Present Simple · Exercises
B1Intermediate practice
Confident questions, question tags and state verbs.
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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
- B1 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 B1
- 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…?)
- Question tags
- Simple vs. continuous & state verbs
- Passive: is made, are cleaned
- 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 or present continuous.
The woman upstairs always _____ (leave) work early.
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The woman upstairs always leaves work early.
Habits and routines (every day, usually…) use the present simple.
Is this sentence correct?
Does your aunt like the news? — Yes, she do.
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Does your aunt like the news? — Yes, she does.
“do” should be “does”. Short answers repeat do / does, not the main verb: Yes, she does. / No, they don’t.
Make the sentence negative.
The twins play basketball.
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The twins don't play basketball.
Use don't + base form: The twins don't play basketball.
Which timeline shows this sentence?
I watch a film.
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I watch a film.
“watch” is the present simple (base form or -s (do / does in questions and negatives)): a habit, or something always true.
Write a question about the highlighted words.
Our neighbours forget things on Mondays.
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What do our neighbours forget on Mondays?
Wh- questions: question word + do/does + subject + base verb (Where does she work?). With be: question word + am/is/are + subject (Where are they?).
Write a question about the highlighted words.
Kofi travels by train on Mondays.
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How does Kofi travel on Mondays?
Wh- questions: question word + do/does + subject + base verb (Where does she work?). With be: question word + am/is/are + subject (Where are they?).