[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":335},["ShallowReactive",2],{"exercise-grammar-simple-present-exercises":3,"exercise-index-for-related":228},{"slug":4,"skill":5,"topic":6,"title":7,"levels":8,"tags":11,"published":13,"updated_at":14,"is_premium":15,"meta_title":16,"meta_description":17,"rule":18,"examples":37,"exercises":53,"faq":204,"article":220},"simple-present-exercises","grammar","simple-present","Simple Present Exercises",[9,10],"A1","A2",[12,6],"tenses",true,"2026-07-20",false,"Simple Present Exercises — Free Online Practice with Answers | FluencyRoad","Practice the simple present tense with free interactive exercises: third-person -s, negatives, questions and adverbs of frequency — with instant feedback and explanations.",{"heading":19,"summary":20,"points":21},"How the simple present works","The simple present describes habits, routines, facts and permanent situations — things that are generally true, not only happening now.",[22,25,28,31,34],{"label":23,"text":24},"Form","I\u002Fyou\u002Fwe\u002Fthey work — he\u002Fshe\u002Fit works (add -s in third person singular)",{"label":26,"text":27},"Negative","don't \u002F doesn't + base verb: She doesn't work on Sundays.",{"label":29,"text":30},"Question","Do\u002FDoes + subject + base verb: Does he speak French?",{"label":32,"text":33},"Use","habits (I run every day), facts (Water boils at 100°C), schedules (The train leaves at 9)",{"label":35,"text":36},"Signal words","always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every day, on Mondays",[38,41,44,47,50],{"sentence":39,"note":40},"She **works** at a hospital and **starts** at 7 a.m.","routine — third person adds -s",{"sentence":42,"note":43},"I **don't drink** coffee in the evening.","negative with don't + base verb",{"sentence":45,"note":46},"**Does** your brother **live** in London?","question with does — main verb stays in base form",{"sentence":48,"note":49},"Water **freezes** at 0°C.","general fact",{"sentence":51,"note":52},"We **usually have** dinner at eight.","adverb of frequency before the main verb",[54,102,142,182],{"id":55,"type":56,"title":57,"instructions":58,"questions":59},"mc","multiple_choice","Choose the correct form","Select the correct option to complete each sentence.",[60,69,77,86,94],{"id":61,"prompt":62,"options":63,"answer":67,"explanation":68},"mc1","My sister ___ English at a primary school.",[64,65,66],"teach","teaches","teaching",1,"Third person singular (my sister = she) adds -es to verbs ending in -ch: teaches.",{"id":70,"prompt":71,"options":72,"answer":67,"explanation":76},"mc2","___ they ___ in this neighborhood?",[73,74,75],"Does \u002F live","Do \u002F live","Do \u002F lives","Questions with 'they' use 'do', and the main verb stays in the base form: Do they live…?",{"id":78,"prompt":79,"options":80,"answer":84,"explanation":85},"mc3","He ___ meat — he's a vegetarian.",[81,82,83],"doesn't eat","don't eat","doesn't eats",0,"Third person negative: doesn't + base verb. The -s goes on 'does', never on the main verb.",{"id":87,"prompt":88,"options":89,"answer":67,"explanation":93},"mc4","The museum ___ at 9 a.m. every day.",[90,91,92],"open","opens","is opening","Timetables and schedules use the simple present, and 'the museum' is third person: opens.",{"id":95,"prompt":96,"options":97,"answer":84,"explanation":101},"mc5","I ___ to music while I work.",[98,99,100],"often listen","listen often","am often listening","Adverbs of frequency like 'often' go before the main verb: I often listen.",{"id":103,"type":104,"title":105,"instructions":106,"questions":107},"gap","gap_fill","Complete the sentences","Type the correct simple present form of the verb in brackets.",[108,115,121,128,135],{"id":109,"prompt":110,"hint":111,"answers":112,"explanation":114},"gap1","She ___ to work by bike.","go",[113],"goes","Verbs ending in -o add -es in third person: go → goes.",{"id":116,"prompt":117,"hint":118,"answers":119,"explanation":120},"gap2","My parents ___ in a small village.","live",[118],"'My parents' = they, so the verb takes no -s: live.",{"id":122,"prompt":123,"hint":124,"answers":125,"explanation":127},"gap3","He ___ TV after dinner.","watch",[126],"watches","Verbs ending in -ch add -es in third person: watch → watches.",{"id":129,"prompt":130,"hint":131,"answers":132,"explanation":134},"gap4","The baby ___ a lot during the day.","cry",[133],"cries","Consonant + y changes to -ies: cry → cries.",{"id":136,"prompt":137,"hint":138,"answers":139,"explanation":141},"gap5","Our class ___ at nine o'clock.","start",[140],"starts","'Our class' is third person singular, so add -s: starts.",{"id":143,"type":143,"title":144,"instructions":145,"questions":146},"reorder","Put the words in order","Click the words in the correct order to build the sentence.",[147,156,165,174],{"id":148,"words":149,"answer":154,"explanation":155},"re1",[150,151,152,153],"never","she","coffee","drinks","she never drinks coffee","Adverbs of frequency go between the subject and the main verb: she never drinks.",{"id":157,"words":158,"answer":163,"explanation":164},"re2",[159,138,160,161,162],"does","when","the film","?","when does the film start ?","Question word + does + subject + base verb.",{"id":166,"words":167,"answer":172,"explanation":173},"re3",[168,169,170,171],"don't","we","on Sundays","work","we don't work on Sundays","Negative: subject + don't + base verb + time expression.",{"id":175,"words":176,"answer":180,"explanation":181},"re4",[177,159,178,179,162],"your brother","speak","English","does your brother speak English ?","Yes\u002Fno question: Does + subject + base verb + object.",{"id":183,"type":184,"title":185,"instructions":186,"questions":187},"tf","true_false","True or false?","Decide if each statement about the simple present is true or false.",[188,192,196,200],{"id":189,"prompt":190,"answer":15,"explanation":191},"tf1","The sentence \"She don't like fish\" is correct.","False — third person singular uses 'doesn't': \"She doesn't like fish.\"",{"id":193,"prompt":194,"answer":13,"explanation":195},"tf2","We use the simple present for general facts like \"The sun rises in the east.\"","True — permanent truths and facts always take the simple present.",{"id":197,"prompt":198,"answer":15,"explanation":199},"tf3","In the question \"Does he works here?\", the verb form is correct.","False — after 'does', the main verb returns to its base form: \"Does he work here?\"",{"id":201,"prompt":202,"answer":13,"explanation":203},"tf4","'Always' normally goes before the main verb: \"I always walk to school.\"","True — adverbs of frequency go before the main verb (but after the verb 'be': \"I am always late\").",[205,208,211,214,217],{"question":206,"answer":207},"When do we use the simple present?","Use the simple present for habits and routines (I run every morning), general facts (Water boils at 100°C), permanent situations (She lives in Madrid), schedules (The train leaves at 9), and states with verbs like know, want, and like.",{"question":209,"answer":210},"Why does the verb take -s with he, she and it?","It's the third person singular ending, a fixed rule of English grammar: I work, but he works. Spelling changes apply after certain endings — watch → watches, study → studies, go → goes.",{"question":212,"answer":213},"What is the difference between 'don't' and 'doesn't'?","'Don't' (do not) is used with I, you, we and they; 'doesn't' (does not) is used with he, she and it. After both, the main verb stays in its base form: She doesn't work (never 'doesn't works').",{"question":215,"answer":216},"Where do adverbs of frequency go in the sentence?","Before the main verb (I usually walk to work) but after the verb 'be' (I am usually tired on Mondays). Common adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.",{"question":218,"answer":219},"What is the difference between the simple present and the present continuous?","The simple present describes what generally happens (I work in a bank); the present continuous describes what is happening now or around now (I am working from home this week).",{"heading":221,"paragraphs":222},"The simple present explained in depth",[223,224,225,226,227],"The simple present is usually the first tense English learners meet, yet even advanced students keep making mistakes with it — mostly with the third-person -s and with the auxiliary 'do'. Understanding the logic behind the tense makes both problems easier to fix.","Despite its name, the simple present is not really about the present moment. \"I play tennis\" doesn't mean I am playing right now — it means playing tennis is part of my life. The tense paints a general picture: habits, routines, facts, and permanent situations. For actions happening at this moment, English uses the present continuous instead.","The third-person -s is the tense's famous trap. The rule itself is small — he, she and it add -s or -es — but it requires constant attention because many languages mark all persons or none. The spelling patterns are regular: verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -ss, -x or -o add -es (watches, goes); consonant + y becomes -ies (studies); everything else adds plain -s.","Negatives and questions bring in the auxiliary 'do', and with it the single most common simple-present error: doubling the -s. Once 'does' appears, it carries the third-person marking, so the main verb returns to the base form — \"Does she work?\", never \"Does she works?\". Think of the -s as moving from the verb onto the auxiliary.","Finally, the simple present pairs naturally with adverbs of frequency — always, usually, often, sometimes, never — which quantify how often the habit happens. Their position is fixed enough to be testable: before a main verb, after 'be'. The exercises above drill each of these points in turn, so a full pass through the page covers all of the tense's problem areas.",[229,241,252,262,272,279,287,294,301,309,318,324,332],{"slug":230,"skill":5,"topic":231,"title":232,"levels":233,"tags":235,"meta_description":239,"updated_at":14,"question_count":240},"future-tenses-exercises","future-tenses","Future Tenses Exercises",[10,234],"B1",[12,236,237,238],"future","will","going-to","Practice English future forms (will, going to, present continuous, present simple) with free interactive exercises, instant feedback and explanations.",18,{"slug":242,"skill":5,"topic":243,"title":244,"levels":245,"tags":247,"meta_description":251,"updated_at":14,"question_count":240},"gerund-infinitive-exercises","gerund-infinitive","Gerund and Infinitive Exercises",[234,246],"B2",[248,249,250],"gerund","infinitive","verb-patterns","Practice gerunds and infinitives (enjoy doing vs decide to do) with free interactive exercises, instant feedback and 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