1 Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets

1. 1 Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets work • 1 Abel and Emma (work) in a gym • 2 Emma (not/like) London • 3 Mark’s parents (not/live) in London • 4 Akiko (meet) her boyfriend every evening • 5 Akiko, Gianluca and Abel (share) a flat in London • 6 Gianluca (not/get up) early in the morning doesn’t like don’t live meets share doesn’t get up

2. 2Complete the sentences with the positive form of present simple of the verbs in brackets GETS UP 1 Sheila (get up) at half past seven 2 My grandparents (live) in Manchester 3 You (play) tennis and football 4 Peter (have) dinner at eight o’clock LIVE PLAY HAS

3. TEACHES 5 My father (teach) Maths 6 Tom and Susan (come) from Liverpool 7 Stella (study) French at university 8 I (go) to school by bus COME STUDIES GO

4. Complete the sentences with the negative form of present simple of the verbs: drink, eat, like, play, speak, wash, wear, work don’t wash 1 I my hair every morning 2 Ben the guitar 3 My friends classical music 4 Jason Chinese doesn’t play don’tlike doesn’tspeak

5. don’twear 5 Italian students a school uniform 6 My mother in an office 7 You tea 8 Billy’s vegetarian: he meat. doesn’t work don’t drink doesn’teat

6. 4 Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in brackets GETS UP Trevor (get up) at half past six because he (start) work at half past seven. He (not/take) a bus to work: he (cycle) or (walk) . He (have) lunch at half past twelve with his colleagues. They (go) to a nice coffee shop near the office. STARTS DOESN’T TAKE CYCLES WALKS HAS GO

7. WORKS • Trevor (work) part-time, so he (not/go back) • to the office in the afternoon. • He (meet) his girlfriend at the gym • and they (train) together. • They (not/go out) in the evening • during the week: they (stay) at home. DOESN’T GO BACK MEETS TRAIN DON’T GO OUT STAY

8. 6 Complete the questions with DoorDoes DO 1 you cycle to school? 2 your father go home for lunch? 3 your lessons start at quarter to nine? 4 your best friend like rap music? DOES DO DOES

9. DO • 5 you have coffee for breakfast? • 6 your English teacher come from London? • 7 you live in a big house? • 8 your mother work in a school? DOES DO DOES

10. 8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present continuous of the verbs in brackets ISN’T STUDYING 1 Stella (not/study) . She (listen) to music 2 Where (Micheal and Emma/go) ? 3 I (do) a test 4 What (you/read) ? IS LISTENING ARE THEY GOING AM DOING ARE YOU READING

11. 5 Susie and Sophie (not/do) an exercise • 6 (you/listen) to the teacher? AREN’TDOING ARE YOU LISTENING

12. 9Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present continuous of the verbs in brackets ISN’THAVING 1 Kathrine (not/have) a shower. She (talk) to a friend 2 Mark (not/listen) to the teacher. He (text) a friend IS TALKING ISN’TLISTENING IS TEXTING

13. AREN’T DANCING • 3 Tom and Wendy (not/dance) . • They (play) cards • 4 Pauline (not/drink) a coke. • She (eat) a pizza AREPLAYING ISN’TDRINKING IS EATING

14. 10 Underline the correct option 1 Alan’s in his room. He does / is doingresearch for a project • 2 Ben’s father is a teacher. He works / is working in a secondary school • 3 What time do you get up / are you getting up in the morning?

15. 4 We usuallyhave / are having dinner at half past seven • 5 Listen! Martha plays / is playingthe piano • 6 I sometimesmeet / am meeting my friends in the afternoon

16. 12 Write what these people usually do and what they are doing today. Follow the example e.g. Wendy/usually/go/school/bus. Today/cycle/school Wendy usually goes to school by bus. Today, she’s cycling to school. 1 My parents/usually/stay/at home. Tonight/go/cinema My parentsusually stay at home. Tonightthey’regoing to the cinema

17. 2 Grandfather /usually /sleep/ afternoon. • Today/walk/ park • 3 We/usually/watch TV. Tonight/dance/ party • 4 George and Steven/usually/play football. This afternoon/wash /car • Grandfather usually sleeps in the afternoon. • Today he is walking in the park We usually watch TV. Tonight we aredancing at the party George and Steven usually play football. This afternoon they are washing the car

18. 13 Complete Debbie’s email with the present simpleor present continuous Hi, Pete! How are you? My holiday’s great. At the moment I (write) from Rapallo, in Italy. Things are very different from home: for example I (not/usually/ drink) coffee, but I (have) a nice coffee at the moment: it’s so good! AMWRITING DON’T USUALLY DRINK AMHAVING

19. In England I (not/usually/wear) summer clothes at this time of the year, but I (wear) shorts here. My sister (swim) in the pool and my brother (send) an SMS. This isn’t different: he (text) his friends hundreds of times every day. DON’T USUALLY WEAR AMWEARING IS SWIMMING IS SENDING TEXTS

20. ARE YOU DOING • What about you? What (you/do) • at the moment? (you/study) ? • You (always/work) so hard for your exams! • Write soon Debbie ARE YOU STUDYING ALWAYS WORK

21. 26 Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in brackets PLANNED Micheal (plan) his trip with his father. He (leave) Gibraltar on November 18. He (have) problems with the satellite equipment on the boat. He (try) to fix the problem but couldn’t do it, so he (make) a repair stop in the Canary islands. He (complete) the journey in 47 days. Micheal(return) to Britain in January. LEFT HAD TRIED MADE COMPLETED RETURNED

22. 27 Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets WASN’T 1 Micheal’s mum (not/be) happy about Micheal’s journey at first. 2 Why (Micheal/stop) in the Canary islands? 3 Micheal (not/feel) scared when he was on his own. 4 What (he/eat) during the journey? 5 (your parents/be) worried about you? 6 His mother (not/travel) to Antigua. DID MICHEAL STOP DIDN’T FEEL DID HE EAT WERE YOUR PARENTS DIDN’T TRAVEL

23. 28 Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in brackets Ellen MacArthur is a solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005 she (break) the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe. She was born in Derbyshire where she (live) with her parents and two brothers. She (become) interested in sailing at an early age. She (save) her school dinner money for eight years to buy her first boat. BROKE LIVED BECAME SAVED

24. WAS BOUGHT When she (be) 17, Ellen (buy) a sailing boat: she called it Iduna and she (describe) the first moment she (see) it as “love at first sight”. In 1995, she (sail) single-handed on a circumnavigation of Great Britain. In 2005, MacArthur (beat) the existing world record for a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation. She (cover) 27,354 nautical miles (50,660 km) in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, 33 seconds. DESCRIBED SAW SAILED BEAT COVERED

25. 29 Write suitable questions for the answers given below WHERE WAS KARL BORN 1 ? Karl was born in New York 2 ? I watched an interesting programmelast night 3 ? My grandparents spent their summer holidays in Germany. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT WHERE DID THEY SPEND THEIR HOLIDAYS

26. WHERE DID YOU MEET JASON 4 ? I met Jason at the supermarket 5 ? Tom travelled to France by boat 6 ? The film finished at half past ten WHO DID YOU MEET AT THE SUPERMARKET HOW DID TOM TRAVEL TO FRANCE WHAT TIME DID THE FILM FINISH

27. 30 Complete the sentences with the past simple DID MUM COOK 1 What (mum/cook) for dinner? 2 I (see) my friends last weekend 3 You (not/watch) TV last night 4 My father (not/study) languages at school SAW DIDN’T WATCH DIDN’T STUDY

28. DID YOU LIKE 5 (you/like) the concert? 6 I (have) a big breakfast this morning. 7 Mark (not/reply) to my email 8 Stella (go) to Joe’s party last Friday 9 (Clare/pass) her exam? 10 What (you/give) your parents for their anniversary? HAD DIDN’T REPLY WENT DID CLARE PASS DID YOU GIVE