English Grammar Exercises for A1 – Present simple (affirmative)

1. Complete the descriptions using the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets. Can you match each description with a TV show below?

3rd Rock from the Sun     Friends     How I Met Your Mother

The Simpsons     Two and a Half Men

1   3rd Rock from the Sun

      Dick Solomon and his family are not really humans: they ……………………. (come) from another part of the universe. But they ……………………. (live) on Earth and ……………………. (study) humans. Dick ……………………. (teach) at a university.

2   …………………….

     The children ……………………. (go) to Springfield Elementary School and their father ……………………. (work) at a nuclear power plant.

3   …………………….

     Two friends, Joey and Chandler, ……………………. (share) an apartment. Rachel and Monica ……………………. (live) in the same block. Monica’s brother Ross often ……………………. (visit) them.

4   …………………….

     Ted Mosby ……………………. (live) in Manhattan. He ……………………. (go) out with lots of friends, but he only ……………………. (meet) his wife in the final series.

5   …………………….

     Charlie Harper ……………………. (live) in Malibu. His brother, Alan, ……………………. (come) to live with him and Alan’s son ……………………. (visit) at weekends.

2. Write the third person singular forms of the verbs below.

5   know …………………….

6   go …………………….

7   use …………………….

8   watch …………………….

3. Complete the sentences with the third person singular forms from exercise 2.

1   My uncle is from Paris and he ……………………. the city really well.

2   My brother ……………………. to a music club every Monday.

3   My little sister ……………………. a computer for her homework.

4   This lesson ……………………. at 3.05 p.m.

5   My grandad ……………………. TV every evening.

6   My cousin ……………………. piano lessons every weekend.

7   Our dog really ……………………. his walks.

8   My best friend ……………………. at university in Istanbul.

4. Complete the information with the present simple affirmative forms of the verbs in brackets.

1   I ……………………. (live) in Montreal with my family. We ……………………. (speak) French at school, but I ……………………. (speak) English at home with my family. My mum ……………………. (work) in a shop and my dad ……………………. (play) the guitar in a band.

2   I’m from Miami, Florida. I ……………………. (live) with my parents and my three brothers. My grandma ……………………. (live) in the same street. She ……………………. (visit) us every day. She ……………………. (speak) Spanish.

3   I ……………………. (live) in Perth, in Australia. In the summer, I ……………………. (go) to the beach every day and I ……………………. (swim) in the sea. My brother ……………………. (love) sport. He ……………………. (play) cricket for Western Australia juniors.

4   My family and I ……………………. (live) in Aberdeen, in Scotland. We ……………………. (speak) English – but my grandad ……………………. (know) Gaelic too. I ……………………. (play) the violin in a folk bank and my sister ……………………. (sing). She ……………………. (dance) too!

5   I ……………………. (live) in Dublin, in Ireland. School ……………………. (finish) at three o’clock every day. After school, I ……………………. (ride) my bike or I ……………………. (skateboard). Then I ……………………. (have) dinner with my mum. My dad ……………………. (work) in a hotel. He ……………………. (have) dinner at work.

5. Write a short message about yourself like the ones in exercise 4. Use verbs from this page.

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6. Complete the text with the correct present simple affirmative form of the verbs below.

come     go     help     like     live     rain     see     speak     stay     win

My best friend is David. He 1…………………… in the same block of flats as me, but he 2…………………… to a different school. We 3…………………… each other most weekends. We both 4…………………… football, so we often go to the park to play. When it 5……………………, we 6…………………… at home. David sometimes 7…………………… to my house, but I usually go to his. We like playing video games together, and I usually 8……………………! David’s mum is from London, so he and his brother 9…………………… very good English. He often 10…………………… me with my English homework.