Simple Present Grammar Activities

Material designed by Prof Euripedes Garcia Batista: http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/egbatista 1. Answer the questions e.g. Where does a cashier work? He works in a supermarket. What does a cashier do? A cashier charges people. 1. Where does a nurse work?-------------------------------------2. What does a nurse do?----------------------------------------3. Where does an architect work? -------------------------------4. What does an architect do?------------------------------------5. Where does a chef work?--------------------------------------6. What does a chef do?-------------------------------------------7. Where does a waiter work?------------------------------------8. What does a waiter do?----------------------------------------9. Where does a pharmacist work?------------------------------10. What does a pharmacist do?---------------------------------11. Where does a computer programmer work?--------------12. What does he do?----------------------------------------------2. Answer these questions about yourself. What´s your name?------------------------------------------------Where are you from?----------------------------------------------Where do you work?----------------------------------------------Where do you live?------------------------------------------------Where do you go to school?--------------------------------------What do you study there?-----------------------------------------How do you like your school?-----------------------------------3. Give short answers to these questions 1. Is this a book?---------------------------------------------------2. Is this a car?-----------------------------------------------------3. Is this a telephone?---------------------------------------------5. Is this a chair?---------------------------------------------------6.Is this a window?------------------------------------------------7.Is this a cassette player?----------------------------------------4. Ask questions 1. Are you a student here? ---------------------------------------2. Is your father a doctor?----------------------------------------3. Is your mother a lawyer?--------------------------------------4. Is Interchange book interesting?------------------------------5. Is Sinara your friend? ------------------------------------------6. Is you grandfather retired?-------------------------------------7. Are your brothers students?------------------------------------

5. Change to negative form. 1. I’m a teacher.----------------------------------------------------2. This is a book.---------------------------------------------------3. We are students.-------------------------------------------------4. Two and two are five.------------------------------------------5. John is a teacher.------------------------------------------------6. She is a doctor.--------------------------------------------------7. They’re students.------------------------------------------------8. This book is good.---------------------------------------------9. John and Mary are good friends.-----------------------------6. Change to question form. 1. She is a student.-------------------------------------------------2. They are from Sao Paulo.--------------------------------------8. Marcos is busy now.--------------------------------------------9. I am busy now.--------------------------------------------------11. I am selfish.----------------------------------------------------12. She is hungry today.------------------------------------------13. My dog is sick.------------------------------------------------14. I am a reliable person.----------------------------------------7. Answer the questions. Give short answers. 1. Is John a good student?----------------------------------------2. Are you a student here?----------------------------------------3. Is this your book?-----------------------------------------------4. Are you busy today?---------------------------------------------5. Are John and Mary busy now?--------------------------------6. Is George a medical doctor?----------------------------------7. Is this desk broken?--------------------------------------------8. Is the cassette player working?-------------------------------9. Is the VCR working ?------------------------------------------8. Change the words underlined to form the possessive case. 1. That’s the car of Lypy------------------------------------------2. That’s the book of Gustavo------------------------------------3. That’s the car of Joseane.--------------------------------------4. That’s the home of my teacher.-------------------------------5. The friend of Moises is very nice.----------------------------6. This is the notebook of Nelma.-------------------------------7. He is the teacher of my friend.--------------------------------8.This is the classroom of Mr Lypy.----------------------------9. Change to negative form. 1. They’re good students.-----------------------------------------2. He’s my teacher.------------------------------------------------3. Nilson and Gustavo are students.-----------------------------4. Juliana is a patient girl.-----------------------------------------5. Hes’a good teacher.----------------------------------------------

6. Erica is a teacher.-----------------------------------------------7. We’re students--------------------------------------------------8. This is their classroom.-----------------------------------------