1) Use the right form of the verbs in brackets.
1. This man (know) from his experience what it (mean).
2. Nothing (happen) by accident.
3. As man (grow) older, he (tend) to be more skeptical.
4. My mother often (tell) me that you not (leave) your problems behind you
when you (go) to another place. Pain and heartache (travel) well. And indeed they (do).
5. Mrs. Osborne (own) this business and she (run) it herself.
6. He (be) a complete mystery to me.
7. What he (do) for a living?
8. In Rome every building (tell) its own story.
9. My great-grandmother is very old, but she (hear, see and understand) everything quite well.
10. I (remember) that Margaret (own) a villa on the Adriatic.
2) Complete the sentences with the words from the box using them in the proper form of the Present Simple Tense.
Look; be; go; seem; have; rain; start; eat; take; snow; speak; win.
1. The child … to school every day. His father … him there in his car.
2. She always … lunch at school.
3. Richard's life in Paris is a bit difficult. He … only English.
4. What's the matter? You … very sad.
5. Liz is good at tennis. She … every game.
6. It … quite reasonable.
7. Winter is warm here. It … very seldom. But sometimes it …
8. Helen is on a diet. She … a little.
9. He … in a hurry.
10. The exams at school … in April.
3) Open the brackets and use the proper tense.
1. Linda and I (work) for a company, which (produce) automobiles.
2. We both (work) at an office which (be) just in front of the factory where cars (be made).
3. I (start) work at ten o'clock, and Linda (come) to the office at nine.
4. She (be) good at typing, she (write) letters and reports every day.
5. She (not know) French very well, so she often (go) to the sixth floor where I (work),
6.1 sometimes (help) her translate letters, as I (know) French rather well.
7. Linda also (answer) telephone calls, sometimes she (show) visitors around the factory.
8. She (do) common paperwork, she (write) memos, (file) reports, (answer) letters.
9. She often (arrange) meetings for her boss and other managers of the company.
10. You (understand) what her job (be)? Yes, she (be) a secretary.