English 6- Unit 1

THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE:

Exercise 1 : Using the Verb "To be" in present tense.
1) Tiffany and Uma (be) ____________________my friends.
2) Ricardo, John and I (be) ________________ watching a movie.
3) Hadil (be) ________________ kind.
4) Alisa (be) ____________________ young.
5) The hammer (be) _______________ new.
6) My mother and father (be) _______________ cooking dinner.
7) Rachel (be) ___________________ driving to school.
8) Nikos and Billy (be) _____________________ playing at the park.
9) The students (be) ______________________ studying English.
10) The test (be) ___________________________ hard!
11) My best friend (be) _______________________ coming to my house
Exercise 2: Using the Verb "To be" in present tense.
1/ The bag (be) ________ blue.
2/ The rocks (be) ________ hard.
3/ The children (be) ________ young.
4/ Thomas (be) ________ nice.
5/ The game (be) ________ difficult.
6/ They (be) ________ tired.
7) I (be) ________ thirty years old.
8) Susan and Juan (be) ________ married.
9) Teddy (be) ________ my friend.
10) We (be) ________ in English clas
Exercise 3: Write the correct form of the verb "to be" in present tense
1/ The old man (be) ________ wise.
2) The sun (be) ________ hot.
3) The children (be) ________ eating bananas. They (be, not) ____ ____ eating apples.
4) I (be) ________ happy. I (be, not) ____ ____ sad.
5) The bus (be) ________ fast. It (be, not) ____ ____ slow.
6) My friend (be) ________ buying a new car. Her old car broke down.
7) I (be) ________ at the beach with my family. It (be) ________ hot and sunny outside. The
ocean water (be) ________ warm.
8) Tom and Jacob (be) ________ very smart. Tom (be) ________ a scientist and Jacob (be)
________ an engineer.
9) The library (be) ________ open until 9:00 p.m.
10) The school (be) ________ small. It (be, not) ____ ____ big.
11) The books (be) ________ new. They (be, not) ____ ____ old.
12) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be) ________ acting in the school play.
13) Beatrice (be) ________ at her house.
14) It (be) ________ hot outside. It (be, not) ____ ____ cold outside.
15) You (be) ________ finished with the quiz! 11
16) Judith (be, not) ____ ____ at home. She (be) ________ at school.
Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of “be”
1. My dog …………………………..small.
2. You …………………………….responsible.
3. My cat ……………………………soft.
4. Dogs …………………..great pets because they …………………..affectionate.
5. My dog ………………….a member of our family.
6. Some cats ……………………affectionate. Other cats ……………..very independent.
7. It ……………..a bid responsibility to own a pet.
8. Kittens and puppies ……………….cute.
9. We ………………ready to get a pet.
10. Some people …………………lonely.
11. My daughter and I ………….at the pet shop. We …………at home.
12. My husband ……………….at work now. He (not)……………..with me.
13. I ……………..patient. My husband (not)…………………….patient.
14. My daughter ………………….responsible.
15. My son ……………….excited. He …………….tired.
16. This ………………..a lap. It ………..a big dog.
17. The children ………………excited about the new puppy.
18. My dog ………………in the yard. It………………..hungry.
19. There …………….toys for dogs. They …………………..inexpensive.
20. The window……………..open. I …………..cold.
21. It ………………ten o’clock now. The weather ………………..warm today.
22. My husband ………from California. I ……………..from New York.
23. The dogs ……………..thirsty. put some water in the dish.
24. I ……………worried about my cat because it …………..sick.
25. That ……………a picture of my dog.
Exercise 5: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
1) Monica (eat) ____________________ eggs.
2) Teddy and Monica (eat) _____________________ eggs.
3) Mickie (study) ____________________ English every day.
4) Arthur and Jason (study) _____________________ English on Monday and Tuesday.
5) Angie and I (drink) _______________________ coffee.
6) Eva (like) _______________________ chocolate.
7) Dustin (watch) ______________________ movies.
8) Yoko (play) ______________________ the piano.
9) The students (take) _____________________ tests.
10) It (rain) ______________________ here a lot.
Exercise 6: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
1) Dennis (cook) ___________________ on Wednesday.
2) Mariella and I (cook) ______________________ on Tuesday.
3) Spencer (wash) _______________________ his car on Sunday.
4) Tammy and I (wash) _____________________ our car on Monday.
5) You (study) _______________________ science on Thursday.
6) Thomas (study) ______________________ math on Friday.
7) Rickie (play) ___________________________ golf and tennis.
8) Justin and I (play) _______________________ basketball and soccer.
9) Kim (read) __________________________ fiction novels.
10) Richard and David (read) _____________________________ the newspaper.
Exercise 7: Choose the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
Example: I / You / We / They (play) play the guitar.
Example: He / She / It (play) plays the guitar.
1) I ( bake) …………………………….cakes.
2) You ( work) …………………………….in an office.
3) We ( take) …………………………….pictures of birds.
4) They ( talk) …………………………….about cars.
5) He ( think) …………………………….about school.
6) She ( play) ……………………………. soccer.
7) It ( rain) …………………………….here a lot.
8) I ( like) …………………………….chocolate.
9) He ( like) …………………………….chocolate.
10) You ( watch) …………………………….movies.
11) She ( watch) …………………………….movies.
12) The babies ( cry) ……………………………. every night.
13) The baby (cry) …………………………….every night.
14) I ( fly) …………………………….to Belize every year.
15) My father ( fly) …………………………….to Belize every year.
Exercise 8: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
Example: I (play) play the guitar.
Example: Jessica (play) plays the guitar.
1) I (be) ____________________ sixteen years old.
2) Tommy (live) ___________________ at 107 Pine Lane.
3) Juana (cook) ______________________ dinner for her family.
4) They (eat) ________________________ lunch at 12:00.
5) Nina (take) ________________________ medicine when she is sick.
6) I (like) _________________________ chocolate.
7) He (drive) _______________________ a nice car.
8) We (want) _____________________ to see a movie tonight.
9) Mr. Anderson (teach) _____________________ chemistry at Hill High School
10) They (study) ______________________ English at school.
11) I (want) ______________________ to go home now.
12) Bill and Calicia (drive) ______________________ to the mountains every year. every year.
13) We (eat) ____________________ pasta once a week.
14) It (snow) _________________ here in December.
15) When Dax (take) ___________ a shower, he (wash) __________ his hair with shampoo.
Exercise 9: Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.
Example: I/You/We/They (play) play the guitar.
Example: He/She/It (play) plays the guitar.
1) Mary (be) ___________________ twenty-nine years old.
2) We (like) __________________ to eat fruit. It (taste) ____________________ good.
3) The football team never (score) __________________ . It (lose) _____________ all the time.
4) Roberta and Betty always (talk) _________________ to each other on the phone.
5) Jose and I (study) ______________________ chemistry together.
6) The car (have) _________________________ a flat tire.
7) You never (make) ________ breakfast for me. I always (have) _______ to make it myself.
8) The mechanic (fix) __________________ my car when it breaks down.
9) Tom rarely (fly) _________________. He usually (drive) ___________________.
10) I usually (watch) ____________ TV, but tonight I (think) __________ I will read a book.
11) Igor (call) ___________________ his mother on the phone every day.
12) When he (be) _____________ alone at night, Beto sometimes (get) ___________ scared.
13) I (be) _______________ tired. I (think) _________________ I am going to take a nap.
14) Cakes (be) _________ hard to make. They (require) _____________ a lot of work.
15) Joel (like) ____________ to play soccer. He (practice) ________________ every day