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Grammar EXTRA!  Worksheet 1

Simple present, present, and adverbial phrases of frequency

1 Complete the sentences with the correct simple present or
present progressive form of the verbs in parentheses.

1 I      (live) in a large apartment in St. Louis.

2 I      (want) to be a teacher when I finish college.
3 She      (not have) a boyfriend.
4 I      (read) a really interesting book right now.
5 My sister      (wear) her new jeans. They look really good.
6 What      you      (do) this evening?
7 How often      you      (go) to a restaurant?
8 They      (not study) French this year.

2 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1 I’m / after school / when / I / always / get home / hungry
I’m  .
2 I / on Friday / evenings / go dancing / often
I .
3 watches TV / My / every day / brother
My  .
4 go / twice / a year / on vacation / We
We  .
5 often / How / do / buy / new clothes / you ?
How  .
6 basketball / play / once / They / a week
They  .

3 Each sentence has one mistake. Write the correct sentences.

1 My dad like watching soccer on TV. 5 We are going to school every day at 7:30 a.m.
 
 
2 How do you feeling today? 6 What are she wearing to school today?
 
 
3 I once a month work as a volunteer in the hospital. 7 Do you read often science-fiction stories?
 
 
4 She is looking not for a boyfriend right now. 8 I spend next week in Florida on vacation.
 
 

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