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33 Questions Simple Present or Present Continuous

The document contains a mini-test to distinguish between the present simple and present continuous tenses. It provides 33 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form. The answer key shows that sentences requiring the present simple tense use the base verb form, while those requiring the present continuous tense use the verb "be" plus the present participle form of the main verb.

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33 Questions Simple Present or Present Continuous

The document contains a mini-test to distinguish between the present simple and present continuous tenses. It provides 33 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form. The answer key shows that sentences requiring the present simple tense use the base verb form, while those requiring the present continuous tense use the verb "be" plus the present participle form of the main verb.

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Mini-Test Present Simple vs Present Continuous

1. Mary _________________ (not love) going bowling with her neighbours.


2. ________ your sister _______________ on Sundays? (work)
3. My brother ________________football games on tv at the weekends. (watch)
4. Listen! Dad ___________________ (sing) in the shower.
5. My friends _________________ (not like) playing ping pong. They love tennis.
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 baby out for a walk every day. (take)
9. Elizabeth usually _________________ to school by scooter. (go)
10. _______ you _______________ computer games now? (play)
11. Me and my family _____________ in Portugal.
Where ________ you ________? (live)
12. I can’t come there now!! I ___________________ my hair! (brush)
13. My brother always ___________ to music at nights. (listen)
14. __________ Elizabeth_____________ her grandparents every Saturday? (call)
15. Where is mum? She ________________some gingerbread cookies in the kitchen. (make)
16. Look! The baby __________________ for the very first time! (walk)
17. We ______________ our little goldfish twice a day. (feed)
18. __________ Samantha ____________ her pets once a month? (wash)
19. Listen!!The children _________________ the “Happy Birthday” song to their teacher! (sing)
20. _________ your friends ___________ to Christmas parties every year? (go)
21. Dad ___________________ a new painting over my bed right now. (hang)
22. Lily and Anna ___________________ on the bench. (not sit) They’re on the grass.
23. Alexa _____________________ (not cut) a cucumber right now. She ______________
(chop) some onions while mum ______________________ (wash) the tomatoes.
24. ______________ flamingos ________________ (fly)?
25. Willow _____________________ (organise) his school things so he’s busy right now.
26. _________________ your uncle Pete_________________ (send) you cards at Christmas?
27. Henry ___________________ (teach) a new trick to his dog. Look at them!
28. The puppies ______________________ (hide) under the blanket on the sofa now.
29. ____________ you _______________ (make) pizza on Saturdays? In our house, we
always do.
30. Look over there! Those drones _____________________ (fly) over our house!
31. Be quiet! Kim _____________________ (practice) a a song on the piano.
32. I can’t talk to you right now. I ____________________ my friend Suzan. (text)
33. Liza and Leo______________________ (not buy) secondhand clothes.
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ANSWER KEY:
1. Doesn’t love
2. Does your sister work
3. Watches
4. Is singing
5. Don’t like
6. Are sleeping
7. Is doing
8. Takes
9. Goes
10. Are you playing
11. Live/ where do you live
12. I am brushing
13. Listens
14. Does elizabeth call
15. Is making
16. Is walking
17. Feed
18. Does samantha wash
19. Are singing
20. Do your friends go
21. Is hanging
22. Are not sitting
23. Is not cutting/is chopping/is washing
24. Do flamingos fly
25. Is organising
26. Does uncle Pete send
27. Is teaching
28. Are hiding
29. Do you make
30. Are flying
31. Is practicing
32. Am texting
33. Don’t buy
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