Present Simple and Present Continuous

Exercise 1

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present continuous).

  1. Look! He (leave)______the house.
  2. Quiet please! I (write)______a test.
  3. She usually (walk)______to school.
  4. But look! Today she (go)______by bike.
  5. Every Sunday we (go)______to see my grandparents.
  6. He often (go)______to the cinema.
  7. We (play)______Monopoly at the moment.
  8. The child seldom (cry)______.
  9. I (not / do)______anything at the moment.
  10. (watch / he)______the news regularly?

Exercise 2

Complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present Continuous).

  1. This (be)______Marc.
  2. He (wear)______a t-shirt and shorts today.
  3. He (eat)______an apple at the moment.
  4. Marc (like)______fruits and vegetables.
  5. He (eat)______some every day.
  6. Marc (know)______that apples (be)______good for his health.

Exercise 3

Complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present Continuous).

  1. These (be)______Linda and Jeff.
  2. Linda (be)______Jeff's little sister.
  3. At the moment, the two kids (sit)______on the floor.
  4. Jeff (hold)______a book right now, he (read)______a story to Linda.
  5. Look! Linda (listen)______carefully and she (look)______at the beautiful pictures.
  6. Linda (love)______Jeff's stories.
  7. He (read)______a story to her every day.
  8. Jeff sometimes even (write)______his own stories

Exercise 4

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Continuous.

  1. I (be)______very busy today.
  2. At noon I (visit)______my friend Tanya.
  3. We (want)______to have lunch together.
  4. In the afternoon I (play)______squash with Emily.
  5. In the evening, I (meet)______Rob.
  6. We (go)______to the cinema. The film (start)______at 8 pm.

Exercise 5

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Continuous.

  1. Look! Jenny (go)______to school.
  2. She (wear)______a raincoat and wellies and she (carry)______an umbrella.
  3. Jenny usually (cycle)______to school, but today she (take)______the bus because it (rain)______.
  4. The bus (leave)______at 7.35 and (arrive)______at Jenny's school at 7.45.
  5. The first lesson (begin)______at 8 o'clock.

Exercise 6

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Continuous.

  1. James (live)______in a little village.
  2. He (be)______in his last year at school.
  3. After school, James (want)______to become a banker.
  4. So this week, he (do)______a practical course in a bank.
  5. There (be)______a bank in a nearby town, but James (have)______to take the bus to get there.
  6. The bus (leave)______at 5.30 in the morning and (return)______at 8.15 in the evening.
  7. James (not / like)______to spend so much time in town before and after work, waiting for the bus.
  8. Therefore, this week he (stay)______with his aunt, who (live)______in town.
  9. James usually (wear)______jeans and t-shirts, but while he (work)______for the bank now, he (wear)______a suit and a tie.

Exercise 7

Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Continuous.

  1. Today (be)______Betty's birthday.
  2. Betty (love)______birthdays.
  3. She (be)______always very excited and (wake up)______very early.
  4. At six o'clock in the morning, Betty (hear)______a noise.
  5. She (get up)______and (go)______into the sitting room.
  6. What (go on)______?
  7. Look! Betty's cat Carlos (sit)______on the table and he (play)______with Betty's present.

Exercise 8

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Continuous.

  1. Mary and Joe (be)______in a clothes shop at the moment.
  2. They (look)______at some jeans.
  3. Joe only (have)______one very old pair of jeans.
  4. So he (want)______to buy a new pair of jeans now.
  5. Right now, he (try on)______a pair of blue jeans.
  6. ˝These jeans (fit)______very well,˝ he (say)______.
  7. ˝But they (not suit)______you,˝ Mary (reply)______. ˝Try on another pair.˝
  8. ˝What (think / you)______?˝ he (ask)______Mary, when he has tried on another pair.
  9. ˝Great! How much (cost / they)______?˝

English Test Simple Present and Present Continuous

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Present Continuous

Write the ing-form of the following verbs.

  1. fly - ______
  2. book - ______
  3. hit - ______
  4. take - ______
  5. lie - ______

Simple Present

Write the 3rd person singular of the following verbs (in Simple Present).

  1. do - he ______
  2. worry - she ______
  3. play - she ______
  4. watch - he ______
  5. might - she ______

Use:When to use which tense?

  1. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: Look!, now? ______
  2. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: often, seldom, never? ______
  3. For actions happening at the moment of speaking, we use ______
  4. For actions set by a timetable or schedule, we use ______
  5. In a story, for present actions happening one after another, we use ______
  6. For arrangements for the near future, we use ______.

Positive sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous.

  1. We (help)______in the canteen this week.
  2. Martin usually (drive)______to work.
  3. But today, he (take)______the bus.
  4. Listen! She (practise)______the piano.
  5. My friend (play)______the guitar every evening.

Negative sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous.

  1. He (not / spend)______his holidays in Spain each year.
  2. I (not / meet)______Francis tonight.
  3. They (not / fly)______to London tomorrow.
  4. We (not / work)______this week.
  5. The film (not / begin)______at 7 o'clock.

Questions

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous.

  1. (leave / you)______the party now?
  2. (have / you)______any brothers or sisters?
  3. (love / she)______him?
  4. Who (cook)______dinner tonight?
  5. (send / he)______you an e-mail every day?

Text

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous.

  1. Maria (want)______to improve her English.
  2. Therefore, she (do)______a language course in London at the moment.
  3. She (stay)______with a host family and (must)______take the tube to get to her language school.
  4. It (be)______only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.
  5. The tube (leave)______at half past eight.
  6. The first lesson (begin)______at 9 o'clock.
  7. In the afternoons, the school (offer)______sightseeing tours in and around London.
  8. Tomorrow, the students of the language school (go)______to Windsor.

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