Present Simple Interactive Exercises

Reading & Grammar: Present Simple

Read the story about Mark the Baker and complete the exercises below.

Glossary

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Baker A person who makes bread and cakes. မုန့်ဖုတ်သမား

Yeast An ingredient used to make bread rise. တဆေး

Flour Powder made from wheat, used for baking. ဂျုံမှုန့်

Customers People who buy things from a shop. ဝယ်သူများ

Routine Things you do every day in the same order. နေ့စဉ်ပုံမှန်လုပ်ဆောင်မှု

Alarm A clock that makes noise to wake you up. နှိုးစက်

Delicious Tasting very good. အရသာရှိသော

A Day in the Life of a Baker

Mark is a baker. He lives in a small town near the mountains. Every day, his alarm rings at 3:00 AM. Mark does not like waking up so early, but he loves his job.

First, he drinks a large cup of strong coffee. Then, he drives to his bakery, "The Golden Loaf." The town is usually very quiet at that time. When he arrives at the shop, he turns on the ovens and mixes the flour, water, and yeast.

Mark works with his assistant, Sarah. Sarah does not make the bread; she makes the cakes and cookies. They listen to the radio while they work. By 7:00 AM, the bakery smells wonderful.

Customers arrive at 7:30 AM to buy fresh bread. Mark talks to everyone and smiles. He finishes work at 1:00 PM and goes home to sleep.

Exercise 1: True or False

1. Mark lives in a big city.

2. Mark wakes up at 3:00 PM.

3. Sarah makes the bread.

4. Mark and Sarah listen to the radio while they work.

Exercise 2: Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

1. My brother (play) football every Saturday.

2. We (live) in a yellow house.

3. The train (leave) at 9:00 AM.

4. She (wash) her car on Sundays.

5. They (study) English at school.

Exercise 3: Negative Sentences

Change the positive sentences into negative sentences using don't or doesn't.

1. I know the answer.

2. Mark drives a red car.

3. They open the shop on Sundays.

Exercise 4: Spelling Rules (-s, -es, -ies)

Choose the correct spelling for the 3rd person singular (He/She/It).

1. (fly) The bird ____ high.

2. (go) He ____ to school by bus.

3. (watch) She ____ TV in the evening.

4. (buy) He ____ bread every day.

Exercise 5: Making Questions

Make questions using Do or Does.

Example: (you / like / pizza) -> Do you like pizza?

1. (you / speak / English)

2. (where / he / live)

3. (they / play / tennis)

4. (what / she / eat / for lunch)

Exercise 6: Find the Mistake

Rewrite the sentences correctly.

1. She live in New York.

2. He don't like coffee.

3. Where does they go?

Exercise 7: Your Routine

Think about your daily routine. Try to answer these questions in your writing to make a complete story:

What time do you wake up?
What do you do first (brush teeth, wash face)?
What do you eat and drink for breakfast?
How do you go to work or school?
Who do you eat lunch with?
What do you do in the evening to relax?
What time do you go to bed?

(Practice writing this on a piece of paper or in your notebook).

Sample Answer (English):
I usually wake up at 7:00 AM because my alarm rings. First, I brush my teeth and wash my face. Then, I eat toast and drink hot tea for breakfast. I take the bus to work at 8:00 AM because I don't have a car. I work in an office from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. I eat lunch with my colleagues at 12:30 PM. In the afternoon, I finish my work and sometimes I go to the gym. In the evening, I cook dinner for my family and we watch TV together. Finally, I read a book and go to bed at 10:30 PM.

Myanmar Translation:
ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ ပုံမှန် မနက် ၇ နာရီမှာ နှိုးစက်မြည်လို့ အိပ်ရာထပါတယ်။ ပထမဆုံး သွားတိုက်ပြီး မျက်နှာသစ်ပါတယ်။ ပြီးနောက် မနက်စာအတွက် ပေါင်မုန့်ကင်စားပြီး လက်ဖက်ရည်ပူပူ သောက်ပါတယ်။ ကားမရှိတဲ့အတွက် မနက် ၈ နာရီမှာ အလုပ်ကို ဘတ်စ်ကားနဲ့ သွားပါတယ်။ မနက် ၉ နာရီကနေ ညနေ ၅ နာရီအထိ ရုံးမှာ အလုပ်လုပ်ပါတယ်။ နေ့လည် ၁၂ နာရီခွဲမှာ လုပ်ဖော်ကိုင်ဖက်တွေနဲ့ နေ့လည်စာ စားပါတယ်။ နေ့လည်ဘက်မှာ အလုပ်ပြီးတော့ တစ်ခါတစ်ရံ အားကစားရုံ (gym) ကို သွားပါတယ်။ ညနေဘက်မှာ မိသားစုအတွက် ညစာချက်ပြီး အတူတူ တီဗီကြည့်ကြပါတယ်။ နောက်ဆုံးမှာတော့ စာအုပ်ဖတ်ပြီး ည ၁၀ နာရီခွဲမှာ အိပ်ရာဝင်ပါတယ်။