Present Simple Tense – English Grammar Test for A1
a) go
b) goes
c) going
2 I ___ my teeth twice a day.
a) brush
b) brushes
c) brushing
3 They ___ breakfast at 7:30 a.m.
a) have
b) has
c) having
4 The supermarket ___ at 9 o’clock.
a) open
b) opens
c) opening
5 John ___ TV after dinner.
a) watch
b) watches
c) watching
6 We ___ football on Saturdays.
a) play
b) plays
c) playing
7 My father ___ in a hospital.
a) work
b) works
c) working
8 The train ___ at 8:15 every morning.
a) leave
b) leaves
c) leaving
9 I usually ___ to bed at 11 p.m.
a) go
b) goes
c) going
10 She ___ to music when she studies.
a) listen
b) listens
c) listening
11 Water ___ at 100 degrees Celsius.
a) boil
b) boils
c) boiling
12 The sun ___ in the east.
a) rise
b) rises
c) rising
13 My brother ___ coffee, he prefers tea.
a) doesn’t drink
b) don’t drink
c) isn’t drink
14 We ___ lunch at school.
a) eat
b) eats
c) eating
15 Sarah ___ in an office in the city.
a) work
b) works
c) working
16 They ___ English lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays.
a) have
b) has
c) having
17 He ___ like fast food.
a) don’t
b) doesn’t
c) isn’t
18 My cat usually ___ on the sofa.
a) sleep
b) sleeps
c) sleeping
19 People ___ to the beach in summer.
a) go
b) goes
c) going
20 My teacher ___ us homework every Friday.
a) give
b) gives
c) giving
21 Birds ___ in the sky.
a) fly
b) flies
c) flying
22 She ___ her homework after school.
a) do
b) does
c) doing
23 I ___ in a small town.
a) live
b) lives
c) living
24 They ___ like playing computer games.
a) doesn’t
b) don’t
c) not
25 My best friend ___ in Canada.
a) live
b) lives
c) living
26 Students ___ in the library.
a) study
b) studies
c) studying
27 He ___ football very well.
a) play
b) plays
c) playing
28 My parents ___ coffee in the morning.
a) drink
b) drinks
c) drinking
29 We usually ___ our grandparents on Sundays.
a) visit
b) visits
c) visiting
30 The Earth ___ around the sun.
a) move
b) moves
c) moving
Answer
1 b) goes – “Maria” = she → add -es.
2 a) brush – “I” → base form.
3 a) have – “they” → have.
4 b) opens – “supermarket” = it.
5 b) watches – third person singular.
6 a) play – “we” → play.
7 b) works – he/she/it → works.
8 b) leaves – third person singular.
9 a) go – “I go”.
10 b) listens – “she” → listens.
11 b) boils – fact/general truth.
12 b) rises – fact/general truth.
13 a) doesn’t drink – “he” → doesn’t.
14 a) eat – “we” → eat.
15 b) works – “Sarah” = she.
16 a) have – plural subject.
17 b) doesn’t – “he” → doesn’t.
18 b) sleeps – “cat” = it.
19 a) go – plural “people”.
20 b) gives – “teacher” = he/she.
21 a) fly – plural subject.
22 b) does – “she” → does homework.
23 a) live – “I” → live.
24 b) don’t – “they” → don’t.
25 b) lives – “friend” = he/she.
26 a) study – plural “students”.
27 b) plays – “he” → plays.
28 a) drink – plural subject.
29 a) visit – “we” → base form.
30 b) moves – general truth.