PRESENT
SIMPLE VS. PRESENT CONTINUOUS EXERCISES
. Complete
each sentence. Use the words in brackets. Use present simple or
present
continuous.
a) Richard
(always, get up) ................................. before 7.00.
b) Hurry
up! The bus (wait) .................................................. for us!
c) Where
(we, go) .......................................................... ? This is
the wrong
road!
d) My
friends (not believe)
.................................................................... my story.
e) Please
be quiet! I (read) ............................................... a very
interesting
book.
f) (like,
Susan)
.................................................................................
horror films?
3. Complete the sentences with the correct
forms of the verbs in brackets. Use
the simple
present or the present continuous tense.
1 My
brother __________________________ (like) this CD very much.
2 He
__________________________ (travel) in China this summer.
3 We
__________________________ (go) to lunch now. Would you like to join
us?
4 We always
__________________________ (visit) Grandma on Sundays.
5 In this
photo, we __________________________ (play) volleyball on the
beach.
6 I
__________________________ (play) tennis every day.
7 My father
can’t come to the phone now. He __________________________
(take) a
shower.
8 My father
__________________________ (work) as an accountant in a big
company.
9 I think
this pen __________________________ (cost) HK$8.
10 I can’t
play online games now. My brother __________________________
(use) the
computer
to do his
homework.
11 A:
______________ you ___________________ (do) your homework now?
B: Yes, I
__________________________.
12 This
photo was taken when I was three. My father
__________________________
(carry) me on his shoulders.
13 People
______________ always ___________________ (buy) new mobile
phones.
14 Can you
see Anna? She __________________________ (stand) at the bus
stop.
15
______________ you still ___________________ (watch) TV?
16 A:
______________ they _________________ (go) to Ocean Park on
Sunday?
B: No, they
__________________________.
17 She
often __________________________ (miss) class because of illness. 18 A:
______________ you _________________ (like) Kelly Chan’s songs?
B: Yes, I
______________, but my brother _________________.
4. Fill in
the gaps with Present Simple or Present Continuous.
John lives
in a small village near the sea. He ……………. (work) at the local
post
office. He ………………………. (not drive) to work because the office is
near his
home. He always …………………. (walk) to work. In the afternoons, he
…………………….
(play) cricket with his friends. They ……………………. (not
have) much
to do in the evenings, but John …………………… (love) his life in
the
village.
This week
everything is different. He …………………… (stay) with his brother
in London.
He ………………….. (drive) everywhere, but he …………………….
(not like)
it. He …………………… (want) to go back to his village.
5. Put the
verb in brackets in the correct tense. Underline the clues for
your
choice, if possible.
1.
..................................................... (you, work) at the
moment?
2. How many
brothers and sisters ................................................... (you,
have
got)?
3. Be
quiet! My favourite writer ..................................................
(speak) right
now on TV.
4.
..................................................... (you, speak) English?
5. Oh,
hello. Sit down. We .......................................... (talk) about
yesterday's
party!
6. On
Mondays my father ............................................ (go) to the gym.
7. Every
weekend my friends and I ...................................... (meet) in a big
disco
nearby.
8. I
................................................... (not do) anything in the
evening this year.
9. Why
................................................................ (you, always,
think) that?!
10. Let me
see... What book ....................................... (you, read)?
11. My
sister ............................................... (not see) very well.
12.
(continues) She ....................................... (wear) glasses.
13. Leonora
................................................ (work) in a library.
14.
(continues) She ........................................ (be) a librarian.
15.
(continues) But this weekend she ....................................... (work)
as a
tattooist!
16.
(continues) You see, .................................... (there be) an
international
Tattoo
Weekend with artists from all over the world.
17.
(continues) And, of course, she ................................. (want) to be
there!
18.
............................................ (you, like) tattoos?
19. Oh,
yes! I ................................ (love) them!
20.
(continues) Which .................................... (be) your favourite
tattoos?
21.
(continues) Which .................................... (be) your favourite type
of tattoos,
I mean?
22.
(continues) Well, I .................................... (like) tribals very
much.
23. Dear
Head Shrink: I ................................... (have) a problem.
24.
(continues) I ........................................... (not make) friends easily.
25. I
.......................................... (feel) very bad about that, really.
26. You
...................................... (be) a very nice person. So you should
feel
more
confident. Come on, go home.
27.
(continues) Why .............................................. (you, look) at
me like that!
28.
(continues) ............................................. (you, be) a
psychiatrist or not?
29.
(continues) ............................................. (that, be) an answer?
30. Hey, it
.................................. (smell) like something
...................................
(burn)!
31. (continues) Oh, my! My trainers
............................................ (be) on fire!!!
