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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
Level: Teens Starter
Grammar: Simple Present Affirmative
1 Look at the examples. Then complete the rules.
I get up at 6:30. My friend Tim comes to my house at 7. He leaves his bike at my house. We take
the bus to school. Our friends meet us in front of the school and we go to our classes. Tim
finishes classes later than I do, so I wait for him. We ride the bus back to my house, then Tim
gets on his bike and goes home.
I / you / we / they

+ _______

he / she / it

+ _______ + ____/_____

2 Fill in the correct answer. Use the verbs in parentheses.

1 My mother teaches science at the local college. (teach)
2 We _____ TV for one hour every evening. (watch)
3 Sam and I usually _____ to school together. (walk)
4 Mandy ______ to a special high school for performing artists. (go)
5 You _____ very slowly, don't you? (eat)
6 Jamal _____ two brothers and one sister. (have)
7 Kirsten and Tim _____ about 50 text messages every day. (write)
8 I _____ football with my friends in the evening. (play)

3 About you. Use the following verbs to talk about your life.
1 I ___________________________________(LIVE)
2 My best friend________________________ (STUDY)
3 My neighbor __________________________ (HAVE)
4 My family and I _________________________________ (NEED)
5 My sister/brother/friend ______________________ (DO)

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6 My dad/mom _______________________ (GO)

7 Some of my friends _________________________ (PLAY)
8 I ________________________________________ (LISTEN)

4 Fill in the correct form. Use the verbs in parentheses.

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Old Faithful is a famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. People (1) call
(call) it "faithful" because it is very predictable: it (2) _____ (shoot) water high into the air every
ninety minutes or so, and it never (3) _______ (fail) to do so. Many earth scientists (4) _______
(study) the geyser, and they (5) ______ (say) that the length of each eruption (6) _____ (tell) you
how long it is until the next one. Most park visitors (7) _______ (come) to see Old Faithful. They
(8) _____ (sit) about 300 feet away and (9)_____ (wait) for the water to appear. Only about 1000
geysers (10) _______ (exist) in the world, so it's a good idea to visit Old Faithful if you can. It
(11)______ (impress) everyone who (12)_______ (see) it.

5 Write about your routine. Include the following points:

time you get up / how you travel / time you start work or school / what your day is like / time you
go home / what you eat / time you go to bed / what you do on weekends
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________

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6 Movie plot summary. Complete with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
State of Play (2009)
State of Play is a thriller. Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is a US congressman. He (1)______(work)
hard to become the future president of the United States. His political party (2) ______(trust) him
as their next top leader. Collins is young, handsome and ambitious, but his career prospects
(3)_____ (begin) to vanish when Sonia a woman who works with him in Congress apparently
(4) _____(fall) under a train and (5) ______ (die). Collins (6) _____ (talk) to the press and tears (7)
_______(run) down his cheeks as he reports Sonias death in front of the TV cameras.
Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) is a news reporter. He (8) ______ (work) for the Washington Post
newspaper. Cal (9) ______(want) to help Collins his college friend and discover the truth. Cal
McAffrey and a young enthusiastic reporter, Della Frye (Rachel Mc Adams), (10)______
(investigate) the case together to identify the cause of Sonias death.
Reporters Cal and Della (11)_______(discover) the truth after a lot of research. Nobody is
innocent in this story, which involves a powerful corporation, millions of dollars and personal
ambitions. Sonias killer is Bingham, a military colleague of Collins, ready to do anything for his
friend. Collins is part of a scandal that (12)_____ (put) an end to his promising political career.

7a GRAMMAR BRIEF
Subject

Verb

I/you/they/we

like

He/She/It

likes

Complement

comedies

Spelling rules
1 Verb+ -S for he/she/it LIKES

Write your example: _________________________

2 Verb + ES after o, x, sh, ch, ss

do-does

Your example: ________________________________

mix-mixes
wash-washes
teach-teaches

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kiss- kisses
3 Some verbs ending in y change to ies
study-studies

Your example: ______________________________

try-tries

7b You can use Simple Present to talk about .

Simple Present Use

Example

Your example

Regular activities, habits. I cycle to school.

Facts- scientific laws

I like music.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.

Possessions

I have a bike.

Likes and dislikes

I like sports.

Customs

We celebrate New Year with a big

meal and fireworks.

Scroll down to see the answer key

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Grammar worksheet Starter Level Simple Present

Answer KEY
1
I / you / we / they

+ base form of verb

he / she / it

+ verb + s / es

2
2 watch
3 walk
4 goes
5 eat
6 has
7 write
8 play

3 per student.
1 I live in ...
2 My best friend studies ...
3 My neighbor has ...
4 My family and I need ...
5 My sister/brother/friend does homework/exercise/martial arts, etc ...
6 My mom/dad goes ...
7 Some of my friends play
8 I listen to ...

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4
2 shoots
3 fails
4 study
5 say
6 tells
7 come
8 sit
9 wait
10 exist
11 amazes
12 sees

5 per student

6
1 works
2 trusts
3 begin
4 falls
5 dies
6 talks
7 run
8 works
9 wants

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10 investigate
11 discover
12 puts
7b per student

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