Unit 1 Exercise

Complete the sentences with the present simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Sam
   (not live) near me.
    
2. Sofia
   (drive) to work.
    
3. she
   (speak) any other languages?
    
4. I
   (not like) waking up early.
    
5. they
   (see) each other at the weekends?
    
6. We
   (be) very tired.
    
7. Some people
   (not need) a lot of sleep.
    
8. (be) your bus late?
    
9. He
   (have) a big house in the country.

Complete the text with words from the boxes. Use a phrase from box A or a verb from box B in each gap. You do not need all the words in the boxes.

A: always      every day      never      often      rarely       two or three times a month      usually

B: eat           get up               go              have           leave            make           meet

I

Complete the sentences with the present continuous form of these verbs.

Verbs: become         build           go         not work         talk         wait         write

1. I

   for the bus.

    

2. A: Where

   you
   ?
   B: To the supermarket. We need milk!

    

3. She

   this week because she’s on holiday.

    

4. A: What are you doing?
   B: I

   an email to my friend.

    

5. A: Where’s Michael?
   B: He

   to someone on the phone.

    

6. They

   a new house on my road.

    

7. More and more people
   vegetarian.
    

Complete the pairs of sentences with the verb in brackets. Use the present simple form in one sentence and the present continuous form in the other.

1. I

   my lunch very early today.
   I normally
   at 1 p.m. (eat)

    

2. Tina rarely

   to work. But today she
   because of the rain. (drive)

    

3. She

   to her brother on the phone right now. They
   at this time every day. (talk)

    

4. It’s 6 p.m. and I

   hard in the office.
   I normally
   only until 5 p.m. (work)

    

5. I
   the shopping now. I always
   the shopping at this time. (do)

Complete the text with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs.

The Mediterranean diet

People in countries like Italy, Spain, France and Greece