Present simple vs. Present continuous
1. Fill in the blanks with the present simple of the verbs in brackets:
a) We __________________ (use) the computers at school.
b) She __________________ (forget) everything.
c) John __________________ (speak) French.
d) Carol __________________ (not/ go) out in the evening.
e) What _______ she _________ ? (do)
2. Fill in the gaps with the present continuous of the verbs in brackets.
a) She __________________ (talk) with them.
b) We__________________ (learn) English now.
c) _______ he __________ by the river? (lie)
d) I __________________ at her ( look)
e) Mary __________________ tea at the moment. (drink)
3. Circle the correct form in each tense.
a) What are you doing / do you do for a living? I’m a teacher.
b) I like / am liking my work.
c) We usually work / are working together, but at the moment she earns / is earning a higher salary.
d) I usually take / am taking the 9.00 train.
e) She is painting / paints her bedroom now.
4. Put the verb into the correct form Present simple or present continuous.
1) I __________________ (like) cinema very much.
2) Jane __________________ (want) to go to the park with you.
3) At the moment they __________________ (stand) in the rain.
4) We are very busy now because we __________________ (wash) the floor.
5) Mark usually __________________(go) to school by bus.
6) My sister __________________ (eat) cereals every day.
7) You __________________ (not/ run) at the moment.
8) h) The sun __________________ (rise) in the east.
9) “Don’t talk so loudly!” – I _____________ (not/talk) loudly.
10) He _________ (know) all about the film.
11) Jane _________ (talk) to a friend at the moment.
12) He __________ (not/ work) on Sundays.
13) Margaret ________ (love) music and dancing.
14) He _________ (not / like) his job.
15) I _________ (think) she __________ (be) very pretty.
16) I __________ (always / go) to bed very early.
17) How often a day _________ (you / eat) ice-cream.
18) She ________ (often / clean) the house on Saturdays.
19) __________ (they / go) to the pub every evening?
20) He __________ (sit) on an armchair ____________ (smoke) a pipe.
21) Why _________ ( you / fix) it this morning?
22) I ________ (do) it because it _______ (not/ work) and I need it.
23) Mary can’t answer the phone because she _______ her hair.(wash)
24) Ann ________ her hair every day. (wash)
25) I ________ music very much. (like)
26) What time________ on holidays? (they/ wake up)
27) Good students ________ hard. (always/ study)
28) ________at the moment? (she/not/work)
29) It ________in Summer. (never/ rain)
30) It________ now. (rain)
31) I ________ irregular verbs in the evening (usually/ revise)
32) My brother ________ German at school this year. (not/learn)
33) She never________ her homework at the weekend (do)
34) I ________(not/know) why she ________now (cry)
35) My sister ________ music at the moment (study)
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