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Simple Present Test

Test and improve your English and and learn how to use the simple present tense. Follow the instructions before each exercise and complete the test.

The books are on Tina´s desks.

The books (they) → are, not am or is

Our dogs like to play in the garden.

Like (not likes) signals that the subject cannot be in the third person singular.

My sister has got a new boyfriend.

My sister (she) → has, not have

Is there a park opposite your school?

A park (Singular) → is

Do they teach French at your school?

Subject: they → We use do to form the question.

His uncle lives in the south of Italy.

His uncle (he) → The he/she/it form is needed.

Does she ride her horse every day?

How to form a question in the simple present: do/does + subject + infinitive (base form) without to

Do they sell clothes in the shop?   –   Yes, they do.

They → do

Pete works in an office in London.

Pete (he) → The he/she/it form is needed.

I often write a letter to my English friend.

Adverbs of frequency (often, never, sometimes, etc.) come before most verbs, but after a form of to be.

The bus does not stop at this bus stop.

We form the negative using the auxiliary verb do, not the auxiliary verb be.

The course starts at 8 o´clock.

The simple present tense is not formed using the -ing form.

The boy is very polite.

The boy (he) → is, not am or are

Elephants do not eat meat.

Elephants (Plural) → We form the negative using the auxiliary verb do.

We never go to the lake in winter.

Adverbs of frequency (often, never, sometimes, etc.) come before most verbs, but after a form of to be.

Do you visit your grandparents every weekend?

How to form a question in the simple present: do/does + subject + infinitive (base form) without to

The shops in the village close at 6.00.

The shops (Plural) → The he/she/it form is not needed.

Eric and Charles do not play computer games at night.

How to form the negative in the simple present: do/does + not + infinitive without to

Do they watch TV in the evening?

They → The question is formed using do.

My parents don´t speak French.

How to form the negative in the simple present: do/does + not + infinitive without to

Does it often rain in August?   –   Yes, it does.

In questions where the auxiliary verb do is used, the short answer is also formed with do.

What time does the train arrive in Oxford?

How to form a question in the simple present: do/does + subject + infinitive (base form) without to

Tigers belong to the cat family.

Belong (not belongs) signals that the subject cannot be in the third person singular.

Do you want to go to the cinema?

You → do

Ann speaks English and French.

Only verbs ending in -x, -sh, -ch and -s carry the suffix -es.

My father does not work in a factory.

My father (he) → The he/she/it form is needed.

We usually play football in the afternoon.

Adverbs of frequency (often, never, sometimes, etc.) come before most verbs, but after a form of to be.

Does this bag belong to your teacher?

How to form a question in the simple present: do/does + subject + infinitive (base form) without to

The little baby often cries at night.

If a verb ends in a consonant and -y, the third person singular is formed with -ies.

We do not have any information about his plan.

How to form the negative in the simple present: do/does + not + infinitive without to

He sometimes watches TV in the evening.

When verbs end in -x, -sh, -ch or -s, we add -es.

She does not want to stay at home.

How to form the negative in the simple present: do/does + not + infinitive without to

Where do the students come from?

The students (they) → do

It is not good to wake a sleeping lion.

Questions and negative forms with to be are formed without the auxiliary verb do.

The earth goes around the sun.

I go → he/she/it goes

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