UNIT 2 Exercises

UNIT 2 Simple present Exercises 


2.1 Put the verb into correct form. 


Examples: water boils (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius. 

George doesn't go (not/go) to the movies very often.

How many languages  do you speak (you speak)?


1. The swimming pool_________________(open) at 900 and________________(close) 6:30 every day.

2. What time___________________ (the banks/close) here?

3. I have a car, but I_________________(not use) it very often.

4. How many cigarcttes 

5. What_________________(you do)?        " I'm an electrical engineer. 

6. Where_________________ (your father from?      "He__________________ (come) from Mexico." 

7. It__________________ (take) me an hour to get to work. How long________________(it/take) you? 

8. I_________________(play) the piano, but I __________________(not/play) very well. 


9. I don't understand the word "deceive''. What___________________ ("deceive"/ mean)?



2.2 Read these sentences and correct them. The English correct but the information is wrong. Write two is correct sentences each time.


Example: The sun goes around the earth.   The sun doesn't go around the earth. The earth goes round the sun 


1. The sun rises in the west._________________________________________________________.

2. Mice catch cats.________________________________________________________________. 

3. Carpenters make things from metal._________________________________________________.

4. The Amazon River flows into the Pacific Ocean.________________________________________.


2.3 Use these sentences to make questions. Begin your questions with the word(s) in parentheses(. . .).


Examples: Tom plays tennis. (How often?)  How often does Tom play tennis?

 jog in the morning. (What time /usually?)  What time do you usually jog? 


1. Ann watches television. (How often?) How often________________________________________.

2. I write to my parents, (How often?)__________________________________________________.
 
3. I have dinner in the evening (What time usually?)________________________________________.
 
4. Tom works. (Where?)____________________________________________________________.
 
5. I go to the movies, (How often?)____________________________________________________.
 
6 People do stupid things (Why?)_____________________________________________________.

7. The car breaks down. (How often?)__________________________________________________.