Rules – Simple Present – Exercise

In this exercise you can test your knowledge about the Simple Present.
Choose the correct answers from the drop down menu or fill in the missing words.

1. I use the Simple Present for (...)

2. Typical signal words for the Simple Present are (...)

3. I use the  of the verb to form the Simple Present.

4. In the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), I add to the infinitive of the verb and es if the verb ends in a sibilant.

5. I use (...) to form the negative.

6. I can use the contracted form  for do + not and doesn't for does + not .

7. I use (...) to form the negative in the 3rd person singular (he, she, it).

8. I use (...) in object questions.

9. I use (...) in subject questions.

10. The verb be can have three forms in the Simple Present. I use  with I, is with he, she, it and are with we, you, they.