the moment.
12) I ______________________ (think) he ____________________ (be) a bright student.
13) What’s Tom doing? He ____________________ (watch) television.
14) Listen! The doorbell ______________________ (ring).
15) Charles ______________________ (love) hunting and fishing.
16) It’s a fine day. The sun _____________________ (shine).
17) Look, she___________________________ (eat) an apple.
18) Julia is very good at languages. She ______________________________ (speak) four very
well.
19) Where is he? He __________________________ (go) to the bank right now.
20) The river Nile ____________________ (flow) into the Mediterranean Sea.
21) She __________________________ (drink) tea every morning.
22) It never _________________________ (rain) in summer.
23) Can you help me? Sorry, I _________________________ (do) my homework.
24) On Sundays we ________________________ (not go) to school.
25) No-one in the picture ______________________________ (wear) a hat.
26) Help me, mum. Sorry, I ________________________ (cook).
27) He ______________________________ (not sleep) before eight.
28) Ron is in London at the moment. He ____________________ (stay) at the Park Hotel. He
always ____________________ (stay) there when he's in London.
29) We usually ____________________ (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we
_____________________ (not grow) any.
30) I can never _______________________ (find) my keys.

12. Choose the correct word to complete the questions below:

1) A: ____________ colour is your room? B: It's blue and white.
2) A: ____________ do you work? B: I work in a library.
3) A: ____________ way is it to the centre, please? B: This way - turn right here.
4) A: ____________ are you waiting for? B: I'm waiting for my brother.
5) A: ____________ are you? Do you feel better? B: No, I'm still ill.
6) A: ____________ don't you want to come to the cinema tonight? B: Because I saw that film
yesterday.
7) A: ____________ kind of car do you have? B: I don't have a car. I prefer cycling.

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 8) A: ____________ kind of films do you like? B: Dramas and history films are my favourites.
9) A: ____________ children do you have? B: Two - a girl and a boy.
10) A: ____________ do you run? B: I try to go out three times a week.
11) A: ____________ did you pay for trainers? B: I can't tell you, they were a present.
12) A: ____________ brothers or sisters have you got? B: One brother and one sister.
13) A: ____________ do you get up? B: At 7 usually
14) A: ____________ is it from your house to the school? B: It is near. It takes about 5 minutes
to get there.

13. Write the questions for the following answers.

(where / you/ live)
1) _____________________________________________? I live in Lisbon.
(how often / you / watch)
2) _____________________________________________? I watch TV every day.
(what time / you / go)
3) _____________________________________________? I go to school at 8 o’clock.
(how / you /go)
4) _____________________________________________? I go to school by bus.
(how long / it / take from London to Paris)
5) _____________________________________________? It takes almost 2 hours.
(how often / she / go)
6) ___________________________________________? She goes to the cinema once a month.
(how many children / you / have)?
7) _____________________________________________? I have two children.
(when / you / get up)?
8) _____________________________________________? I get up at 7:00 every morning.
(how often / you / study English)?
9) _____________________________________________? I study English three times a week.
(what time / the film / start)?
10) _____________________________________________? The film starts at 5:00 p.m.

14. Give a question for the underlined words:

1) My sister often plays tennis with her friends.
2) I get up at 6 o’clock.
3) Anna lives in Glasgow.
4) My friends like animals.
5) John is writing a letter.
6) She walks home from school.
7) The children are sitting in the garden.
8) Peter runs with his dog on Sundays.
9) My rabbit has a cage in the garden.
10) They go to work by bus.
11) David likes cats because they are nice.
12) Jenny isn't sleeping late today.
13) We are going to the cinema.
14) I'm leaving now.

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15) Andy always does his homework very quickly.
16) My mum pays for the ticket.
17) This flower smells great.