Present Simple · Exercises
A2Elementary practice
Everyday routines, questions, negatives and short answers.
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- Practice10 exercises at your own pace
- Time Attack60 seconds, as many as you can
- Survival3 lives, harder as you go
- Tense SortDrag sentences into their tense — 60 seconds
- Timelines10 sentences to match to their timelines
- A2 Boss12 hits before you lose 3 lives
- Irregular MatchPair verbs with their past forms — 60 seconds
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What you’ll practise at A2
- Verb “be”: am, is, are
- He/she/it + -s
- Spelling: -es and -ies
- Negatives: don’t / doesn’t
- Yes/no questions
- Short answers
- Frequency adverbs
- Wh- questions
- Subject questions (Who lives…?)
- Timetables and schedules
- Timelines: what the tense means
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Sample exercises
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Write the verb in the present simple.
Zara _____ (watch) films at the weekend.
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Zara watches films at the weekend.
Verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -s, -x, -z or -o add -es: watch → watches.
Complete the question.
_____ my grandmother like films?
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Does my grandmother like films?
Use does with he/she/it. The main verb stays in the base form: Does my grandmother like films?
Is this sentence correct?
My uncle teachs biology.
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My uncle teaches biology.
“teachs” should be “teaches”. Verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -s, -x, -z or -o add -es: teach → teaches.
Turn the sentence into a yes/no question.
Elena hates getting up early.
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Does Elena hate getting up early?
Use does with he/she/it. The main verb stays in the base form: Does Elena hate getting up early?
Write a question about the highlighted words.
I do yoga once a month.
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What do I do once a month?
Wh- questions: question word + do/does + subject + base verb (Where does she work?). With be: question word + am/is/are + subject (Where are they?).
Put the words in order to make a statement.
are / Lily / never / Tom / funny / and / very
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Lily and Tom are never very funny.
Frequency adverbs go before the main verb (She always walks…) but after be (She is always late).