1 Complete the sentences with the present simple

1 Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets 1 Abel and Emma (work) work in a gym 2 Emma (not/like) doesn’t like London 3 Mark’s parents (not/live) don’t live 4 Akiko (meet) in London meets her boyfriend every evening 5 Akiko, Gianluca and Abel (share) share London a flat in 6 Gianluca (not/get up) doesn’t get up the morning early in

2 Complete the sentences with the positive form of present simple of the verbs in brackets 1 Sheila (get up) GETS UP 2 My grandparents (live) 3 You (play) 4 Peter (have) PLAY HAS at half past seven LIVE in Manchester tennis and football dinner at eight o’clock

5 My father (teach) TEACHES 6 Tom and Susan (come) COME STUDIES 7 Stella (study) university 8 I (go) GO Maths from Liverpool French at to school by bus

3 Complete the sentences with the negative form of present simple of the verbs: drink, eat, like, play, speak, wash, wear, work 1 I don’t wash 2 Ben doesn’t play 3 My friends 4 Jason don’t like doesn’t speak my hair every morning the guitar classical music Chinese

5 Italian students 6 My mother 7 You don’t wear doesn’t work don’t drink 8 Billy’s vegetarian: he a school uniform in an office tea doesn’t eat meat.

4 Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets Trevor (get up) (start) GETS UP STARTS at half past six because he work at half past seven. He (not/take) DOESN’T TAKE a bus to work: he (cycle) WALKS (walk) with his colleagues. They (go) GO . He (have) HAS CYCLES or lunch at half past twelve to a nice coffee shop near the office.

WORKS part-time, so he (not/go back) DOESN’T GO BACK to the office in the afternoon. Trevor (work) He (meet) MEETS and they (train) They (not/go out) his girlfriend at the gym TRAIN together. DON’T GO OUT during the week: they (stay) STAY in the evening at home.

6 Complete the questions with Do or Does 1 DO you cycle to school? 2 DOES your father go home for lunch? 3 DO 4 your lessons start at quarter to nine? DOES your best friend like rap music?

5 DO 6 DOES 7 DO 8 DOES you have coffee for breakfast? your English teacher come from London? you live in a big house? your mother work in a school?

8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present continuous of the verbs in brackets 1 Stella (not/study) (listen) ISN’T STUDYING IS LISTENING to music 2 Where (Micheal and Emma/go) 3 I (do) AM DOING . She ARE THEY GOING a test 4 What (you/read) ARE YOU READING ? ?

5 Susie and Sophie (not/do) AREN’T DOING an exercise 6 (you/listen) ARE YOU LISTENING to the teacher?

9 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present continuous of the verbs in brackets 1 Kathrine (not/have) shower. She (talk) ISN’T HAVING IS TALKING to a friend 2 Mark (not/listen) ISN’T LISTENING IS TEXTING teacher. He (text) a a friend to the

3 Tom and Wendy (not/dance) AREN’T DANCING. They (play) ARE PLAYING 4 Pauline (not/drink) She (eat) cards ISN’T DRINKING IS EATING a pizza a coke.

10 Underline the correct option 1 Alan’s in his room. He does / is doing research for a project 2 Ben’s father is a teacher. He secondary school works / is working in a 3 What time do you get up / are you getting up in the morning?

4 We usually have / are having dinner at half past seven 5 Listen! Martha plays / is playing the piano 6 I sometimes meet / am meeting my friends in the afternoon

12 Write what these people usually do and what they are doing today. Follow the example e. g. Wendy/usually/go/school/bus. Today/cycle/school Wendy usually goes to school by bus. Today, she’s cycling to school. 1 My parents/usually/stay/at home. Tonight/go/cinema My parents usually stay at home. Tonight they’re going to the cinema

2 Grandfather /usually /sleep/ afternoon. Today/walk/ park Grandfather usually sleeps in the afternoon. Today he is walking in the park 3 We/usually/watch TV. Tonight/dance/ party We usually watch TV. Tonight we are dancing at the party 4 George and Steven/usually/play football. This afternoon/wash /car George and Steven usually play football. This afternoon they are washing the car

13 Complete Debbie’s email with the present simple or present continuous Hi, Pete! How are you? My holiday’s great. At the moment I AM WRITING (write) from Rapallo, in Italy. Things are very different from home: for example I (not/usually/ drink) DON’T USUALLY DRINK AM HAVING coffee, but I (have) the moment: it’s so good! a nice coffee at

In England I (not/usually/wear) DON’T USUALLY WEAR summer clothes at this time of the year, but I (wear) AM WEARING shorts here. My sister (swim) IS SWIMMING my brother (send) IS SENDING This isn’t different: he (text) in the pool and an SMS. TEXTS his friends hundreds of times every day.

What about you? What (you/do) ARE YOU DOING at the moment? (you/study) ARE YOU STUDYING You (always/work) ALWAYS WORK your exams! Write soon Debbie so hard for ?

26 Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in brackets Micheal (plan) PLANNED his trip with his father. He (leave) LEFT Gibraltar on November 18. He (have) HAD problems with the satellite equipment on the boat. TRIED to fix the problem but He (try) couldn’t do it, so he (make) MADE a repair stop in the Canary islands. He (complete) COMPLETED Micheal (return) RETURNED the journey in 47 days. to Britain in January.

27 Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets 1 Micheal’s mum (not/be) WASN’T happy about Micheal’s journey at first. DID MICHEAL STOP 2 Why (Micheal/stop) in the Canary islands? 3 Micheal (not/feel) DIDN’T FEEL scared when he was on his own. 4 What (he/eat) DID HE EAT during the journey? 5 (your parents/be) WERE YOUR PARENTS worried about you? 6 His mother (not/travel) DIDN’T TRAVEL to Antigua.

28 Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in brackets Ellen Mac. Arthur is a solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005 she (break) BROKE the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe. She was born in Derbyshire where she (live) LIVED with her parents and two brothers. She (become) BECAME interested in sailing at an early age. She (save) SAVED her school dinner money for eight years to buy her first boat.

When she (be) WAS 17, Ellen (buy) BOUGHT a sailing boat: she called it Iduna and she (describe) DESCRIBED the first moment she (see) SAW it as “love at first sight”. In 1995, she (sail) SAILED single-handed on a circumnavigation of Great Britain. In 2005, Mac. Arthur (beat) BEAT the existing world record for a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation. She (cover) COVERED 27, 354 nautical miles (50, 660 km) in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, 33 seconds.

29 Write suitable questions for the answers given below 1 WHERE WAS KARL BORN Karl was born in New York ? 2 WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT I watched an interesting programme last night ? 3 WHERE DID THEY SPEND THEIR HOLIDAYS? My grandparents spent their summer holidays in Germany.

4 WHERE DID YOU MEET JASON ? WHO DID YOU MEET AT THE SUPERMARKET I met Jason at the supermarket 5 HOW DID TOM TRAVEL TO FRANCE Tom travelled to France by boat 6 WHAT TIME DID THE FILM FINISH The film finished at half past ten ? ?

30 Complete the sentences with the past simple 1 What (mum/cook) 2 I (see) SAW DID MUM COOK for dinner? my friends last weekend 3 You (not/watch) DIDN’T TV last night WATCH 4 My father (not/study) DIDN’T STUDY languages at school

DID YOU LIKE 5 (you/like) 6 I (have) HAD a big breakfast this morning. 7 Mark (not/reply) DIDN’T REPLY 8 Stella (go) WENT 9 (Clare/pass) the concert? to Joe’s party last Friday DID CLARE PASS 10 What (you/give) for their anniversary? to my email her exam? DID YOU GIVE your parents