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 hasn’tisn’t a new house. Is Has my aunt a new
house?
1)[2)] The Scotts are / have a big car. ?The scotts aren’t a big car/ Are the Scotts a big
car?
2)[3)] I am / have 20 years old ? I am not 20 years old/ Am I 20 years old?
3)[4)] My birthday is / has in May. ?My birthday is in may/ Is my birthaday in may?
4)[5)] His friend is / has a dog. ?His friends isn’t a dog/ Is his friends a dog?
5)[6)] My favourite subject is Maths. My favourite subject isn’t Maths. Is my favourite
subject maths?
6)[7)] An elephant is / has big ears. ?Has an elephant big ears?/ An elephant has big ears
7)[8)] You are / have late. ¿ You aren´t late / Are you late?
8)[9)] I am / have right.?I am not right/ Am i 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. Good!

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

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.

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 5. _____Does it usually rainit 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?
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 _______is__________ (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 ______departs_________ (depart) at twelve noon.
20. My cousin ____always calls________________ (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 sellcost__________ magazines in that shop.
2)[3)] She has a car but she __doesn’t drive _____________ very often.
[4)] I like to dance, but I ______don’t gosee_________ to discos very often.
3)[5)] He smells because he ___doesn’t have a shower ____________ very often.
[6)] It’s a cheap restaurant. It _______doesn’t costwear________ much to eat there.
4)[7)] He likes football but he _ doesn’t _play____________.
5)[8)] I ____don’t know___________ much about politics.
[9)] She is married but he ___doesn’t gowear____________ a ring.
[10)] He lives near our house but we __don’t sellsee_____________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 often plays basketball often
[2)] lunch / We / have / always / at 2:00 . We always have always lunch at 2:00
[3)] Lara / sometimes / angry / be / with her parents. Lara is sometimes bes angry sometimes
with her parents
[4)] our / smoke / not / teachers / do / generally. Our Teachers doesn’t generally do smoke our
generally

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 [5)] David / usually / ride / does / a bike?. Does David usually 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?________________________________
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.
1)[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.
2)[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 cleaning my shoes
3) The children / play / in the garden – the children are playing in the garden
4) She / wait / for a taxi? –she is waiting for a taxi
5) The cat / sleep / on the chair –the cat is sleeping on the chair
6) Jane and Emily / not do / their homework –Jane and Emily aren’t doing their homework
7) Bill / not wait / at the bus stop –Bill isn’t waiting at the bus stop
8) We / listen / to the radio – We are listening to the radio
[9)] The children / play / a game? – Is are the children are playing a game?
9)[10)] Laura / walk / the dog – Laura is walking the dog

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

1) Richard (always, get up) __always gets up ____________________ before7.00.
[2)] Hurry up! The bus (wait) ____waitsis waiting__________________ for us.
[3)] Where (we, go) _____is are we going _________________ ? This is the wrong road!
2)[4)] My friends (not believe) __don’t believe ____________________ my story.
3)[5)] Mary can’t talk to you at the moment. She (have) ___is having___________________ a
hot bath.
4)[6)] Please be quiet! I (read) _am reading_____________________ a very interesting book.
5)[7)] (like, Susan) ____Does Susan _like _________________ horror films?
6)[8)] Ali (usually, sit) ____is usually sitting__________________ at the front of the class.
7)[9)] This bike (cost) ___costs___________________ a lot of money.
8)[10)] I’m sorry, but I can’t hear you. You (talk) _are talking_____________________ very
quietly.

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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
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_________________ (like) cinema very much.
2) At the moment they ____are standing________________ (stand) in the rain.
[3)] What time ______are do the boys wakeing up __________________ (the boys / wake up)
on holidays?
[4)] _She generally hasve ________________________ (she / generally / have) breakfast at 7.
[5)] Rose is the one who _is warning wearing ___________________ (wear) a blue shirt.
[6)] He ____doesn’t working ________________ (not / work) on Sundays.
3)[7)] I __always speaks _______________________ (always / speak) English in summer.
4)[8)] How long _____does it take_________________________ (it / take) to get there?
[9)] Where __are you nowgoing____________________________ (you / go) now?
[10)] Put your raincoat on. It ______rainsis raining_______________ (rain) cats and dogs.
[11)] He can’t come. He ____worksis working________________ (work) at the moment.
[12)] I ______am thinkingthink________________ (think) he ___is being_________________
(be) a bright student.
5)[13)] What’s Tom doing? He ___is watching_________________ (watch) television.
[14)] Listen! The doorbell _____ringsis ringing_________________ (ring).
6)[15)] Charles ______________loves________ (love) hunting and fishing.
7)[16)] It’s a fine day. The sun __is shining___________________ (shine).
[17)] Look, she_________eatsis eating__________________ (eat) an apple.
[18)] Julia is very good at languages. She _is speakingspeaks_____________________________
(speak) four very well.
8)[19)] Where is he? He ________is going__________________ (go) to the bank right now.
[20)] The river Nile ____are flowingflows______________ (flow) into the Mediterranean Sea.
9)[21)] She __drinks________________________ (drink) tea every morning.
10)[22)] It never ___________rains ______________ (rain) in summer.
11)[23)] Can you help me? Sorry, I ___am doing______________________ (do) my homework.
12)[24)] On Sundays we ______don’t go__________________ (not go) to school.
[25)] No-one in the picture ___is warningwearing___________________________ (wear) a hat.
13)[26)] Help me, mum. Sorry, I ____am cooking____________________ (cook).
[27)] He ___isn’t sleepingdoesn’t sleep___________________________ (not sleep) before
eight.
14)[28)] Ron is in London at the moment. He _is staying_______________ (stay) at the Park
Hotel. He always ___stays_________________ (stay) there when he's in London.

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 [29)] We usually _we are gro growwing___________________ (grow) vegetables in our garden
but this year we _______aren’t growing______________ (not grow) any.
15)[30)] I can never ______find_________________ (find) my keys.

12. Choose the correct word to complete the questions below: ???
1) A: ___What_________ colour is your room? B: It's blue and white.
2) A: _______Where_____ do you work? B: I work in a library.
3) A: ___How_________ way is it to the centre, please? B: This way - turn right here.
4) A: ___who_________ are you waiting for? B: I'm waiting for my brother.
5) A: ______where______ are you? Do you feel better? B: No, I'm still ill.
6) A: ___Why_________ don't you want to come to the cinema tonight? B: Because I saw that
film yesterday.
7) A: ____What________ kind of car do you have? B: I don't have a car. I prefer cycling.
8) A: ______What______ kind of films do you like? B: Dramas and history films are my
favourites.
9) A: ______How many ______ children do you have? B: Two - a girl and a boy.
10) A: __Where __________ do you run? B: I try to go out three times a week.
11) A: ____How munch________ did you pay for trainers? B: I can't tell you, they were a
present.
12) A: _______How many _____ brothers or sisters have you got? B: One brother and one
sister.
13) A: _____What_______ do you get up? B: At 7 usually
14) A: ___How far_________ 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)] ___Where are do you liveing ?_________________________________________? I live in
Lisbon.
(how often / you / watch)
[2)] ____How often do you watching_tv_?_______________________________________? I
watch TV every day.
(what time / you / go)
[3)] ___What time do you go to schooling?__________________________________________?
I go to school at 8 o’clock.
(how / you /go)
1)[4)] _How do you go to school?____________________________________________? I go to
school by bus.
(how long / it / take from London to Paris)
2)[5)] ___How long does it take from London to
Paris__________________________________________? It takes almost 2 hours.
(how often / she / go)
[6)] ____How often is does she go to the cinemaing?
_______________________________________? She goes to the cinema once a month.
(how many children / you / have)?
3)[7)] _How many children do you have?
____________________________________________? I have two children.
(when / you / get up)?

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 4)[8)] ____when do you get up?_________________________________________? I get up at
7:00 every morning.
(how often / you / study English)?
5)[9)] __How often do you study English?___________________________________________?
I study English three times a week.
(what time / the film / start)?
[10)] ___What time is does the film starting?
__________________________________________? 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. Who does your sister usually play tennis
witch?
2) I get up at 6 o’clock. What time do you get up?
3) Anna lives in Glasgow. Where does Ana live?
[4)] My friends like animals. What do your friendsis your favourite animal?
[5)] John is writing a letter. What letter is John writing?
4)[6)] She walks home from school. Who walks from schools to the house?
5)[7)] The children are sitting in the garden. Where are the children siting?
[8)] Peter runs with his dog on Sundays. What day does he run witch his dog peter?when does
peter run with his dog?
6)[9)] My rabbit has a cage in the garden. What does my rabbit have in the garden?
[10)] They go to work by bus. Where how do they go to work?
7)[11)] David likes cats because they are nice. Why does David like cats?
[12)] Jenny isn't sleeping late today. What time do you sleep?ho isn`t sleeping late today?
8)[13)] We are going to the cinema. Where are you going?
[14)] I'm leaving now. What time youwhen are you leaving?
9)[15)] Andy always does his homework very quickly. How does Andy do his homework?
10)[16)] My mum pays for the ticket. Who pays for the tickets?
[17)] This flower smells great. How does this flower smells?