Present Simple Tense – English Grammar Test for A1
a) drink
b) drinks
c) drinking
2 They ___ in a big house.
a) live
b) lives
c) living
3 My brother ___ football on Sundays.
a) play
b) plays
c) playing
4 We ___ English at school.
a) study
b) studies
c) studying
5 She ___ from Italy.
a) come
b) comes
c) coming
6 I ___ TV every night.
a) watch
b) watches
c) watching
7 The sun ___ in the east.
a) rise
b) rises
c) rising
8 We ___ to music in the car.
a) listen
b) listens
c) listening
9 He ___ to the park every Saturday.
a) go
b) goes
c) going
10 They ___ happy today.
a) are
b) is
c) am
11 I ___ a teacher.
a) is
b) am
c) are
12 She ___ my best friend.
a) is
b) are
c) am
13 We ___ books in the library.
a) reads
b) read
c) reading
14 My father ___ in an office.
a) work
b) works
c) working
15 You ___ late for school.
a) is
b) are
c) am
16 Dogs ___ meat.
a) eats
b) eat
c) eating
17 Mary ___ English very well.
a) speak
b) speaks
c) speaking
18 I ___ to bed at 10 p.m.
a) goes
b) go
c) going
19 The shops ___ at 9 o’clock.
a) open
b) opens
c) opening
20 My cat ___ under the table.
a) sleep
b) sleeps
c) sleeping
21 She ___ her homework after dinner.
a) do
b) does
c) doing
22 We ___ lunch at 12:30.
a) have
b) has
c) having
23 He ___ a shower in the morning.
a) take
b) takes
c) taking
24 My friends ___ to school by bus.
a) goes
b) go
c) going
25 She ___ tennis every week.
a) play
b) plays
c) playing
26 The children ___ in the garden.
a) plays
b) play
c) playing
27 My mother ___ cooking.
a) like
b) likes
c) liking
28 We ___ English every day.
a) practice
b) practices
c) practicing
29 I ___ coffee but I ___ tea.
a) like / don’t like
b) likes / doesn’t like
c) liking / not like
30 Do you ___ breakfast at home?
a) has
b) have
c) having
Answer
1 b) drinks – “she” → add -s.
2 a) live – “they” → base verb.
3 b) plays – “he” → add -s.
4 a) study – “we” → base form.
5 b) comes – “she” → add -s.
6 a) watch – “I” → base form.
7 b) rises – fact, third person singular.
8 a) listen – “we” → base form.
9 b) goes – verb ends in -o → add -es.
10 a) are – “they are”.
11 b) am – “I am”.
12 a) is – “she is”.
13 b) read – “we” → base form.
14 b) works – “he” → add -s.
15 b) are – “you are”.
16 b) eat – plural noun → base form.
17 b) speaks – “Mary” = she → add -s.
18 b) go – “I go”.
19 a) open – plural “shops” → base form.
20 b) sleeps – “cat” = it → add -s.
21 b) does – third person singular with “do”.
22 a) have – “we have”.
23 b) takes – “he takes”.
24 b) go – plural “friends”.
25 b) plays – “she plays”.
26 b) play – plural “children”.
27 b) likes – “mother” = she.
28 a) practice – “we practice”.
29 a) like / don’t like – correct combination for “I”.
30 b) have – in questions: “Do you have…?”.