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Simple Present and Present Continuous

The document discusses the simple present and present continuous tenses through examples of sentences and exercises for students to practice identifying and using these tenses. It provides lists of signals to distinguish between the two tenses and examples of sentences for students to underline the signals and identify the correct tense. It also includes exercises for students to find mistakes and correct tense usage in sentences.

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Simple Present and Present Continuous

The document discusses the simple present and present continuous tenses through examples of sentences and exercises for students to practice identifying and using these tenses. It provides lists of signals to distinguish between the two tenses and examples of sentences for students to underline the signals and identify the correct tense. It also includes exercises for students to find mistakes and correct tense usage in sentences.

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Simple present and present continuous

I. Put the signals of simple present and present continuous into two columns
At the moment, usually, now, Look! Every day, once a week, today, tonight, sometimes, often, this weekend,
at present, on Thursday, in the morning, be quiet.
Simple present Present continuous
usually, now, Every day, once a week, sometimes, At the moment, Look!, today, tonight, this weekend,
often at present, on Thursday, in the morning, be quiet

II. Read the sentences underline the signals and identify the simple present and present continuous tense.
Simple Present
Statements
present continuous
1. Look! The bus is coming. x
2. The children are playing hide-and –seek now. x
3. She usually gets up early in the morning. x
4. They sometimes have bread and meat for breakfast. x
5. We always go to school from Monday to Friday. x
6. Tim is studying English at present. x
7. Do you often go to sleep late? x
II. Underline the signals and put the verbs in the blanks into the correct tense
1. They usually (go) ______go_______for a picnic at weekend.
2. She (work)__________is working____________in the garden right now.
3. My father (not/often/drink)________doesn’t often drink___________coffee in the morning.
4. (they/be/often)____Do they often_______late for school?
5. Where (they/go)_____Are they go______now?
6. What (you/study)_______are you studying_______________at the moment?
7. (Tim/always/forget)_____Tim always forgets_________his mother’s birthday?
8. Lan and Mai (be)______are_______friends.
9. I (not/ read) ______am not reading______now. I am watching an MV.
10. Listen! My mother (sing)___is singing____a song.
11. Every night, We (go)____go___to bed at 10p.m
12. Giang (like)____likes____Music but I (like)_______like________Math
13. Now, they (stay)________are staying__________in Hue .
14. My father (read)_______is reading_________a newspaper in the morning
15. Look! Ha (run)____is running__________.
16. Trang usually (listen)__listens__ to the teacher in the class, but she (not listen)__isn’t listening___now.
17. Where ______is your father______________ (your father/be)?
-He (be)______is______ in the living room. He (watch) ___is watching_______TV.
18.__________Are _______they going to school by bus today?
19.There(be)_________are_______many flowers in our garden.
20. Every morning, my father (have) __has_________a cup of coffee but today he (drink)__is drinking__milk.
21. At the moment, I(read)__am reading_____a book and my brother (watch)__is watching______ TV.
22. Hoa (live)_lives___in Hanoi, and Ha (live)________lives________in HCM City.
23. Hung and his friend (play)___are playing_____badminton.
24. They usually (get up)_______get up______at 6.oo in the morning.
25. Ha never (go)___goes___fishing in the winter but she always (do)___does__ it in the summer.
26. My teacher (tell)___is telling____Hoa about Math.
27. There (be)___are________ animals in the circus.
28. _______Does______he (watch)__watch__TV at 7.00 every morning?
29. What (she /do) ___does she doing___at 7.00 am?
30. How old ___is she__(she /be)?
31. How (she /be)____is she_____________?
32. (your children /go)___Do your children go______to school by bike?
33. We (go)_are going____to supermarket to buy some food.
34. Mr. Hien (go)__goes__on business to Hanoi every month.
35. Ha (like)____likes___coffee very much, but I (not like)__am not like________it.
36. She (like) ___likes______Tea, but she (not like)_doesn’t like__________coffee.
37. I (love)_______love____ cats, but I (not love)______am not love_____dogs.
38. Everyday ,I (go)______go_____to school on foot, but today I (go)_am going_________to school by bike.
39. Who (you /wait)___are you waiting_____ for Nam?
- No, I ______am waiting________(wait) for Mr. Hai.
40. My sister (get)_____gets___ dressed and (brush)______brushes____her teeth herself at 6.30 everyday.
41. Mrs. Smith (not live)___doesn’t live__in downtown. She (rent)__rents_____in an apartment in the suburb.
42. How _do_____your children (go)________go______to school everyday?
43. It's 9 o'clock in the morning. Lien (be)__is__in her room. She (listen) ___is listening_______to music.
44. We_____are playing_______(play) soccer in the yard now.
45 My father (go)__goes____ to work by bike. Sometimes he(walk)______walks____________.
46. My house (be)__is____in the city and it (be)____is___small.
47. Every morning, we (have)___have____breakfast at 7.00 am.
48. This (be)_is___a book and there (be)___are___pens.
49. Mr. Quang (live)____lives____in the countryside. He (have)__has______a big garden.
50. John (not have)__doesn’t have_____Literature lesson on Friday.
III. Read, find the mistake and correct them
1. I am not go to school by bus, I go by bike. __________do__________
2. She isn’t come from America. She comes from the UK. ______doesn’t come______
3. They fixing their car at the moment. _____They are________
4. Now we are learn English in the class room with the teacher. ___learning__________
5. Does she loves pets? _____love___________
6. The children are skipping rope in the school yard. ______________________
7. Look! Some boys are swiming in the pool. _____swimming_______
8. Does your mom gets up early every morning? ______get______
9. Are they make delicious cakes at the moment? ____making_______
10. Is he drive to work every day? ______Does_______
IV. Use the words given to write correct sentences using simple present and present continuous tense
1. She/always/clean/her room/ morning/ and then/make/breakfast/her family.
She always cleans her room in the morning and then makes breakfast for her family
2. We/go/cinema/our friends/tonight. We/watch/good new film.
We are going to cinema with our friends tonight. We are watching good new film.
3. She/water/flowers and trees/ the garden/moment.
 She is watering flowers and trees in the garden at the moment.
4. Look! The children/swim/river/now.
Look! The children are swimming in the river now.
5. Some students/sit/the desk/and talk/their friends/at present
Some students are sitting on the desk and talk with their friends at present.
6. My counsin/live/45 Tran Hung Dao street. It/be/far from/ my house.
My sounsin lives at 45 Tran Hung Dao street. It is far from my house.
7. She/always/ work/home/and/take car for/ her baby.
She always work at home and takes car for her baby
8. The bus/always/stop/bus-stop/and/ students/get on/it.
The bus always stop at bus-stop and students get on it.

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