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Present Simple VS Present Continuous Exercises

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Present Simple VS Present Continuous Exercises

grammar present tenses

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PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS EXERCISES

1. Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR


present continuous):

1. The train always ________________ (leave) on time. "What's the


matter?
2. Why ________________ (cry/you)?" That's strange.
3. They________________(not to watch) TV.
4. He________________(not to speak) very good English. Please be
quiet!
5. I________________(do) my homework.
6. Where________________(live/they)?
7. Listen! John ________________ music! (play)
8. I never ________________(go) to the swimming pool.
9. Harold Black's a famous pianist.
10. He________________(give) two or three concerts every week.
11. He ________________(travel) a lot and this week he's in New
York.
12. He________________(stay) at an expensive hotel.
13. He's at his hotel now. He________________( have) his breakfast
in the dining−room.
14. He________________(drink) a cup of coffee and
he________________(read) a newspaper.
15. Harold's always very busy. He________________(play) the
piano regularly.
16. He________________(practise) for four hours every day.
17. He________________(go) to bed late and he always
_______________(get up) early. But he sometimes________________(get)
dressed too quickly, and this morning he________________(wear)
one blue sock and one red one!

2. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form (present simple


or present continuous)

Next week, my friends and I _________ (go) camping in the woods.


I ____________ (organize) the food, because I _____________ (like)
cooking. Dave ________________ (have) a big car with a trailer, so he
_____________ (plan) the transportation. Sam ______________ (bring)
the tent — he ___________ (go) camping every year, so he _________
(have) a great tent and lots of other equipment. My wife _______
(think) we're crazy. She (like) _______________ holidays in
comfortable hotels, so she ______________ (take) a trip to Paris
instead.
3. Choose the correct form for each verb.

1. Marie-Claude isn't a 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?


A. go B. am going

6. Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.


A. go B. am going

7. I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.


A. have B. am having

8. Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.


A. drives B. is driving

9. You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.
A. studies B. is studying

10. It ________ quite hard — perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.


A. snows B. is snowing
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.

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