Grammar Exercises | Form 5

Exercises: SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.

1. Does she ________________ (know, knows) how to play tennis?

2. I do not ________________ (believe, believes) a word she says.

3. The dish ________________ (taste, tastes) better with a little salt.

4. The lorry ________________ (collide, collides) with a car.

5. The roses ________________ (smell, smells) fragrant when they are in full bloom.

6. Light ________________ (move, moves) faster than sound.

7. It does not ________________ (matter, matters) whether it rains or shines.

8. She often ________________ (visit, visits) the orphanages.

9. The thieves ________________ (steal, steals) all of his money.

10. The stranger ________________ (take, takes) a deep breath before he ________________

(speak, speaks).

11. He ________________ (jog, jogs) around the park every day.

12. The girls often ________________ (help, helps) their mother at her shop.

13. This is a story about a girl who ________________ (love, loves) to help people.

14. The baby ________________ (like, likes) eggs for lunch.

15. Please do not disturb him, he ________________ (need, needs) a rest.

16. We have been saving some money because we ________________ (want, wants) to go for

a holiday abroad.

17. They ________________ (sell, sells) good fried rice here. You should try it.

18. Amy, together with her sister, ________________ (walk, walks) to the bus stop.

19. The children ________________ (know, knows) the answer to that question.

20. Both the twins ________________ (do, does) their work well.

21. One of the employees ________________ (come, comes) late to work.

22. The furniture in that house ________________ (cost, costs) lots of money.

23. Sarah’s father ________________ (work, works) in Paris.

24. Sharil and Liza ________________ (go, goes) to school by bus.

25. Meena ________________ (live, lives) at No.25, Green Lane Park.

26. My grandmother ________________ (like, likes) to read in the garden.

Grammar Exercises | Form 5

27. Her pen friend ________________ (arrive, arrives) from Mexico today. We are going to

meet her at the airport.

28. Zack and his brothers ________________ (enjoy, enjoys) go-cart racing.

29. The Education Minister ________________ (want, wants) discipline in schools to be

looked into seriously.

30. When we ________________ (face, faces) problems, we should seek help from the

counselors in school.

31. The new boy in class ________________ (deny, denies) that he is the son of a minister.

32. The Fire Brigade regularly ________________ (conduct, conducts) fire drills in all

schools.

33. Muslims ________________ (pray, prays) five times every day.

34. We always ________________ (sleep, sleeps) early.

35. My father often ________________ (work, works) late.

36. Water ________________ (consist, consists) of oxygen and hydrogen.

37. She________________ (feel, feels) sad because her goldfish died.

38. The house in front of the hospital ________________ (look, looks) great.

39. Teenagers ________________ (influence, influences) each other in many different ways.

40. Advice from our elders always ________________ (turn, turns) out to be the best.

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