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Present Simple and Present Continuous Exercises

The document provides examples to illustrate the difference between using the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It contains sentences where the verbs are either in the present simple or present continuous form, and the reader is meant to fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb based on whether a habitual or ongoing action is being described. The examples cover common situations where each tense would be used, such as routines, states, repetitive actions, ongoing actions happening now, and actions in progress versus habitual actions.

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Present Simple and Present Continuous Exercises

The document provides examples to illustrate the difference between using the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It contains sentences where the verbs are either in the present simple or present continuous form, and the reader is meant to fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb based on whether a habitual or ongoing action is being described. The examples cover common situations where each tense would be used, such as routines, states, repetitive actions, ongoing actions happening now, and actions in progress versus habitual actions.

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PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Complete the following sentences with Present Simple:


Example: My sister ____doesn’t play____ (not/ play) tennis every day.
a) I ___________ (study) English at school from Monday to Friday.
b) Chimpanzees ___________ (not/ speak) any language.
c) She always ___________ (wear) skirts.
d) ___________ they ___________ (travel) by bus?
e) ___________ your mum ___________ (cook) dinner at night?
f) Jim and Joe ___________ (not/ go) to the theatre on Sundays.
g) I never ___________ (comb) my hair in the morning.

2. Complete the following sentences with Present Continuous:


Example: My dog _____isn’t sleeping___________ (not/ sleep) now.
a) What ___________ you ___________ (eat)?
b) Kat ________________ (open) the window because she’s hot.
c) The girls________________ (listen to) music now.
d) My brothers ________________ (not/ watch) TV now.
e) ___________ she ___________ (comb) her hair?
f) ___________ Mary ___________ (copy) from the blackboard?
g) We ________________ (practice) exercises in English.

3. Complete the following sentences with Present Simple or Present Continuous:


a) I ________________ (not/ study) French now.
b) We always ________________ (play) cards during break time.
c) Where __________ your granny ___________ (live)?
d) Peter ________________ (not/ take) the children to school in the morning.
e) What ________ your brother _________ (do) every morning?
f) You ________________ (talk) a lot!!!
g) What _________ John _________ (write) now?
h) What’s that noise? Peter ________________ (play) the guitar.
i) We ________________ (usually/ travel) to England in summer.
j) This kind of animal ________________ (eat) meat.
k) Look! She ________________ (speak) to a stranger.
l) I’m looking at that girl. She ________________ (wear) a beautiful skirt.
m) I ________________ (never/ drink) wine at night.
n) What languages _________ you ____________ (speak)?

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