PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

Exercise 1

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present continuous).

1. Look! He (leave)  the house.
2. Quiet please! I (write)  a test.
3. She usually (walk)  to school.
4. But look! Today she (go)  by bike.
5. Every Sunday we (go)  to see my grandparents.
6. He often (go)  to the cinema.
7. We (play)  Monopoly at the moment.
8. The child seldom (cry) .
9. I (not / do)  anything at the moment.
10. (watch / he)  the news regularly?

Exercise 2

Marc

Look at the picture on the right and complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present continuous).

1. This (be)  Marc.
2. He (wear)  a t-shirt and shorts today.
3. He (eat)  an apple at the moment.
4. Marc (like)  fruits and vegetables.
5. He (eat)  some every day.
6. Marc (know)  that apples (be)  good for his health.

Exercise 3

Complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present continuous).

1. Joe and Dennis (be)  best friends.
2. They often (meet)  in the afternoon.
3. What (do / they)  at the moment?
4. They (play)  football.
5. They (love)  football.
6. Joe (practise)  with his father every weekend, but Dennis (not / play)  football very often.

Exercise 4

Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present continuous.

1. It (be)  early in the morning.
2. Sally (get)  out of bed, (open)  the window and (go)  into the bathroom.
3. Then she (have)  breakfast.
4. After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle)  to school.
5. After school, she (go)  back home.
6. Sally usually (eat)  her lunch at home.
7. In the afternoons, she first (do)  her homework and then she (meet)  her friends in the park.
8. What (do / she)  now?
9. She (play)  the guitar.
10. Her friends (listen)  and some of them (sing)  along.
11. When Sally (come)  home in the evening, she (have)  dinner and then she (watch)  TV.
12. She (go)  to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.

Exercise 5

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present continuous.

1. James (live)  in a little village.
2. He (be)  in his last year at school.
3. After school, James (want)  to become a banker.
4. So this week, he (do)  a practical course in a bank.
5. There (be)  a bank in a nearby town, but James (have)  to take the bus to get there.
6. The bus (leave)  at 5.30 in the morning and (return)  at 8.15 in the evening.
7. James (not / like)  to spend so much time in town before and after work, waiting for the bus.
8. Therefore, this week he (stay)  with his aunt, who (live)  in town.
9. James usually (wear)  jeans and t-shirts, but while he (work)  for the bank now, he (wear)  a suit and a tie.

REMEMBER!