KET - Key English Grammar: Present and Past Simple Questions and Answers — Questions and Answers
Question 1: My brother is a chef. He ___ delicious food in a restaurant six days a week.
- is cooking
- cook
- cooked
- cooks (Correct answer)
Correct answer: cooks
The sentence describes a routine or a regular action ('six days a week'). For the third-person singular ('He') in the Present Simple tense, we add an '-s' to the end of the verb.
Question 2: We couldn't go to the beach yesterday because it ___ all day.
- rains
- rained (Correct answer)
- is raining
- rain
Correct answer: rained
The word 'yesterday' indicates that the action happened in the past. Therefore, the Past Simple form of the verb 'rain', which is 'rained', is the correct choice.
Question 3: Which sentence about the past is grammatically correct?
- She didn't liked the music at the party.
- They not went to the cinema last night.
- He didn't answer the phone. (Correct answer)
- I not did my homework.
Correct answer: He didn't answer the phone.
The correct structure for a negative sentence in the Past Simple is 'didn't' + the base form of the verb (infinitive). 'He didn't answer' follows this rule correctly.
Question 4: A: 'Where ___ your parents live?' B: 'They live in Manchester.'
- do (Correct answer)
- are
- does
- is
Correct answer: do
To ask a question in the Present Simple about a plural subject ('your parents' / 'they'), we use the auxiliary verb 'do'.
Question 5: My family and I ___ to Spain for our holiday last summer.
- goes
- are going
- go
- went (Correct answer)
Correct answer: went
The phrase 'last summer' shows that this is a completed action in the past, so the Past Simple tense is needed. 'Went' is the irregular past form of the verb 'go'.
Question 6: Which sentence uses the verb tense correctly?
- She doesn't work on Sundays. (Correct answer)
- He always drinked tea in the morning.
- Yesterday, I go to the library.
- They was very busy last week.
Correct answer: She doesn't work on Sundays.
This sentence correctly uses the Present Simple negative ('doesn't work') to describe a regular habit or routine. Option B is wrong because 'always' signals Present Simple, and 'drinked' is an incorrect past form. Option C uses a past time marker ('Yesterday') with a present verb ('go'). Option D is incorrect because the plural subject 'They' requires 'were', not 'was'.
KET - Key English Grammar: Present and Past Simple Questions and Answers
My brother is a chef.
He ___ delicious food in a restaurant six days a week.