Simple Present - Practice 03

Simple Present - Exercise 03

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in the blanks with don't or doesn't.

Clark and Sam doesn'tdon't play volleyball. They usually play basketball.
Mr. Jones doesn'tdon't work in the office. He works in the factory.
The butcher doesn'tdon't sell vegetables and fruits. He sells chicken and beef.
I doesn'tdon't have a dog. I have a kitten.
The kids doesn'tdon't swim on Thursday. They usually swim on Saturday.
Tania doesn'tdon't wake up early on the weekend.
Zack doesn'tdon't eat fast food very often. He always eats healthy food.
Aunt Lydia doesn'tdon't work on Saturday. She usually swims or rides bike on Saturday.
Andy and Max doesn'tdon't watch TV in the evening. They usually read book.
We doesn'tdon't really like winter. It's extremely cold in this city during winter.

Information Report

Information report is a factual text. It has information so that the reader learns about a topic. It provides information about living thing such as panda, whale, orchids, or non-living things like cars, computer, and so on.

You have to remember that an information reports:

• Uses facts
• Gives details about a topic
• Doesn't give personals views of the writer

Structure of information report text:

Title

The title represent what the text is going to tell about.

Introductory paragraph

This is the first paragraph. It introduces the subject of the report.

Body paragraph

This paragraphs contain details about the topic. 

Conclusion

We summarize or review the topic that has been described in the previous paragraphs.

Language

We commonly use simple present to write an information report. Simple past and simple future are also possible to use. The information report is written in the third person point of view.

Below are the sample of information report text. Click the title to read them.

Pelicans
Tornados
A Plantlike animal

A Plantlike Animal

Information Report

If you walk along a rocky beach at low tide, you may not notice the sea anemones. When they are dry, anemones look like rock. When they are underwater, they open up and look like flowering plants. They have thick stalk and "petals." But anemones are not rock or plants. They are animals.

The anemone's petals are really poisoned-tipped tentacles. When a small fish swims too close to the anemone, its tentacles close around the fish and full it inside. Then, the anemone digests its meal.

Anemones

People used to think that all sea anemones did was sit and wait for food to come by. But it seems that anemones are more complicated than that. An anemone sprouts buds that become new anemones. Eventually, the anemones form groups. If two groups begin to crowd each other, an anemone war can develop.

An anemone from one group can use its poison tentacles to slap an anemone from the other group. The other anemone can slap back. When the fighting gets serious, the loser may "run away." It slithers out of its enemy's reach.

It's not known yet whether anemones have other way of getting and keeping territory, but scientists are considering further research.

Source: Timed Reading Plus, Edward Spargo

Dry anemone

Tornados

Information Report

A tornado is a powerful, twisting windstorm. It is one of the most destructive of all the storm that we have on earth. A tornado is also called a waterspout.

A tornado is a long cloud which comes down from the sky, It likes a funnel and consists of wind which whirls around and around extremely fast. In fact, the wind can reach a speed of more than 900 km per hour. 

Weather scientists are unable to know exactly when tornadoes will occur. Fortunately, the tornado is not usually very big and it does not last long.

A tornado

Vocabulary

Funnel [N]  : tube

Twirl [V]    : turns in a circle

Pelicans

Information Report

Pelicans are part of the bird family. Pelicans have a big bill with a pouch. Most pelicans have body feathers. All pelicans have webbed feet. Most pelicans live around the coast. Pelicans eat crustaceans, crabs, fish and shrimps. Pelicans fly with their head back. Pelicans lay two, three, or four white eggs. They take thirty five days to hatch.

A pelican 

Vocabulary

Bill [N]              : the beak of bird

Web [N]           : the skin connecting the toes of some birds that help them when swimming

crustacean [N] : types of animals that live in the water and have a hard outer shell.

Simple Present - Practice 02

Simple Present - Practice 02

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in the blanks with "don't" or "doesn't".

Sarah like riding horses.
We play basketball on Wednesday.
I enjoy reading comics.
Lisa have English class on Monday.
My dad drive a car to work. He usually takes the train.
I sometimes have dinner.
My sisters like singing.
Mike eat fast food too much.
Emily and her sister watch TV before bed. They often read.
Uncle Omar visit Jakarta very often.

Simple Present - Practice 01

Simple Present - Practice 01

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in the blanks with correct form of verbs. Choose from the words below.

play - play - swim - have - get - love - like - do - go - enjoy

1. Pat riding her bike.
2. Some kids skateboard at the park on Friday.
3. Alex rock climbing.
4. Kevin and Martin usually their homework in the afternoon.
5. My brother and I to bed at 9 p.m.
6. We holidays in summer.
7. Most people listening to music.
8. Sheila tennis every Saturday
9. They often in the lake.
10. Tom usually up at 6 o'clock.