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GRAMMAR: PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

1. Put one word in each space. Contractions are one word.

a) Excuse me, ............... you speak English?
b) Wheres Ann? I ......................... know.
c) Whats funny? Why ...................... you. (laugh)?
d) What ......................... your sister ..? Shes a dentist.
e) It ............................. (rain). I ............................ want to go out in the rain.
f) Where ................... you . from? Canada.
g) How much ............................. it ( cost) to phone Canada?
h) George is good tennis player but he ..........................( play) very often.

2. Put the verbs in the correct form.

a) Wheres Tom? He...........................................(have) a shower.

b) I ..............................(not/watch) television very often.
c) Listen! Somebody ................................... (sing).
d) Sandra is tired. She ............................... (want) to go home.
e) How often..............................................(you/read) a newspaper?
f) Im sorry, I .....................................( not/ understand). Can you speak more slowly?
g) What time ................................................( your father/finish) work in the evenings?
i) Its late. I .............................................(go) home now. ..............................................(you/ come) with me?

3. Circle the correct tense.

a) My friend Lucy is often listening/ often listens to pop music.
b) We are writing/ write an exercise now.
c) Mmmm! Mary is making / makes a pizza.
 d) Listen! Dad is reading /reads a story to Mike.
e) Look! The boys are running / run in the street.

4. Make questions:
a) ? She`s
studying.
b) ? She goes
to school by bus.
c) .? They have
breakfast at 6:30.
d) .? He works in
the evening.

Present Continuous vs. Simple present. Read the letter and complete it with the
correct verb form.

Dear Kate,

Hi! How are you? I am in Paris now and I _______________(have) a good time. The city is
wonderful! The Eiffel tower and Champs Elysses are beautiful. I _______________(write)
you from a very popular caf called La Paix. I always ____________________(come) here,
it is near my hotel. Im very tired because I usually _________________(get up) very early
and _____________(walk) long distances.
At the moment I __________________(eat) a delicious croissant and _______________ (drink)
coffee. The street is crowded. From the window I can see a lot of tourists. Many of them
____________________ (take) photos, others ___________________ (buy) souvenirs for their
relatives.
See you soon!

LOVE...

Mary

2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:

a) My sister sometimes (buy) me some clothes.

b) My friend (knock) at the door right now.
c) Look! The children .. (play) in the street.
d) What time .(you/go) to school?
e) My Mum . (not/like) rock music.

2- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

a) School ................ (start) at 9.00 and ............. (finish) at 4.00 every day.
b) I ...................(write) a letter at the moment.
c) Look, George ..................... (play) with his dog now.
d) ................ Susan (like) ................. horror films?
e) The supermarket always ...........(open) at 8.30.
f) Jill .............. (get up) early six days a week.
g) Laura (do) .... her homework every day.
h) Goodbye. I ...................... (go) home now.

Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous of the verbs in
brackets:

a) My mother sometimes _______________________ (buy) me chocolate.

b) Our teacher often _______________________ (tell) us not to talk.
c) My sister _______________________ (leave) the house now.
d) I _______________________ (write) to my grandmother every week.
e) Look! The boys _______________________ (run) in the street.
f) What _________________________________ (she / do) at the moment?
g) What time _________________________________ (you / get up) on weekdays?
h) They _______________________ (not / like) horror movies.

Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1- My brother ___________ (work-works-working) and __________(lives-live- dont

live) downtown.
2- He ____________ (walks- dont walk-walk) to work.
3- My parents and I ___________ (lives- dont lives-live) in the suburbs. We
_________ (have-has-haves) a big house.

4- My parents ___________ (drives-doesnt drive-drive) to work. They __________

(using-uses-use) public transportation.
5- My sister _________ (live-doesnt live-dont lives) near here. She ___________
(take-takes-taking) a train to come here.
6- Im 13 years old. I __________________ (drives-dont drive-doesnt drive). I
____________ (takes-take-doesnt take) a bus to school.
7- I always ___________ ( doesnt does- do) my homework after school.

1. Complete with the verbs in the Simple present or present continuous.

It ...................... (be) early in the morning. The Witson family ....................... (have)

breakfast. They always ................... (have) breakfast together. Mr. Wilson ................

(finish) his coffee now. He ...................... (be) late because he .................... (start) work

at seven o, clock and it is almost seven. Mrs Wilson ...................................... (no / drink)

very well today but she .................... (sit) there. She ................... (talk) with her children.

The children ..................... (eat) toasts. They .................... (like) toasts very much. They

usually ......................... (eat) them with butter or jelly.

2. Complete this dialogue.

A: Hello John.

B: Hi Paul.

A: What ................... you................... (do) next weekend?

B: On Saturday I .......................... (no / study)

A: Why dont ............................ (go on a picnic) on Sunday?

B: Im sorry but I cant. My grandmother ............... (visit) us because it is my mothers

brithday and we ......................... (celebrate) it. We .............. (eat) lunch together. What

about .................... (go) to the park in the morning?

A: ..........................!! And lets ........................... (ride) our bikes.

B: Fantastic! And I ......................... take my football too. We ................. (have) great fun!

A . Tim a n d h is f a m ily a re o n h o lid a y rig h t n o w . Tim is b y th e w in d o w in h is h o te l

ro o m . H e is lo o k in g th ro u g h it a t th e p e o p le w h o a re in th e h o te l b a c k y a rd .
W h a t a re th e y d o in g ?
PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

1- Here are some exchanges from an interview between an American journalist and a French film
star..

J: How .. . (you / start ) to work on a film?

F S : I . (read) the script and (make) notes.
J: I .. (make) notes of your interview. I hope you
(not mind).
F S: No, thats Ok.
J: What languages (you / speak)?
F S: English, French and Spanish.
J: Im glad we (do) this interview in English. Who
(play) that guitar?
FS: My son when he . (have) time.
J: Who . (play) the piano upstairs?
F S : My daughter, she (have) a concert tomorrow.
J: Could you tell me where your husband is?
F S : Sure. Hes in the kitchen. He (cook)
J: The food .. (smell) delicious but I must go.

Underline the correct option

Peter is listening / listens to music every afternoon.
I have / am having lunch at the moment.
My sister works / is working at the restaurant now.
David and Paul are eating / eat sandwiches every day.
My father and I read / are reading the newspaper every morning.
Susan talks / is talking with Mary at the moment

Simple present or continuous: complete with the appropriate form of the verb
Emily ____________________ (clean) her bedroom now.
My father ___________________ (cook) dinner every day.
My father and I __________________ (go) camping every year-
Martin ___________________ (study) for his exams now.
I ___________________ (have)breakfast every morning.
Peter and Paul _________________ (watch) TV at night.

WRITE THE CORRECT FORM

1. She (get up) at seven every day.
2. They (fly) over Spain at the moment.
3. The cat (get up) now.
4. When you are in space, you just......... (float).
5. They usually .. (sing) in the evening.
6. He cant talk to you right now. He
(sleep).
7. They ..(start) work early in the morning.
8. She (like) this music.
9. She (watch) TV at the moment.
10. I usually . (go) to bed at midnight.
GRAMMAR: PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

5. Put one word in each space. Contractions are one word.

j) Excuse me, ............... you speak English?
k) Wheres Ann? I ......................... know.
l) Whats funny? Why ...................... you. (laugh)?
m) What ......................... your sister ..? Shes a dentist.
n) It ............................. (rain). I ............................ want to go out in the rain.
o) Where ................... you . from? Canada.
p) How much ............................. it ( cost) to phone Canada?
q) George is good tennis player but he ..........................( play) very often.

6. Put the verbs in the correct form.

a) Wheres Tom? He...........................................(have) a shower.

b) I ..............................(not/watch) television very often.
c) Listen! Somebody ................................... (sing).
d) Sandra is tired. She ............................... (want) to go home.
e) How often..............................................(you/read) a newspaper?
f) Im sorry, I .....................................( not/ understand). Can you speak more slowly?
g) What time ................................................( your father/finish) work in the evenings?
r) Its late. I .............................................(go) home now. ..............................................(you/ come) with me?

7. Circle the correct tense.

f) My friend Lucy is often listening/ often listens to pop music.
g) We are writing/ write an exercise now.
h) Mmmm! Mary is making / makes a pizza.
i) Listen! Dad is reading /reads a story to Mike.
j) Look! The boys are running / run in the street.

8. Make questions:
 e) ? She`s
studying.
f) ? She goes
to school by bus.
g) .? They have
breakfast at 6:30.
h) .? He works in
the evening.
Present Simple
Make questions
1-Where / your cousin / live?
...................................................................
2-Linda / collect /stamps?
...................................................................
3-live / you / in a flat?
...................................................................
4-Where / they / go fishing?
...................................................................
5-play / he / the piano?
...................................................................
Underline the correct words
1. My friend gets up/ get up at six oclock.
2. They has/ have lunch at one oclock.
3. We watch/ watches TV in the evening
4. She goes/ go to bed at ten oclock.
5. I go/ goes to school at eight oclock.
Present Continuous
Order the words to make questions

1-is/ what/ she /cooking/ ?

.........................................................
2- they/ playing/ are / where/?
.........................................................
3- sleeping/ she/ is/ ?
.........................................................
4- they/ are/ sleeping?
.........................................................
5- what / they/ are/ eating?
.........................................................

Complete
Paul ___ __________(swim) in the lake.
The kids __ __________(listen) to music.
Sandra ___ ____________(not/ study) now.
They ___ ____________( not/ work) with the computer.
She __ ___________( drink ) juice in the park.

PRACTICAL WORK PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS ?

Choose the correct option

1-My dad has / is having a bath at the moment.

2-I always am reading / read novels.

3-Lucy`s mother-in-law doesnt play / isnt playing tennis every day.

4-Is your mum walking / Does your mum walking the dog now?

5-What sports do you usually play / are you usually playing?

6-She doesnt understand / isnt understanding the exercise.

7-I hate / am hating basketball.

What are these people doing? Look at the picture and write 6 sentences

4..

5..

6.

Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Continuous

1-Robert (wear) a white shirt but he usually .(wear) t-shirts.

2-Its Monday, My mum .. (clean) the window at the moment but she often
. (clean) the windows at the weekend.
3-I . (watch) a football match on TV now.
4-My uncle .. (not believe) my stories.
5-The cake . (taste) delicious.
6-Those cars .. (not cost) too much.
SIMPLE PRESENT Make questions
1-What / school / you / go? ..
2-you / like / playing / badminton? ..
3-Mary / live / in England? ...
4-Where / Tom and Jack / play / tennis? ..
5-What time / your aunt / go to bed? ....
6-What / you / do on Sundays?
WHAT DOES DAVID DO EVERY DAY? Look at the pictures and write 5 sentences
6.30.
7.30.
8.15
8.45..
4.00..
afternoon
evening