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    Simple Past Vs Simple Present

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    The document provides a grammar exercise on using the simple present tense. It includes examples of filling in blanks with present tense verbs, forming affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, and completing short texts using verbs in the simple present form.

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    The document provides a grammar exercise on using the simple present tense. It includes examples of filling in blanks with present tense verbs, forming affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, and completing short texts using verbs in the simple present form.

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    The document provides a grammar exercise on using the simple present tense. It includes examples of filling in blanks with present tense verbs, forming affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, and completing short texts using verbs in the simple present form.

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    Simple Past Vs Simple Present

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    Mónica Ferreira
    The document provides a grammar exercise on using the simple present tense. It includes examples of filling in blanks with present tense verbs, forming affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, and completing short texts using verbs in the simple present form.

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    Simple present

    Complete the text


    Meg is a very active person and she's really fit. She's mad about tennis. She________
    (practice) a lot and she's a fantastic player! I ________(not play) because I'm terrible at
    sports, but I ________ (love) to see her play tennis. I ________ (go) to the tennis club to
    watch her. I'm lazy, so I ________ (not exercise) a lot. Meg is a very friendly person and
    people ________ (think) that she's great. She's always with someone -she ________ (not
    like) to be alone. We ________ (go) to a lot of parties, sometimes two or three a week!
    Everyone is her friend and she ________ (speak) to everyone. People ________ (tell) her
    their problems. She ________ (know) everything about everyone!

    Write affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences using the present simple
    a) Peter watches TV in the evening everyday
    ________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________
    b) Do you brush your teeth everyday?
    ________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________
    c) Sheila doesnt study English.
    ________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________
    d) Does your sister meet up with friends on Saturdays?
    ________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________
    e) Mark and Linda dont do their homework everyday.
    ________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________

    Complete the text using the present simple


    (1)_____ you _________ (like) sport? My sister (2)___________ (love) sport. She
    usually(3)_________ (go) swimming on Tuesdays and Thursdays and(4) _________ (do)
    karate on Fridays. My friends Andrew and Keira (5)_______________ (not do) much sport.
    What (6)_________ they _________ (do) in their free time? They (7)_____________ (not
    play)football and they (8)___________ (not do) gymnastics. They (9)____________ (be)
    very lazy! Andrew often (10)____________ (chat) on the Internet and Keira (11)
    ___________ (write) e-mails and (12)__________ (go) shopping on-line.

    Order the following words to create a sentence:


    1 brother / your / friendly / look / doesnt
    2 David / hate / alcohol

    3 my sister / parties / enjoy

    4 my / play / brothers / basketball

    5 teacher / my / like / music? / does

    6 never / I / read / a / book

    7 I / drink / sometimes / coffee

    8 she / study / every / day

    9 Pili and Sofia / eat / ice cream? / do

    10 go / the disco / to / we / Saturday/ on

    Complete the following texts with the words in the box and, then, try to recognize the
    time markers:

    Break On On brush by does does finishes get get go goes goes goes has
    has have have his in past play plays starts surf to until watch watches

    "On weekdays, I_______ up at half past seven. I _______ a shower, _______ my hair and
    _______ dressed. I go to school_______ car. School _______ at a quarter_______ eight.
    _______ is from quarter past eleven _______ quarter to twelve. School_______ at half
    past two. I _______ lunch at three o'clock........."

    "............................Every afternoon, I _______ to the gym, I also _______ with the computer,
    _______ tv and _______ the net. _______ Saturdays and Sundays I play basketball."
    Everyday, he_______ his homework and at nine o'clock he_______ a shower and _______
    dinner. Then, he _______ to his bedroom to listen _______ music.

    ...............On Saturday, he _______ hockey _______ the morning. In the evening, he


    _______ to the cinema and _______to bed at half past one. _______ Sunday morning he -
    _________________ homework and in the evening _______ tv.

    HAVE / HAS GOT

    a) Sam _______ (not) a lot of clothes.


    b) I _______ a guitar and a tennis racket but I _______ (not) a soccer ball.
    c) They _______ a computer and a printer on their desk.
    d) You _______ a CD-player on your shelf but you _______ (not) a MP3-player.
    e) Rebecca _______ (not) posters on the wall. She _______ frames.

    1) you a favourite singer?


    2) he a pen in his pencil case?
    3) they a garden?
    4) she a yellow bike?
    5) your parents a stamp collection?
    6) Ben a green felt tip?
    7) your teacher a computer in his room?
    8) we milk at home?
    9) Anne a budgie?
    10) Where you your headphones?

    Simple past

    TO BE
    1) I ________in Canberra last spring.
    2) We _______ at school last Saturday.
    3) Tina _______ at home yesterday.
    4) He _______ happy.
    5) Robert and Stan _______ Garry's friends.

    NOT / TO BE
    6) You _______very busy on Friday.
    7) They _______ in front of the supermarket.
    8) I _______ in the museum.
    9) She _______ in South Africa last month.
    10) Jessica and Kimberly _______ late for school.

    Rewrite the complete phrases into Simple Past.


    1) we wash - ________________
    2) I arrive -________________
    3) they destroy -________________
    4) you hurry -________________
    5) she elects -________________
    6) you marry -________________
    7) we plan -________________
    8) he discovers -________________
    9) they travel -________________
    10) I prefer - ________________

    Complete the following text:


    Mary (live) in Paris ten years ago. She (work) as a teacher there. Her
    flat (be) near the Sacre Couer. She (can) see the Tower Eiffel from her window.
    Her flatmate (be) Antoine. He (not / be) a painter. He (paint)
    beautiful portraits. Mary (have) a small green car. She (drive) her car to work
    every day but she (ride) her bike on Sundays. Mary (eat) crpes every day. They
    (be) delicious! She (not / drink) red wine and he (not / eat)
    scargo. Mary (not like) snails. Her best friend Anette (live) in Versailles.
    Mary (visit) her in the summer. They (play) tennis or
    (go) on picnics. On rainy days they (play) cards or (watch) a
    film.

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