Present Simple · Exercises
A1Beginner practice
First steps: simple sentences about you and your day.
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- Practice10 exercises at your own pace
- Time Attack60 seconds, as many as you can
- Survival3 lives, harder as you go
- Tense SortDrag sentences into their tense — 60 seconds
- Timelines10 sentences to match to their timelines
- A1 Boss12 hits before you lose 3 lives
- Irregular MatchPair verbs with their past forms — 60 seconds
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What you’ll practise at A1
- Verb “be”: am, is, are
- He/she/it + -s
- Spelling: -es and -ies
- Negatives: don’t / doesn’t
- Yes/no questions
- Short answers
- Timetables and schedules
- Timelines: what the tense means
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Sample exercises
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Find the word that is wrong.
She know a lot about cars.
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She knows a lot about cars.
With he, she and it, add -s: know → knows.
Which sentence matches the timeline?
(Timeline: A habit, or something always true)
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You play the guitar.
“play” is the present simple (base form or -s (do / does in questions and negatives)): a habit, or something always true.
Choose the correct form.
Theo and Ben _____ (need) a break.
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Theo and Ben need a break.
With I, you, we and they, use the base form: Theo and Ben need.
Choose the best form for a timetable.
The bank _____ (open) at 10 a.m. on Friday.
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The bank opens at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Use the present simple for fixed timetables and schedules, even in the future: The train leaves at 6:45 tomorrow.
Choose the best form for a timetable.
The shops _____ (open) at half past eight on Friday.
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The shops open at half past eight on Friday.
Use the present simple for fixed timetables and schedules, even in the future: The train leaves at 6:45 tomorrow.
Complete the question.
_____ we cook breakfast in the evening?
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Do we cook breakfast in the evening?
Use do with I, you, we and they: Do we cook breakfast in the evening?