PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or the Present
Continuous.
Is Sue ………………………
1. ……………………… sitting (sit) next to you at the moment?
2. He ………………………… (play) football every Monday.
3. ……………………… Lyn and Sally ……………………… (study) English on Wednesdays?
4. I ………………………… (not cut) my hair now.
5. She ………………………… (want) a new hairstyle.
6. We ………………………… (make) dinner right now
Circle the correct answer.
1. You usually buy / are buying your clothes at the shopping centre.
2. We look / are looking at shoes right now.
3. Laura always wears / is wearing a hair band.
4. My parents have / are having dinner at a restaurant at the moment.
5. My brother doesn’t run / isn’t running five kilometres every day.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple affirmative.
1. Connie buys
…………………… (buy) a new schoolbag every year.
2. My father …………………… (wash) the dishes every evening.
3. Len and Dan …………………… (play) football in the park after school.
4. She …………………… (take) her dictionary to school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
5. I …………………… (use) a calculator to do my maths homework.
5. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple.
goes
Glen 1…………………… (go) to an alternative school. He 2…………………… (not get) marks and his teachers
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…………………… (not choose) his lessons. Students at Glen’s school 4…………………… (decide) which
subjects to study. They 5…………………… (find) professionals to teach them. Also, students
sometimes 6…………………… (visit) professionals at work and they 7…………………… (learn) about their
jobs. Some students 8…………………… (work), but they 9…………………… (not receive) money. It’s a
learning experience.
6. Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Simple.
not see • feed • do • know • not have • put • not like • not watch • go
1. don’t
We …………………… have
usually …………………… don’t like
lunch at school because we ……………………the food.
2. Jack always …………………… the dog before he …………………… to school.
3. …………………… you …………………… the name of our new history teacher?
4. Where …………………… Graham usually …………………… the keys? I …………………… them on the
table.
5. Linda always …………………… her homework after school. She …………………… TV in the
afternoon.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Continuous.
1. The football player is running (run) with the ball.
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2. The children …………………… (not watch) TV right now. They …………………… (take) a nap.
3. Amanda …………………… (wait) in a queue with her friends at the moment.
4. We …………………… (not have) a meal at the café. We …………………… (drink) lemonade.
5. I …………………… (not play) computer games now. I …………………… (write) an e-mail.
6. Phil …………………… (not ride) his bike to the supermarket right now.
[Link] questions with the words below. Use the Present Continuous.
1. you / watch / TV / right now
Are you watching TV right now?
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2. what / Dan / do / at the moment
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3. why / you / order / a pizza
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4. it / rain / outside / now
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5. where / you and your father / go
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5. Complete the answers with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Continuous.
Then match the answers to the questions in Exercise 4.
is shining (shine).
…… a. No, it isn’t. The sun ……………………
…… b. Because we …………………… (have) pizza for dinner.
…… c. He …………………… (take) a photo of our family.
…… d. No, I’m not. I …………………… (practise) the piano at the moment.
…… e. We …………………… (walk) to the zoo now.
