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English Grammar Exercises for A1 – Present simple: affirmative and negative

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1. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets.

  • 1)
    My aunt and uncle (live) in the USA.
  • 2)
    Rosie (have) music lessons every weekend.
  • 3)
    My best friend (play) in the school basketball team.
  • 4)
    I (study) Russian at school.
  • 5)
    My cousin and I (like) football.
  • 6)
    My stepbrother (watch) TV every night.

2. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative form of the verbs in the box.

come     get up     have     meet     speak     work
  • 1)
    My sister Japanese lessons at weekends.
  • 2)
    Ellie’s parents at a hospital in the USA.
  • 3)
    My neighbour from France.
  • 4)
    We friends in town every Saturday evening.
  • 5)
    I late on Sundays.
  • 6)
    My grandfather four languages.

3. What do they do on Saturdays and Sundays? Look at the chart and write sentences about the activities.

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  • 1)
    play tennis
  • Hannah and Sam play tennis on Saturdays.
  • 2)
    study maths
  • 3)
    eat pizza
  • 4)
    watch TV
  • 5)
    listen to music
  • 6)
    go out

4. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

  • 1)
    sister / go out / my / doesn’t / a lot
  • My sister doesn’t go out a lot.
  • 2)
    New York / parents / live / in / don’t / Tom’s
  • 3)
    pizza / brother / eat / doesn’t / my
  • 4)
    teacher / our / doesn’t / work / Sundays / on
  • 5)
    Lady Gaga / like / my / don’t / parents
  • 6)
    Chinese / Sam / speak / doesn’t
  • 7)
    friends / Elizabeth’s / like / we / don’t

5. Make the sentences negative.

  • 1)
    I live in a big house.
  • I don’t live in a big house.
  • 2)
    My dad works in a hotel.
  • 3)
    My friends like sport.
  • 4)
    My best friend speaks Japanese.
  • 5)
    We go to school on Saturdays.
  • 6)
    My brother has guitar lessons.
  • 7)
    My grandmother watches TV all day.

6. Challenge!

get up     go     like     live     play     speak     study     work
  • Challenge!
  • Write six sentences about your family and friends. Use the present simple affirmative or negative. Choose from the verbs in the box.
  • My dad likes ice hockey.
  • My cousin Anna doesn’t live in this country.
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  2. 2Write your answer or select the correct option
  3. 3Click 'Show Answer' to check your work
  4. 4Review any mistakes and try similar exercises
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