Present Continuous/Simple Present

PRESENT CONTINUOUS/SIMPLE PRESENT

1.  Add `-ING´ to the verbs

cut drink do sing make sit

catch kick play sleep cry pay

close clean run jump talk watch

cook eat dance swim try have

2. Write sentences as in the example

·  The children/have/ breakfast _ The children are having breakfast

·  She/ watch/ TV-

·  They /come/out of the house.-

·  Mary/write/ a letter?.-

·  The boys/run/ to school.-

·  The cat/not/ drink/milk.-

·  The girls/sit/ in the living room?-

·  We/not/go /to the cinema

·  Jim/ride/ a bicycle.-

·  Tom and Jim/sing/ a song.-

·  She /not/ work /in the garden /now

3. Add `-S´ to the verbs in exercise 1

4. Complete the sentences about Simon´s routine day

·  Simon (live) in London

·  He (work) in a school

·  He (start) work at 8:30

·  He (stop) work at 2 pm.

·  He (have) lunch at 2:30

·  He and his wife (read) books in the afternoon.

·  He (go) to bed at 10 o´clock

5. Aks four questions about Simon´s routine (use different question-words).

6. Fill in the blanks with the verbs from the box bellow:

BE-LOVE-CLEAN-HAVE-MEET-GO-SLEEP-TEACH-LEARN-COME.

Mary______is a teacher. She______French. The children ______her and they______a lot from her. Mary______home at 3:00 and______lunch.Then she______for an hour. In the afternoon she______shopping or she______her house. Sometimes she______her aunt and_____tea with her. Every Sunday she______her friends.

7. Complete the answers, then answer them in the short way

·  ______the girls like football? No, ______

·  ______Jim eat hamburguers? Yes, ______

·  ______you go to school? Yes, ______

·  ______she drink lemonade? No, ______

·  ______he help his mother? No, ______

·  ______they walk to school? Yes, ______

·  ______fish live in the water?Yes, ______

·  ______your dog sleep in your bedroom?No, ______

·  ______Ann and Mary visit their grandparents? Yes, ______

8. Rules. Circle the correct answer

·  We use present continuous/simple present for permanent or habitual actions

·  We use present continuous/simple present for actions happening now

·  Time expressions with simple present/present continuous : once a week, every day, always, sometimes, never, usually...

Time expressions with simple present/present continuous: now, at this moment, right now.....