Simple present tense worksheet

Complete the following sentences using the simple present tense form of the verb.

The simple present tense is different from other tenses in that it takes the marker -s when the subject is a singular noun or the pronoun he, she or it.

1. Young children .................. something new every day. (learn / learns / learned)

2. Good students always .................. hard. (work / works / worked)

3. Architects .................. buildings. (design / designs / designed)

4. My brother is an architect. He .................. skyscrapers. (design / designs / designed)

5. Some birds .................. every year. (migrate / migrates / migrated)

6. A vegetarian is a person who never .................. meat. (eat / eats / ate)

7. The Himalayas .................. India from Nepal. (divide / divides / divided)

8. It always .................. here in winter. (rain / rains / rained)

9. My father .................. in a factory. (work / works / worked)

10. Susie .................. English very well, but she doesn’t understand Hindi. (speak / speaks / spoke)

11. Cows .................. on grass. (feed / feeds / fed)

12. The trains to Bangalore always .................. on time. (run / runs / ran)

Answers

1. Young children learn something new every day.

2. Good students always work hard.

3. Architects design buildings.

4. My brother is an architect. He designs skyscrapers.

5. Some birds migrate every year.

6. A vegetarian is a person who never eats meat.

7. The Himalayas divide India from Nepal.

8. It always rains here in winter.

9. My father works in a factory.

10. Susie speaks English very well, but she doesn't understand Hindi.

11. Cows feed on grass.

12. The trains to Bangalore always run on time.

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Tenses
The simple present tense
The present progressive tense
The present perfect tense
The present perfect progressive tense
Present tenses to talk about the future
The simple past tense
The past progressive tense
The past perfect tense
The past perfect progressive tense
Past verb forms with present or future meaning
The simple future tense
The future progressive tense
The future perfect tense