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Present Simple and Continuous Test

The document provides a grammar exercise that tests the use of present simple and present continuous tenses. It includes examples of verbs in sentences that must be corrected to the proper tense, multiple choice questions to choose the correct tense, and additional exercises with verbs to identify whether they should be in the present simple or present continuous form. The document covers core concepts of verb tense usage in the present tenses.

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Present Simple and Continuous Test

The document provides a grammar exercise that tests the use of present simple and present continuous tenses. It includes examples of verbs in sentences that must be corrected to the proper tense, multiple choice questions to choose the correct tense, and additional exercises with verbs to identify whether they should be in the present simple or present continuous form. The document covers core concepts of verb tense usage in the present tenses.

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Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR present continuous):

1. The train always ________________ (leave) on time.

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

3. We ___________________ (watch) TV at the moment.

4. He________________(not speak) very good English.

5. Please be quiet! I________________(do) my homework.

6. Where______ they _________ (go)on holiday every summer?

7. Listen! John ________________ music! (play).

8. She never ______________ (swim) in pools.

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

week. He_______________(travel) a lot. This week he's in New York.

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

He________________( have) breakfast at the dining−room. He ________________(drink) a

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

He usually ________________(play) the piano. He________________(practise) for four

hours every day. He never ________________(go) to bed late and he always

________________(get up) early. He ________________(get) dressed, and this morning

he________________(wear) blue jeans and a white shirt!

2. Choose the correct.

1. Marie-Claude isn't Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.

A. believe

B. am believing

2. Look! Junko ________ into the water.


A. jumps

B. is jumping

3. I ________ you're crazy!

A. think

B. am thinking

4. Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!

A. hates

B. is hating

5. I ________ to Toronto next Thursday.Do you want to come with me?

A. go

B. am going

6. I ________ the question. Can you repeat it, please?

A. don’t understand

B. am not understanding

7. She likes __________ books.

A. read

B. reading

8. He ________ in Manhattan.

A. is living

B. lives
9. I love _________ to music.

A. listening

B. listen

10. This cake _________ very good.

A. tastes

B. is tasting

3. Present Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct alternative(s) in the sentences 1-

8 below.

1. Today she ’s spending/spends time with her grandmother.

2. They usually are going/go to the gym on Sundays.

3. We ’re having/have a barbecue later on. Do you want to come?

4. No, she can’t answer the phone, she has/is having a shower.

5. I always have/am having a coffee before I ’m leaving/leave for work in the

morning.

6. They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually they are going/go by

boat.

7. Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the sunshine!

8. He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary to his English class.


Imagine that you are on a holiday. Write a letter to your friend telling him about:

 where you are

 if you are having a good time

 what time you get up and what you always do in the morning

 something different you are doing this morning

 how you usually spend your afternoons (go swimming/do water sports)

 something different you and your friends are doing this afternoon

 how you sometimes spend your evenings (eat at home/eat in restaurants)

 something different you and your friends are doing tonight

Dear _____________,

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________________________________________________

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