Complete the following sentences using appropriate simple present tense forms. Choose your answers from the options given below.

(live, make, get, serve, write, move, celebrate, give, support, stay, earn)

1. Carpenters …………………… furniture.

2. My father …………………. in the army.

3. Birds …………………… in nests.

4. My mother ………………….. up at 4 am.

5. She …………………… a beautiful hand.

6. The earth …………………. round the sun.

7. Our family ………………….. every festival with great fervour.

8. The sun ………………… heat and light and ………………… life on the planet.

9. The old woman ………………….. alone in her big mansion.

10. He …………………. more than I do.

Answers

1. Carpenters make furniture.

2. My father serves in the army.

3. Birds live in nests.

4. My mother gets up at 4 am.

5. She writes a beautiful hand.

6. The earth moves round the sun.

7. Our family celebrates every festival with great fervour.

8. The sun gives heat and light and supports life on the planet.

9. The old woman stays alone in her big mansion.

10. He earns more than I do.

Notes

In the simple present tense when the subject is a singular noun or pronoun, the verb takes the marker –s. When the subject is a plural noun or pronoun, the verb does not take –s.