Test on Simple Present 1

Test your knowledge on the simple present. After submitting your answers, you will
see how well you have done in the test.

Test

Form of Affirmative Sentences - Part 1

Choose the correct form.

1. We sometimes (read/reads) read books.

2. Emily (go/goes) goes to the disco.
3. It often (rain/rains) rains on Sundays.
4. Pete and his sister (wash/washes) wash the family car.
5. I always (hurry/hurries) hurry to the bus stop.

Form of Affirmative Sentences - Part 2

Put the verbs into the correct form.

Form of Affirmative Sentences - Part 2

In this section you answered 4 out of 5 (80%) questions correctly.

Put the verbs into the correct form.

1. I like lemonade very much.

2. The girls always listen to pop music.
3. Janet never wears jeans.
4. Mr Smith teaches Spanish and French.
5. You do your homework after school.(correctly - does)

Simple present with 'have' and 'be'

In this section you answered 4 out of 5 (80%) questions correctly.

Fill in the correct form of the verbs.

1. We have got a nice garden.

2. She is six years old.
3. Simon has two rabbits and five goldfish. (correctly have got)
4. I am from Vienna, Austria.
5. They are Sandy's parents.

Negative Sentences

In this section you answered 2 out of 5 (40%) questions correctly.

Make negative sentences.

1. My father makes breakfast. My father doesn't make breakfast.

2. Correct: My father doesnt makes breakfast.
3. They are eleven. They aren't eleven.
4. She writes a letter. She doesn't write a letter.
5. Correct: She doesnt writes a letter.
6. I speak Italian. I don't speak Italian.
7. Danny phones his father on Sundays. Danny doesn't phone his father on
Sundays.
8. Correct: Danny does phone his father on Sundays.

Questions

In this section you answered 1 out of 5 (20%) questions correctly.

Make questions.

1. you / to speak / English Do you speak English?

2. when / he / to go / home When does he go home?
3. Correct: When he goes home?
4. they / to clean / the bathroom Do they clean the bathroom?
5. Correct: They clean the bathroom?
6. where / she / to ride / her bike Where does she ride her bike?
7. Correct: Where she rides her bike?
8. Billy / to work / in the supermarket Does Billy work in the supermarket?
Correct: Works Billy in the supermarket?

Signal Words
 In this section you answered 5 out of 5 (100%) questions correctly.

Find the signal words for simple present.

1. Which is a signal word for simple present?

now last Monday often

2. Which is a signal word for simple present?

sometimes at the moment yesterday

3. Which is a signal word for simple present?

last Friday every Friday next Friday

4. Which is not a signal word for simple present?

never already usually

5. Which is not a signal word for simple present?

Listen! first ... then ... seldom

Evaluation and Answers

You answered 21 out of 30 (70%) questions correctly. That is 3

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