Simple Present Exercises

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EXERCISES
1- The children usually ____________ their homework in the afternoon.
a) does
b) do
c) are
d) studies
2- Choose the correct alternative.
a) Do the teachers in the room rest during the break?
b) The teachers rests in the room during the break.
c) Do the teachers rest in the room during the break?
d) The teachers rest in the room during the break?
3- ________ John speak French well?
a) Have 				
b) Does 
c) Do 					
d) Is
4- It frequently ________ here.
a) is raining 			
b) rain 	
c) rains 				
d) do rain
5- Do you like to go to the cinema?
Yes, I _______.
a) does 			
b) am 
c) do 			
d) is
6- The correct negative form of ”The camera uses an optical system” is:
a) The camera doesn’t use an optical system.
b) The camera hasn’t used an optical system.
c) The camera can’t use an optical system.
d) The camera didn’t use an optical system.
7- Which alternative indicates habitual action in the present?
a) I always dream about black cats.
b) I had terrible dreams every night.
c) He will travel to a dangerous place.
d) Freud never read a book.
8- Those women ___________ carefully.
a) doesn’t drive			
b) drives not
c) aren’t drivers
d) don’t drive
9- Catherine _______ all day long.
a) are studying			
b) study
c) studies
d) studying
10- Shirley always _______ her homework early.
a) do					
b) does
c) have to do			
d) study
11-Tom usually ___ in town on weekends but this weekend he ____ on a trip to the mountains.
a) stay; goes away
b) stays; going away
c) is staying; goes away
d) stays; is going away
12- It _______ now and the kids ______ soccer outside.
a) rains; plays
b) rain; are playing 
c) is raining; are playing
d) is raining; plays
13- Mrs. Baker generally ____ the underground to go to work, but today she ____ a bus.
a) take; catches
b) takes; catch
c) is taking; catches
d) takes; is catching
14- A: Listen! People _________ you.
 B: Yes. I __________ them.
a) call; am hearing
b) is calling; hear
c) are calling; hear
d) call; hear
15- He is reading The Times today, but on Fridays he _______ The Observer.
a) read				
b) reads
c) is reading			
d) reading
16- She never _________ the house on Sundays.
a) cleans				
b) clean
c) cleaning				
d) is cleaning
17- Be quiet! The old man ____________.
a) sleep				
b) sleeps
c) is sleeping			
d) sleeping
18- Mary goes to school every day. She __________ goes to school.
a) never				
b) sometimes
c) always				
d) seldom
19- He doesn’t __________ anymore.
a) smoking
b) no smoking
c) smokes
d) smoked
e) smoke
 
20- In “biological agents do not survive well”, the use of the Present Tense implies:
a) doubt.
b) condition.
c) probability.
d) objectivity.
e) certainty.
 
21- We _____________ go to school on Sundays.
a) aren’t
b) weren’t
c) wasn’t
d) didn’t
e) don’t
 
22- ____________ Beatty usually ____________ what she wants?
a) Do / get
b) Does / gets
c) Does / get
d) was / got
 
23- Choose the alternative in which all the verbs are in the simple present:
a) are committing, has taken, continues 
b) prosecuted, contributes, grown
c) extends, has met, planted
d) continues, put, read
24- In the age-old battle between independence-seeking teenagers and worried parents, the older generation is packing some new weapons. Caller ID tells parents who is calling their kids. Cell-phone bills detail every local number the kid has called. New computer programs track just about everything − every Web site visited, every e-mail sent − that a teenager does online.
Parental reconnaissance is going to get worse − or good, depending on your perspective.
The verbs in the Simple Present are:
a) worried – has called – does
b) detail – track – get
c) worried – visited – sent
d) is packing – is calling – is going
e) tells – detail – track
25- Minister Norman Baker wants end to UK animal tests
The minister in charge of regulating animal experiments in the UK has said he wants to see an end to all testing.[…]
Fill in the blank: “She ________ her dignity at any price”.
a) pursued.
b) pursuing.
c) pursue.
d) pursues.
26- She ____ go to school on Saturdays. She only ________ on weekdays. And you? _______ you study on weekends?
a) is/studying/Do
b) doesn’t/studies/Do
c) don’t/studies/Does
d) doesn’t/study/Do
27- Read these sentences;
1. Older learners _______ want to learn Spanish. They want to learn English.
2. The program ______ change every week.
3. How often ______ you have business English classes?
The correct auxiliaries that complete the sentences above are:
a) do/do/do.
b) does / does / does.
c) don’t / doesn’t / do.
d) don’t / don’t / do.
e) doesn’t / doesn’t / does.
28- Read the following sentences:
1. Ericsson mobile phone __________ you the ultimate in quality.
2. Ericsson _________ the product to be free of defects.
3. If you need more information, you should __________ the store from which you purchased the product.
The verbs that complete the sentences above correctly are, respectively:
a) offer/warrant /contact
b) offers/warrants/contacts
c) offer/warranty/contacts
d) offers/warrants/contact
e) offer/warranty/contact
29- In “…but it still shines with its adware-free installation, ability to download multiple videos simultaneously, and automatic conversion feature.”, the underlined verb is in the:
a) Simple Past.
b) Simple Present.
c) Present Continuous.
d) Future Continuous.
30- Choose the alternative that presents the interrogative form of the sentence below.
“[_] it affects many more people [_]”.
a) Does it affect many more people?
b) Is it affect many more people?
c) Have they affected many more people?
d) Do they affect many more people?
31- Robots ____ have the brains to "intelligently and autonomously search for objects" on their own.
a) didn't
b) don't
c) haven't
d) doesn't
32- The sentence “Do you really mean that?”, expresses:
a) A question in the simple present tense.
b) A surprise in the present progressive tense.
c) A doubt in the past tense.
d) A hypothesis in the future tense.
33- What time _________ the banks _________ in Italy? 
a) does – close
b) do – close
c) is – closed
d) generally - closes
34- Select the alternative in which all the verbs are in the Simple Present.
a) tests - becomes - rides - cries – discover
b) tests - discover - established – ends
c) celebrate - discover - expecting – becomes
d) make - tests - ends - solidifying - established
35- Change the sentence to the interrogative form: Kate and Orlando have a baby girl.
a) Kate and Orlando don’t have a baby girl.
b) Kate and Orlando do have a baby girl. 
c) Do Kate and Orlando have a baby girl?
d) Kate and Orlando don’t have a baby girl?
36- The Olympic Games __________________ every four years.
a) happen
b) happens
c) happened
d) happening
37- Which verb tense was used in the second clause of the sentence "The pandemic increased the level of uncertainty as nobody actually knows what will happen next."?
A Past simple.
B Present perfect. 
C Present simple. 
D Future simple. 
38- Consider the following excerpt from the poem 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost: 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both'. If the poet were to describe his regular journeys through the woods in the simple present tense, how might he express this? Formulate a sentence in the simple present tense that captures the regularity and frequency of the poet's journeys.
A The poet has traveled through the woods.
B The poet was traveling through the woods.
C The poet regularly travels through the woods 
D The poet will travel through the woods.
E The poet is traveling through the woods.
39- Read the sentences below and identify the correct form of the verb 'to do' that should be used in the Present Simple tense based on the routine activities:
'I play soccer every Friday', 'She practices the piano after school', 'We go for a walk with the dog', 'He feeds his pet fish before dinner'.
A 'plays', 'practices', 'goes', 'feeds'
B 'playing', 'practicing', 'going', 'feeding'
C 'played', 'practiced','went', 'fed'
D 'play', 'practicing', 'goes', 'feeding'
E 'play', 'practices', 'go', 'feeds'.
40- Analyze the sentences:
I. “Oprah has joined forces with Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, and Scott Sanders to bring The Color Purple musical”
II. "In 1985, Oprah made her acting debut as Sofia in Spielberg’s adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel—and earned an Academy Award nomination. "
III. “Celie, the protagonist of The Color Purple, endures the unimaginable while growing up in rural Georgia—and triumphs, thanks in part to the support of the book’s other women protagonists, Sofia and Shug Avery.”
A The first sentence is in the Present Perfect, the second sentence is in the Simple Past and the third is in the Present Continuous.
B The first sentence is in the Present Perfect, the second sentence is in the Simple Past and the third is Simple Present. 
C The first sentence is in the Present Perfect, the second sentence is in the Simple Past and the third is Present Perfect.
D The first sentence is in the Present Perfect, the second sentence is in the Past Perfect and the third is Simple Past. 
E The first sentence is in the infinitive, the second sentence is in the Simple Past and the third is in the Simple Present. 
41- Analyze the following sentences:
I. “What will you have been doing?” is in the simple future and future perfect tense.
II. “I was studying English when you called yesterday” is in the past continuous.
III. “She wrote last night” is in simple past.
IV. “Have they ever been abroad?” is in the past perfect.
V. “What are you doing now?” is in the present continuous.
Which ones are correct?
Al Only I and III. 
B Only II, III and V. 
C Only III, IV and V . 
D Only I, II and IV. 
E Only I, II, III, IV. 
42- Analyze the sentences:
I - “Mental illnesses are disorders, ranging from mild to severe, that affect a person’s thinking, mood, and/or behavior.”
II - "According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly one-in-five adults live with a mental illness."
A Both sentences are in the Present Continuous.
B Both sentences are in the Simple Present.
C The first sentence is in the Simple Present and the second sentence is in the Present Continuous. 
D The first sentence is in the Imperative and the second sentence is in the Present Continuous.
E Both sentences are in the Infinitive Tense.
43- Mark the INCORRECT alternative about the excerpt “Every Sunday, I set aside 15 minutes to plan out my upcoming work week”. 
A It describes routine. 
B It is a simple present structure. 
C In this sentence, the word “every” indicates frequency. 
D It is a simple future structure. 
E The -ing structure is an adjective.
44- Complete the sentence below with the correct verb. Choose the CORRECT answer.
“A professional soccer player always _________ a lot during a match.” 
A run 
B running 
C runs 
D ran
E runned
45- Identify the form of the verb ‘to be’ that CORRECTLY completes the following sentence: Studying insects ______ the best choice in that moment.
A is
B am
C are
D was
46- Analyze the sentences:
"They are studying for the test."
"Do you have a brother?"
A Both sentences are in the Present Continuous.
B Both sentences are in the Simple Present.
C The first sentence is in the Present Continuous and the second sentence is in the Simple Present.
D The first sentence is in the Simple Present and the second sentence is in the Present Continuous.
47- Leia as orações abaixo e depois assinale a alternativa incorreta:
I – Julia goes to the gym three times a week, but she hates it. II – The baby slept very well last night, after he was breastfed. III – I am going to move to another town after I retire. IV – I have already seen this movie. Let’s choose another one.
A Em I, os verbos estão no “simple present” e denotam ações habituais. 
B Em II, os verbos estão no “simple past” e denotam ação concluída no passado.
C Em III, a primeira estrutura verbal está no futuro e revela uma intenção. 
D Em IV, a estrutura verbal da primeira oração está no “present perfect” e denota uma ação que começou no passado e se prolonga até o presente.