English Grammar Exercises for A1 A2 – Present simple 2: negatives and questions

A. Underline the correct option.

1   I don’t know / doesn’t know the answer.

2   Most trees don’t grow / doesn’t grow very quickly.

3   Do / Does Sara understand this?

4   Do / Does you want to talk about it?

5   The price don’t include / doesn’t include service.

6   I don’t think / doesn’t think he’s very nice.

7   We don’t see / doesn’t see our grandparents very often.

8   They don’t live / doesn’t live very near.

B. Complete the text about black rhinos using the correct present simple forms of the verbs in brackets.

We 1……have…… (have) a large number of rhinos living here. Black rhinos 2………………. (not live) in groups. They 3………………. (prefer) to live alone. Black rhinos are in danger because of their horns. People 4………………. (use) the horns as medicine.

A mother black rhino 5………………. (not have) many babies. A baby 6………………. (stay) with its mother for three to four years. The mother rhino 7………………. (not stay) with the father.

Rhinos 8………………. (not fight) with other animals in the park. In fact, they are friendly animals.

C. Make present simple questions from the words, then answer the questions in your notebook using short answers.

1   a mechanic / fix cars

      Does a mechanic fix cars?

2   you / work at the weekend

      Do you work at the weekend?

3   a vet / look after animals

      ………………………………….

4   zoo keepers / work in shops

      ………………………………….

5   a young colobus money / have white fur

      ………………………………….

6   we / go to school on Sundays

      ………………………………….

7   nurses / work in a hospital

      ………………………………….

8   you / do sport in the evening

      ………………………………….

D. Read part of an interview with a gorilla keeper. Complete her answers, using the verbs in the box.

1   Yes, I ……get up…… at 6.30 every morning.

2   Yes, but they …………………… bananas all the time. They like a lot of other fruit, too.

3   The gorillas in the park are all friends. They …………………… .

4   Yes, it does. The park …………………… more than 50 gorillas.

5   Yes, they do. We …………………… a baby gorilla in the park at the moment.

6   Yes, but sometimes a mother …………………… her baby. Then we help the baby.

7   Yes, I give the baby milk every four hours, day and night. I …………………… in the evening. I sleep at the park.

8   I …………………… my job! No day is the same!

E. What did the interviewer ask? Make present simple questions using the words in brackets and write them in your notebook.

1   ……Do you get up early?…… (early)

2   …………………………………….? (bananas)

3   …………………………………….? (fight)

4   …………………………………….? (a lot of gorillas)

5   …………………………………….? (have babies)

6   …………………………………….? (stay with its mother)

7   …………………………………….? (drink milk)

8   …………………………………….? (like)

Now think of at least three more present simple questions for the gorilla keeper and write them in your notebook.

F. Circle the correct option.

1   A: …………… to go to the zoo?   B: No, I don’t.

      a You wants

      b Want you

      c Do you want

2   We …………… zoos very often.

      a aren’t visit

      b don’t visit

      c doesn’t visit

3   My sister …………… zoos.

      a doesn’t like

      b doesn’t like

      c don’t like

4   She says the animals …………… a very happy life.

      a not have

      b doesn’t have

      c don’t have

5   A: Do the rhinos fight with other animals?

      B: No, …………… .

      a doesn’t they

      b it doesn’t

      c they don’t