Answer Key

Exercise #1. Complete the gaps with the present simple form of the verb in brackets

1. My friend is finding life in Paris a bit difficult. He speaks French.
2. Most students live quite close to the college, so they walk there.
3. My sports kit is really muddy. This shirt need a good wash
4. I've got four cats and two dogs. I love animals.
5. No breakfast for Mark, thanks. He eats breakfast.
6. What's the matter? You look very happy.
7. Don't try to ring the bell. It works.
8. I hate telephone answering machines. I just like talking to them.
9. Matthew is good at badminton. He wins every game.
10. We always travel by bus. We own a car.

Exercise #2: Complete the conversation. Put in the present simple forms.

Rita: (►) Do you like (you / like) football, Tom?

Tom: (►)  I love (1 / love) it. I'm a United fan. (1) I go to all their games.

Nick usually (2) comes with me.

And (3) we  travel to away games, too.

Why (4)don't you come to a match some time?

Rita: I'm afraid football (5) does not make sense to me — men running after

a ball. Why (6) do you take it so seriously?

Tom: It's a wonderful game. (7) I love it. United are my whole life.

Rita: How much (8)does it cost to buy the tickets and pay for the travel?

Tom: A lot. (9) I don't know exactly how much.

But (10) that doesn't matter to me.

(11) I do not want to do anything else.

(12) Does that annoy you?

Rita: No, (13) it does not annoy me.

I just (14) find it a bit sad.