Tenses are one of the fundamental aspects of English grammar that every student needs to comprehend and masterfully. You will need to do as many exercises as you can and incorporate them into your daily conversations to make this possible. You can test your understanding of the present tense by trying some easy activities provided in this article.

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Workouts with Solutions

1. He _____________ three languages. (speak/ speaks)
2. Annie is a professor. She _______________ Malayalam. ( teach / teaches)
3. Those bags ________________ too much. (weigh/weighs)
4. She always _________________ her bicycle on Sundays. (clean/cleans)
5. Riya ___ table tennis every evening. ( plays/play)
6. Sam rarely ___ his room. ( leave/ leaves)
7. The girls ___ hard to get good marks. (work/ works)
8. Saya ___ up at 8 a.m. every day. (wake/ wakes)
9. I ________________ to eat ice cream. (love/ loves)
10. She ________to me every day. (not come/ does not come)
11. Jira ______ in Paris. (lived/ lives)
12. Dini and Renal ______ to walk together. (like/ likes)
13. We all need your ________. (support/ supporting)
14. It ____________ on me. (does not work/ do not work)
15. Asmi _____ in a public school. (works/ work)
16. He ____ a teacher. (be/ is)
17. Students from all over the world _____ her classes. (attend/ has attended)
18. She ______ time to correct a few tests on the bus. (has/ had)
19. Angel ________ any siblings of his own. (does not have/ not have)
20. I ______ consume milk. (have not/ do not)
21. Math _____ her thing. (is not/ was not)
22. I ______  from England. (don’t come/ no come)
23. I_____ not exactly well today. (am/ is)
24. The walls _______ covered in her pictures. (is/are)
25. My wife ____ a performer. (am/ is)

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Solutions

1. Speaks
2. Teaches
3. Weigh
4. Cleans
5. Plays
6. Leaves
7. Work
8. Wakes
9. Love
10. Does not come
11. Lives
12. Like
13. Support
14. Does not work
15. Works
16. Is
17. Attend
18. Has
19. Does not have
20. Do not
21. is not
22. don’t come
23. Am
24. Are
25. Is

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Frequently Asked Questions on Simple Present Tense

1. When can you use the simple present tense?

General statements, universal truths, habits, and even quotations from any text are all expressed in the simple present tense.