Mini-Test

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

1. Mary _______________ (not love) going fishing with her friends.

2. ________ your mum ___________ on Sundays? (work)
3. My brother ______________ football on television at the weekends. (watch)
4. Listen! Dad ___________________ (sing) in the bathroom.
5. My friends _________ (not like) tennis. They love basketball.
6. Be quiet! The cats __________________ under that table! (sleep)
7. Shh! My sister __________ her homework right now. Don’t make noise. (do)
8. My mum _________ the dog for a walk every day. (take)
9. Elizabeth usually ______________ to school by bus. (go)
10. _______ you __________ computer games now? (play)
11. Me and my family ___________ in Greece.
Where ________ you ________? (live)
12. I can’t come there now!! I ______________ my teeth! (brush)
13. My brother always ___________ to music at nights. (listen)
14. _______ Amanda__________ her grandma every Saturday? (visit)
15. Where is mum? She ________________ some cookies in the kitchen. (make)
16. Look! The baby __________________!!! (walk) Ohh!!This is super!
17. We ______________ our little cat three times a day. (feed)
18. __________ Samantha ____________ her car every week? (wash)
19. Listen!!The children _________________ the “Happy Birthday” song to their
teacher! (sing)
20. _________ your friends ___________ to church on Sundays? (go)
21. _________ flamingos ____________ ?(fly?)

22. __________ your dad _____________ watching cartoons on television?

23. Listen! The teacher _______________________ to the children. (talk)
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24. ________ you ___________ early in the mornings? (wake up)
25. Where _________ your uncle Pete ______________? (live)
26. My friend Mary ___________ in Italy. It’s great there! (live)
27. I always ___________ lots of ice-cream in summer. (eat)
28. My mum _______________ (not like) eating peas and broccoli.
29. My sister ____________ her homework at 5 o’clock every day. (do)
30. Be quiet! Our teacher __________________! (talk)
31. Listen! This parrot ________________ a funny song! (sing)
32. Shh! Our mum and dad _________________ on that sofa. (sleep)
33. Look! Those boys _______________ football in the garden. Let’s go with them. (play)
34. Where ________ you _________? (live)
35. Rebecca _____________ books. (not read) she prefers listening to music.
36. Hurry up!! They _______________(not look). Let’s hide in that room over there!
37. “Mum! Where are you? Can you help me?”
“I can’t help you now. I _________________ the dishes in the kitchen. (wash)
38. My sisters ________________ the dog right now. He’s dirty. (wash)
39. _________ your family__________ to the supermarket many times a month?(go)
40. Our teachers ______________ us lots of homework to do. (give)

Score: _________________

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Circle the correct verbs

1) She IS GOING / GOES / GO to Salta at the moment

2) They ARE WRITING / WRITES / WRITE an e-mail now

3) They always ARE GETTING UP / GETS UP / GET UP at seven o´clock

4) My Friend Anna STUDY / STUDIES / IS STUDYING english every Friday

5) My mother IS TRAVELLING / TRAVELS / TRAVEL to Mendoza next week

6) Anna sometimes PLAYS / PLAY / IS PLAYING tennis

7) She PLAYS / PLAY / IS PLAYING tennis next Saturday

8) We DON´T SMOKE / AREN´T SMOKE / DOESN´T SMOKE at the moment

9) I AM NOT GOING / DON´T GO / DOESN´T GO to Mary´s party next Saturday night

10) My cat STAY / STAYS / IS STAYING on the sofa every

day

Complete

1) She often...........................(get) up at 7, but today she

..............................................(get) at 7.30

2) They ................... ( go) to the park at the weekends, but next one they

.............................. (go) to the museum

3) Anna (study)............................. Engllish every Friday, but this Friday she

(study)......................... French

4) That girl often (have) .............................luch at school, but next week she

(have)...................... lunch at home

5) She usually (wear)..................... uniform at school, but next Monday she

(wear)................................ a tracksuit.-

Complete

The train always ________________(leave) on time.

"What's the matter? Why ________________(cry/you)?"

That's strange. They________________(not to watch) TV.

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He________________(not to speak) very good English.

Please be quiet! I________________( do) my homework.

Where________________(live/they)?

Listen! John ________________ music! ( play)

I never ________________(go) to the swimming pool.

Harold Black's a famous pianist. He________________(give) two or three concerts every

week. He ________________ (travel) a lot and this week he's in New York.

He________________(stay) at an expensive hotel. He's at his hotel now.

He________________(have) his breakfast in the dining−room. He________________(drink) a

cup of coffee and he________________(read) a newspaper. Harold's always very busy.

He________________(play) the piano regularly. He________________(practise) for four

hours every day. He________________(go) to bed late and he always ________________

(get up) early. But he sometimes________________(get) dressed too quickly, and this

morning

he________________(20: wear) one blue sock and one red one!

ANSWERS
1. leaves | 2. are you crying | 3. are not watching (= aren't watching) | 4. does not
speak (= doesn't speak) | 5. am
doing | 6. do they live | 7. is playing | 8. go
9. gives | 10. travels | 11. is staying (= he's staying) | 12. is having | 13. is drinking |
14. is reading | 15. plays | 16.
practises | 17. doesn't go | 18. gets up | 19. gets | 20. is wearing

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 We use Present Simple for: We use Present Continuous for:
* things in general or things that happen * something that is happening at or around the
repeatedly; moment of speaking (the action is not finished);
e.g. (+) Water boils at 1000Celsius. e.g. (+) The water is boiling. Can you turn it off?
( - ) It doesn’t rain very much in summer. ( - ) Let’s go out. It isn’t raining now.
( ? ) What do you usually do at weekends? ( ? ) What are you doing in the kitchen, dad?
* a permanent situation; * a temporary situation;
e.g. (+) My parents live in London. e.g. (+) I am living with some friends until I find a flat.
( - ) He is lazy. He doesn’t work very hard most of ( - ) “You are working very hard today.” “Yes, I’ve
the time. got a lot to do.”
( ? ) What subjects do you learn at school? ( ? ) “What are you learning?” “Maths.”

Choose the correct answer:

1. Every day he ....... a bottle of 6. Margaret .... tennis at 11. We ............. pizza
beer. the moment. right now.
a) is drinking a) plays a) eat
b) drinks b) are playing b) is eating
c) drink c) is playing c) are eating
d) are drinking d) play d) eats

2. She ........ a good novel at 7. He has so much money that 12. She ..............
present. he ...... a new car every year. a coffee at the
a) read moment.
a) buy
b) reads a) have
b) are buying
c) is reading b) is having
c) is buying
d) are reading c) are having
d) buys
d) has
3. He ................ a sandwich 8. I ........... to school every
now. 13. They always ….. their
weekday.
a) eats presents under the Christmas
a) go
b) are eating tree.
b) am going
a) find
c) eat c) goes
b) finds
d) is eating d) is going
c) are finding
4. They usually .......... a party 9. “Where are you going?” d) is finding
on Saturdays. “I…… to school.”
14. It ......... very often in this
a) are having a) go country.
b) have b) am going a) rain
c) has c) are going b) is raining
d) is having d) goes c) rains
d) are raining
5. Fred usually .... football on 10. We often ....... a roast
Sunday morning. chicken on Sundays. 15. I ………….. .
a) plays a) eat a) don’t smoke
b) are playing b) is eating b) am not smoking
c) is playing c) are eating c) doesn’t smoke
d) play d) eats d) don’t smokes

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16. In her free time she...... 24. The children usually 32. I often ..........
books. .... snowmen in winter. milk before
a) read going to bed.
a) makes a) drink
b) reads
b) are making b) drinks
c) is reading
c) make c) am drinking
d) are reading
d) is making d) are drinking
17. We often ................. fruit
25. I never ..... letters in my 33. Shhh! Be quiet. The
and vegetables.
office. baby……. .
a) are buying a) type a) sleeps
b) buys b) is typing b) are sleeping
c) is buying c) am typing c) is sleeping
d) buy d) types d) sleep
18. I .......... a shower 26. I ...... all the 34. They never ...... chess on
every day. letters at the Sundays.
a) have moment. a) are playing
b) am having a) type b) is playing
c) has b) am typing c) play
d) is having c) is typing d) plays
d) types
19. He often .............. 35. They .........
TV in the evening. 27. We usually ..... coffee after a party just now.
a) watch dinner. a) have
b) is watching a) have b) are having
c) are watching b) is having c) has
c) are having d) is having
d) watches
d) has
20. “David, what ........ you 36. I always............. breakfast in
…….?” “I am 28. On Sundays he usually .... the morning.
reading a book.” at 11 o’clock.
a) get up a) have
a) do/do b) gets up b) has
b) are/doing c) are getting up c) am having
c) are /do d) is getting up d) are having
d) does/doing
29. I often ........... 37. He ........ his dog for a walk 3
21. They usually .... ten miles to the radio. times a day.
every day. a) listens a) are taking
b) listen b) is taking
a) are cycling c) take
b) cycle c) is listening
d) are listening d) takes
c) cycles
d) is cycling 30. We always ...... 38. I rarely ............. junk
tennis at six. food.
22. It ..... very often in a) is eating
winter. a) plays
b) play b) am eating
a) is snowing c) eat
b) snow c) are playing
d) is playing d) eats
c) are snowing
d) snows 31. The weather is fantastic! It’s 39. My ballet lessons ............. at
warm and the sun ….. . Let’s 5 o’clock every day.
23. .... she often .... juice for
breakfast? have a picnic! a) start
a) shines b) starts
a) Does/drink c) is starting
b) Is/drinking b) shine
c) is shining d) are starting
c) Do/drinks
d) are shining
d) Is/drinks

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 We use Present Simple for: We use Present Continuous for:
* things in general or things that happen * something that is happening at or around the
repeatedly; moment of speaking (the action is not finished);
e.g. (+) Water boils at 1000Celsius. e.g. (+) The water is boiling. Can you turn it off?
( - ) It doesn’t rain very much in summer. ( - ) Let’s go out. It isn’t raining now.
( ? ) What do you usually do at weekends? ( ? ) What are you doing in the kitchen, dad?
* a permanent situation; * a temporary situation;
e.g. (+) My parents live in London. e.g. (+) I am living with some friends until I find a flat.
( - ) He is lazy. He doesn’t work very hard most of ( - ) “You are working very hard today.” “Yes, I’ve
the time. got a lot to do.”
( ? ) What subjects do you learn at school? ( ? ) “What are you learning?” “Maths.”

Choose the correct answer:

1. Every day he ....... a bottle of 6. Margaret .... tennis at 11. We ............. pizza
beer. the moment. right now.
a) is drinking a) plays a) eat
b) drinks b) are playing b) is eating
c) drink c) is playing c) are eating
d) are drinking d) play d) eats
2. She ........ a good novel at 7. He has so much money that 12. She ..............
present. he ...... a new car every year. a coffee at the
a) read a) buy moment.
b) reads b) are buying a) have
c) is reading c) is buying b) is having
d) are reading d) buys c) are having
d) has
3. He ................ a sandwich 8. I ........... to school every
now. weekday. 13. They always ..... their
a) eats a) go presents under the
b) are eating b) am going Christmas tree.
c) eat c) goes a) find
d) is eating d) is going b) finds
c) are finding
4. They usually .......... a party 9. “Where are you going?” d) is finding
on Saturdays. “I…… to school.”
a) are having a) go 14. It ......... very often in this
b) have b) am going country.
c) has c) are going a) rain
d) is having d) goes b) is raining
c) rains
5. Fred usually .... football on 10. We often ....... a roast d) are raining
Sunday morning. chicken on Sundays.
a) eat 15. I ………….. .
a) plays
b) is eating a) don’t smoke
b) are playing
c) are eating b) am not smoking
c) is playing
d) eats c) doesn’t smoke
d) play
d) don’t smoke

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16. In her free time she...... .... snowmen in winter. milk before
books. going to bed.
a) read a) makes a) drink
b) reads b) are making b) drinks
c) is reading c) make c) am drinking
d) are reading d) is making d) are drinking
17. We often ................. fruit 25. I never ..... letters in my 33. Shhh! Be quiet. The
and vegetables. office. baby……. .
a) type a) sleeps
a) are buying b) is typing b) are sleeping
b) buys c) am typing c) is sleeping
c) is buying d) types d) sleep
d) buy
26. I ...... all the 34. They never ...... chess on
18. I .......... a shower letters at the Sundays.
every day. moment. a) are playing
a) have a) type b) is playing
b) am having b) am typing c) play
c) has c) is typing d) plays
d) is having d) types
35. They .........
19. He often .............. 27. We usually ..... coffee after a party just now.
TV in the evening. dinner. a) have
a) watch a) have b) are having
b) is watching b) is having c) has
c) are watching c) are having d) is having
d) watches d) has
36. I always............. breakfast in
20. “David, what ........ you 28. On Sundays he usually .... the morning.
…….?” “I am at 11 o’clock. a) have
reading a book.” a) get up b) has
a) do/do b) gets up c) am having
b) are/doing c) are getting up d) are having
c) are /do d) is getting up
d) does/doing 37. He ........ his dog for a walk 3
29. I often ........... times a day.
21. They usually .... ten miles to the radio. a) are taking
every day. a) listens b) is taking
b) listen c) take
a) are cycling c) is listening d) takes
b) cycle d) are listening
c) cycles 38. I rarely ............. junk
d) is cycling 30. We always ...... food.
tennis at six. a) is eating
22. It ..... very often in b) am eating
a) plays
winter. c) eat
b) play
a) is snowing d) eats
c) are playing
b) snow
d) is playing
c) are snowing 39. My ballet lessons ............. at
d) snows 31. The weather is fantastic! It’s 5 o’clock every day.
warm and the sun ….. . Let’s
23. .... she often .... juice for a) start
have a picnic!
breakfast? b) starts
a) shines c) is starting
a) Does/drink d) are starting
b) shine
b) Is/drinking
c) is shining
c) Do/drinks
d) are shining
d) Is/drinks
32. I often ..........
24. The children usually
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 Affirmative form: Questions:
I am eating an apple. Am I eating an apple?
You are eating an apple. Is she drinking tea?
He is eating an apple.
She is drinking tea. Negative form:
It is eating an apple. I am not eating an apple.
We are eating an apple. You are not eating an apple.
You are eating an apple. He is not eating an apple.
They are eating an apple. She is not drinking tea.
It is not eating an apple.
We are not eating an apple.
You are not eating an apple.
They are not eating an apple.

We use this tense to talk about:

- actions that take place right now, at present
- actions that take place temporarily,
- when something becomes a trend: More and more people are buying iPhones.
- when somebody irritates us: You are always biting your nails!
- when we talk about plans for future (activity has been arranged)

Expressions that are characteristic to this tense:

now, at the moment, today, tonight, at present

EXERCISE 1: Form the gerund (-ing)

o go - ………………………………. o read - ……………………………….
o swim - ………………………………. o draw - ……………………………….
o play - ………………………………. o bake - ……………………………….
o sing - ………………………………. o take - ……………………………….
o do - ………………………………. o put - ……………………………….
o wait - ………………………………. o travel - ……………………………….

EXERCISE 2: Write is/are/am.

1. I …………. swimming. 6. We …………. cooking.
2. She …………. drawing. 7. Peter …………. walking the dog.
3. He …………. laughing. 8. The girls …………. smiling.
4. They …………. painting. 9. The boy …………. shouting.
5. He …………. having fun. 10. My friends …………. riding a bike.

EXERCISE 3: Form the negative form:

1. I am swimming right now.
………………………………………………………..

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 2. She is driving a car.
………………………………………………………..
3. They are baking a cake.
………………………………………………………..
4. We are cooking dinner.
………………………………………………………..
5. Peter and Ann are waiting for John.
………………………………………………………..

EXERCISE 4: Form questions:

1. I am riding a horse right now.
………………………………………………………..
2. She is looking at me.
………………………………………………………..
3. He is sleeping.
………………………………………………………..
4. They are reading books.
………………………………………………………..
5. Catherine is cleaning her room.
………………………………………………………..

EXERCISE 5: Write the correct form:

1. I ___________ (watch) a movie.
2. Someone ___________ (look) at me.
3. My friend ___________ (cook) lunch.
4. They ___________ (sleep).
5. Natalie ___________ (study).
6. Martha___________ (read) a book.
7. My sisters ___________ (watch) TV.
8. John___________ (wait).
9. He___________ (learn).
10. She ___________ (play) computer games.
11. Who ___________(listen) to music?
12. They___________ (do) nothing.
13. You ___________ (eat) cookies.
14. Elizabeth ___________ (sit) next to me.
15. He ___________ (dance).

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Kid’s Box 2
Easter Exam Revision Sheet 5

Present Continuous

A) Complete the sentences using the present continuous. Use the verbs below.

kick fly eat read sit catch

jump run sleep hit

1) Sally _______________________ some watermelon.

2) Tom _______________________ a book.

3) They _______________________.

4) You _______________________ a ball.

5) She _______________________ in a race at school.

6) We _______________________ a ball.

7) The boys _______________________sleeping in the beds.

8) I _______________________ a kite.

9) Helen _______________________ on a chair.

10) Peter _______________________ the ball.

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WRITE SENTENCES USING THESE WORDS

1.- RUN/PARK/IN/THOMAS/NOW/THE

2.- ALICE/ROBERT/HAVE/FUN/THE/ZOO/AT/AND

3.-MY DAD/TO/WORK/GO/MOMENT/THE/AT

4.- ROBERT/NOT/SWIM/THE/RIVER/IN/TODAY

5.-SELL/FLOWERS/MARKET/TUESDAYS/YOU/AT/THE/ON

6.- LORENZO/DO/HOMEWORK/LIBRARY/AT/THE/HIS

7.-HELP/YOUNG/SISTER/I/MY/SONIA/HOME/AT

8.-JULIETA/TEACH/FRENCH/LOCAL/SCHOOL/AT/THE

9.-DANIEL/WEAR/NEW/TROUSERS/MORNING/THIS/SOME

10.-HER/DAD’S FLAT/ANNE/WATCH/TELEVISION/IN

11.-REPAIR/YOUR/BIKE/MARINO/AT /THE/ GARAGE

12.-TERERSA/ PACK/LUGGAGE/HER/AT THE HOTEL

13.-ORDER/WALTER/FOOD/SOME/FOR/DINNER

14.-READ/INTERESTING/SPANISH/NOVEL/EMMA/AN

15.-CATS/SLEEP/KITCHEN/YOUR/THE/IN

16.- VIOLETA/COOK/FAVOURITE/DISH/HER

17.-TRAVEL/BY BUS/ELSA/TO SCHOOL

18.-TALK/HER/ PARENTS/LAURA/FROM /TOWN

19.-DRIVE/POLICE OFFICER/THE/HIS/SON/HOME

20.-LEARN/CHINESE/BROTHER/YOUR/ON/LINE

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Read. Drag and drop. Match.

brushing drawing making painting playing

reading talking washing watching writing

1. Tom is a book.
A.

2. Meg is her face.

B.

3. He is a letter.
C.

4. Pete is football.
D.

5. Polly is her hair.

E.

6. Ana is a cake.
F.

7. She is a flower.
G.

8. He is T V.
H.

9. He is a picture.
I.

10. Meg is to Sam.

J.
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