Present Simple Tense – English Grammar Test for A1
(a) play
(b) plays
(c) playing
2 We ___ our hands before meals.
(a) wash
(b) washes
(c) washing
3 The shop ___ at 8 a.m.
(a) open
(b) opens
(c) opening
4 She ___ breakfast at 7 o’clock.
(a) have
(b) has
(c) having
5 I ___ in a small apartment.
(a) live
(b) lives
(c) living
6 They ___ TV in the evening.
(a) watch
(b) watches
(c) watching
7 My teacher ___ us new words every lesson.
(a) give
(b) gives
(c) giving
8 He ___ like chocolate.
(a) don’t
(b) doesn’t
(c) isn’t
9 Dogs ___ bones.
(a) eat
(b) eats
(c) eating
10 My parents ___ coffee every morning.
(a) drink
(b) drinks
(c) drinking
11 She ___ to music in her free time.
(a) listen
(b) listens
(c) listening
12 We ___ English at school every day.
(a) study
(b) studies
(c) studying
13 I ___ like swimming.
(a) don’t
(b) doesn’t
(c) am not
14 The Earth ___ round the sun.
(a) move
(b) moves
(c) moving
15 My cat ___ under the bed.
(a) sleep
(b) sleeps
(c) sleeping
16 Children ___ to bed early.
(a) go
(b) goes
(c) going
17 My mother ___ dinner in the evening.
(a) cook
(b) cooks
(c) cooking
18 I ___ coffee but I ___ tea.
(a) like / don’t like
(b) likes / doesn’t like
(c) liking / not like
19 He ___ his homework after school.
(a) do
(b) does
(c) doing
20 Birds ___ in the sky.
(a) fly
(b) flies
(c) flying
21 She ___ in an office.
(a) work
(b) works
(c) working
22 We ___ to the park on Sundays.
(a) go
(b) goes
(c) going
23 My father ___ a car.
(a) have
(b) has
(c) having
24 They ___ in a big house.
(a) live
(b) lives
(c) living
25 ___ your mother cook well?
(a) Do
(b) Does
(c) Is
26 ___ you play the guitar?
(a) Do
(b) Does
(c) Are
27 ___ your brother speak English?
(a) Do
(b) Does
(c) Is
28 ___ they go to school by bus?
(a) Do
(b) Does
(c) Are
29 She ___ like loud music.
(a) don’t
(b) doesn’t
(c) isn’t
30 The sun ___ in the east.
(a) rise
(b) rises
(c) rising
Answer
1 (b) plays – he → add -s
2 (a) wash – we → base form
3 (b) opens – shop = it
4 (b) has – she → has
5 (a) live – I live
6 (a) watch – they → base form
7 (b) gives – teacher = he/she
8 (b) doesn’t – he/she/it → doesn’t
9 (a) eat – plural subject
10 (a) drink – they → drink
11 (b) listens – she → listens
12 (a) study – we → base form
13 (a) don’t – I → don’t
14 (b) moves – scientific fact
15 (b) sleeps – cat = it
16 (a) go – plural subject
17 (b) cooks – she → cooks
18 (a) like / don’t like – I → correct form
19 (b) does – he/she does homework
20 (a) fly – plural subject
21 (b) works – she → works
22 (a) go – we → base form
23 (b) has – he/she/it → has
24 (a) live – they → base form
25 (b) Does – “mother” = she
26 (a) Do – subject “you”
27 (b) Does – brother = he
28 (a) Do – they → do
29 (b) doesn’t – she
30 (b) rises – fact