PRESENT SIMPLE

1. Write the HE/SHE/IT forms

catch read come run

cook smoke drink stand

fetch start fix touch

live watch miss wish

rush write buy carry

copy enjoy fry marry

play study try

2. Write the verb in the right form

1. Children ................................ (ask) a lot of questions.

2. She .................................. (go) to college on her bike.

3. A lot of birds .............................. (fly) south in the winter.

4. She ..................................... (study) very hard at the weekends.

5. My father .............................. (watch) television most evenings.

6. He ................................... (understand) Arabic.

7. He ........................................ (fight) with his brother.

8. Big dogs............................ (like) a lot of exercise.

9. He’s very naughty – he ............................ (push) other children.

10. Lessons ................................. (start) at 8.35 every morning.

3. Choose one verb to make each sentence negative

e.g. It doesn’t snow very often in San Francisco (snow, sing, play)

1. I like football, but I ............................................ cricket at all. (think, like,

remember)
 2. She lives in Japan, but she ...................................... a word of Japanese

(sing, work, speak)

3. I’m sorry – I ................................. your name. (eat, remember, work)

4. He works in New York, but I .................................... what he does. (know,

use, come)

5. Mary’s really tired, but she ...................................... to go to bed. (help,

want, walk)

6. We .......................................... a big flat – just one bedroom. (work, play,

want)

7. Phil ..................................... very hard, but he makes a lot of money. (work,

stand, stop)

8. Ann’s parents ................................... I’m the right man for their daughter.

(write, read, think)

4. a) Make questions

1. How / you pronounce / this word?

2. How / you spell / that?

3. What / this word / mean?

4. How much / they cost?

5. Where / you live?

6. What / you do?

7. How / you do?

8. What time / the plane / leave?

9. What time/ the class / start?

10. What time / the train / arrive?

b) Make questions. Write the short answer ( + and -)

1. She / live / with her parents?

2. You / like / your new job?

3. I /speak / good Italian?

4. They /work / hard / at university?

5. We /usually give/ her a birthday present?

6. Your sister / help / you / very much?

7. Alan /smoke?

WORD ORDER.

a) Rewrite these sentences including the word in brackets

1. My brother speaks to me (never)

2. Susan is polite. (always)

3. Do you finish work at 5 o’clock? (usually)

4. I go to bed before midnight. (rarely)

5. The bus isn’t late. (usually)

6. I don’t eat fish. (often)

7. What do you have for breakfast? (usually)

8. Is Tina here? (already)

9. They stay in the same hotel. (always)

10. Does Janet work in the same place? (still)

 1. Label the picture with the words below.

ears • hair • nose • mouth • eyes • face

11.

12.

13.

2. Label the picture with the correct parts of the body.

3. Unscramble the letters and write the words.
1. rae ____________________________
2. boelw _________________________
3. ecaf ___________________________
4. shldreou ______________________
5. finrge _________________________
6. eadh __________________________
4. Find out which part of the body
this is.
1. I smell, so I am the______________.
2. I eat, so I am the _________________.
3. I touch, so I am the ______________.

4. I walk, so I am the _______________.

5. Read Mary’s description. (Lê a descrição da Mary.)

Mary is tall and fat. She has got brown hair and brown eyes.
Her hair is short and her eyes are small. She is nice and pretty.

6. Now complete the text about Mary’s sister. Circle the correct option.

Mary has got a sister. Her sister is the opposite of her.

Her sister is (1) short / tall and (2) fat / thin. She has got
(3) blond / black hair and (4) blue / brown eyes. Her hair is (5)

short / long and her eyes are (6) small / big. She is also nice
and pretty.

C. Write the words in the correct order. Make sentences.

(Escreve as palavras na ordem correta. Constrói frases.)

1. has got / short / hair / Sarah / .

_________________________________________________________________

2. has got / brown / big / eyes / Jane / .

_________________________________________________________________

3. has got / wavy / red hair / Tom / .

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4. has got / curly / long / black hair / Anne / .

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 D. Read the text and complete the picture.
(Lê o texto e completa o desenho.)

She has got long straight

brown hair. Her eyes are big and
round. Her mouth is small and
her nose is small, too.

A. Match the pictures with the correct time.

 a) It’s ten o’clock.  f) It’s a quarter to eleven.

 b) It’s six p.m.  g) It’s twenty past nine.
 c) It’s a quarter past eleven.  h) It’s midnight.
 d) It’s midday.  i) It’s half past ten.
 e) It’s six a.m.  j) It’s five to eight.

B. What time is it? Label the pictures.

1. ___________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. _____________

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
C. Draw the hands on the clocks.

1. It’s half past eight. 2. It’s five o’clock. 3. It’s ten to nine.

F. Write the days of the week. There is one example.

Yesterday Today Tomorrow

Sunday Monday Tuesday 1. Fill in the gaps
with the missing
1. Friday 2.
words from
3. Thursday 4.
above:
5. Sunday 6.
7. Tuesday 8. February
hours days months
30 day days season

A year has got 12 ____________________. Some months have got _________ _______________________

and some 31 days. ________________________ has got 28 day. There are 4 months in each

__________________. Each week has got 7 _____________________. There are 24

_______________________ in a ______________________.

2. Fill in the missing letters to get the months of the year:

1. J _ N _ A _ _ 7. J _ L _
2. F E _ R U _ _ Y 8. A U _ U S _
3. M _ R C _ 9. S E _ _ E M _ _ R
4. A _ R _ L 10. O C _ O _ E _
5. M _ _ 11. N _ V _ M B _ _
6. J _ N _ 12. D E _ _ M _ E R

3. Order the letter to get the days of the week and write the number of the day it is:

TUDESAY _______________________ ___

MOANDY _______________________ _1_
FIDRAY _______________________ ___
WNEADDESY _______________________ ___
TDHARSUY _______________________ ___
STADAURY _______________________ ___
SDAUNY _______________________ ___

B. Complete the crossword with the ordinal numbers.

(Completa as palavras cruzadas com os numerais ordinais.)
 1. Where is the ball?

2. Where is the ball?

3. Where is the ball?

4. Where is the ball?

5. Where is the ball?

6. Where is the ball?

7. Where is the ball?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Write the –ING FORM of these verbs.

Break clean wash live

Come die enjoy go

Make play sing jump

Write start get feel

Begin put hit rain

Rob shop dream sleep

Shout sit stand talk

Turn open visit forget

2. Fill in the blanks with the verbs in the present continuous tense

1. John and I ...................................... (stay) in a beautiful hotel.

2. Kevin .......................................... (work) at home today.

3. I ...................................... (wait) for a very important letter.

 4. You ...................................... (walk) too fast.

5. We ........................................... (plan) our next holiday.

6. The girls ............................................ (visit) their grandmother today.

7. She ....................................... (read) in her bedroom at the moment.

8. The baby ...................................... (learn) how to walk.

3. Rewrite the sentences in the negative. Use the present continuous

1. They .......................................... (buy) a new car.

2. He ............................................... (learn) to read.

3. I .................................................. ( look) for your keys.

4. We ............................................... (sell) the house.

5. They ........................................ (drink) tea.

6. You ....................................... (work) very hard.

7. Jack and Jill ....................................... (run) downhill.

8. I ....................................... (go) home now.

4. A) Write the questions. Use the present continuous

1. What /Jessica / do?

2. Why / John and Patrick / laugh?

3. What book / you / read?

4. What / we / watch?

5. Where / they / stay?

6. Why / we / sit in the dark?

7. Where / they / wait?

8. What / you / sell?

b) Make questions. Write the short answer ( + and -)

1. It / rain?

2. You / learn / French / at school?

 3. I /speak / clearly?

4. Angela and Fred / dance / together?

5. The plane / land/ now?

6. The Smiths / plan / a party?

7. The children / study / in their bedroon?

8. Chris / wave/ at us?

PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINOUS

1. Put the time expressions under the right heading. Translate them

Every day/ just now / nearly always / on Fridays / these days / this afternoon /

hardly ever / today / very often / when I’m tired / in the evening / at present / at

the moment / rarely / usually / never

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Write the verbs in the present simple or present continuous.

1. Now Kate _________________ (read) a book.

2. I always _________________ (play) chess in the evening.

3. I sometimes _________________ (cook) dinner.

4. Listen! The baby _________________ (cry).

5. Look! They _________________ (take) a photo.

6. The children never _________________ (go) to bed late.

7. At the moment they _________________ (walk) in the park.

8. Mark usually _________________ (watch) TV before going to
bed, but today he _________________ (play) computer games.

Complete the text with the present simple or present continuous.

Josh Hartnett, the famous film star who played a soldier in Pearl Harbour,
(1)
____________ (spend) a few days in Spain. He (2) ____________ (get) ready for a new film.
 Josh (3) ____________ (love) acting but he (4) ____________ (not enjoy) being famous. He (5)
____________ (live) in a small town in the US State of Minnesota because he (6) ____________ (not like)
the showbiz way of life in LA. When he

(7)
____________ (go out), he always (8) ____________ (take) a hat with him, because he (9) ____________
(not want) to be recognised. Now he (10)_______________ ____________ (play) golf with his friends.

Choose one of these verbs to complete each sentence.

Use the present simple or continuous. Make the necessary changes

• like • rain • wear • have • swim • play

1 2 3

They __________ a great time Peter ___________ Look at that outfit that Mary ________.
at the school party. watching TV. Is she going to play tennis?

4 5 6

‘Would you like to go for a swim?’ Take your umbrella with you. Johny, Richard and Lucy
‘No, I ___________ basketball It ____________ very hard aren’t here at the moment.
with my classmates!’ outside. They ________ in the pool.
1. Complete the puzzle with the words below.

Across
8
trousers
jeans 7 9
hoodie 1
skirt
2
coat
3
jacket
10
Down
4
dress
blouse
5
T-shirt
sweater 6

2. Match.

shoes 1 • • a

trainers 2 • • b

boots 3 • • c

sandals 4 • • d

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