Present Simple or Present Continuous?

1.Listen!The birds……………………………….in the garden. (to sing)

2.I often………………….fruit from the greengrocer’s. (to buy)
3.My mother…………………….tea now.(to drink)
4.That man…………………………at the moment.(to laugh)
5.We always…………………..warm clothes in winter. (to wear)
6.____________ you ____________ in Liverpool? (to live)
7.He ____________ from Poland. (to come)
8.My parents ____________ my sort of music. (not like)
9.We ____________ her Spike. (to call)
10.What ____________ your mother ____________? (to want)

Insert Present Simple or Present Continuous

1.He…………………………..a cake now.(to eat)
2.They……………………….to the radio at the moment(to listen)
3.They……………………….to the mountains every year. (to go)
4.You………………………..chocolate. (to like)
5.We…………………………in the sea every summer. (to swim)
6.Erica……………………….with her doll now(to play
7.I…………………………..to the cinema today. (to go)
8.She………………………..like bananas.(not to like)
9.…………you……………English? (to speak)
10……………….you ……………….to me? (to listen

Present simple or continuous:

1) She …………….a pizza twice a week. (to eat)
2) ……..you………… to come with us? (to want)
3) Look! It…………………….again! (to rain)
4) They……………………….Italian at school. (not speak)
5) Tom……………………..in the bathroom at the moment. (to sing)
6) …………they……………….tonight? (to arrive)
7) What a smell!………..something………………..in the oven? (to burn)
8) …………..she really……………….lettuce? (to like)
9) I…………………….Spanish. (not teach)
10) We usually……………………..by bus when we go on trips. (to travel)
Insert Present Tense Simple or Continuous:

1. Ben…………………………..a cake now.(to eat)

2. They……………………….to the radio at the moment(to listen)
3. Sally and Mary……………………….to the seaside every year. (to go)
4. She………………………..chocolate. (not to like)
5 ………..you…………………in the sea every summer. (to swim)
6. Erica……………………….with her doll now(not to play)
7. I…………………………..to the cinema today. (to go)
8.Tom……………………….. English at school this year.(not to learn)
9.…………you……………English? (to speak)
10.……………….you ……………….to me? (to listen)

Insert Present Tense Simple or Continuous:

1. They ……………..( play ) tennis now.

2. My mother ………………..( go ) to shopping in this moment.
3. He always ……………….( read ) a book in week-end ?
4. Her brother …………………( talk ) with his teacher right now.
5. The children often…………….. ( watch ) TV in the evening.
6. I (not/eat ) ………………….an apple every day.
7. She ………………………. (not / like) football.
8. Mary ………………………….. (listen) to music now.
9. Tom usually ……………………(drink) coffee, but he …………………. (drink) tea now.
10. We ………………………. (go) to the disco tonight.
11. ………………………… (he / go) to work by bus every day.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE PRESENT:

1. The children ………………………….. (play) outside now.

2. She usually ………………………. (read) the newspaper in the morning.
3. I …………………………… (do) my homework now.
4. I ………………………… (eat) my dinner now.
5. ……………………………. (you / want) a pizza?
6. They …………………………….. (watch) TV now.
7. I ……………………………. (not / like) spaghetti.
8. The baby …………………………. (sleep) now.
9. My mother usually …………………. (cook) dinner in the evening.
10. He …………………….. (write) a letter to his pen-friend every month.
Complete the sentences with SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

1. Susan usually ………………. (go) to school by bus, but now she

…………………….. (go) to school by train.
2. Mary often ……………….. (read) in bed, but today she is very tired and she
………………………. (not / read).
3. The boys usually ………………… (ride) their bikes to school. They …………….
………………… (like / ride) their bikes. They ……………… (be) very naughty
boys. They always …………………… (go) to school late. Today their teacher
…………………. (be) very angry, because they ………………… (be) late again.
4. Mary ……………………….. (like / eat) sweets. Every morning she …………….
(have) coffee with a lot of sweets and chocolate. For lunch she and her friends
often ……………….. (eat) sweets or ice-cream. She ……………………… (not /
like / eat) fruit or vegetables. She ……………………… (eat / never) eggs or
cheese. Today she ………………….. (be) sick. She …………………… (sleep)
in her room now.

Choose between Present Simple and Present Continuous

1. The dog…………. (bark) at the cat now.
2. The dog often …………..(run) after the cat.
3. The baby……………. (sleep) a lot every day.
4. John and Sarah …………….(try) to build a model village now.
5. He ……….( not eat) cereals every morning.
6. Close that window! The wind……………. (blow) strongly.

1. What's that noise? Somebody ....................(practise) the piano.

2. Jean ……………….(draw) a picture for her art class now.
3. She ................. (not eat) vegetables in the morning.
4. My brother ..............( like) animals.
5. I ......................TV at the moment. (to watch)
6. We usually.................a book.(to read)
I.: Put the verbs in brackets into Present TenseSimple:
Mary and I (work)…….…….in the same office, but we’re completely different. She (like)
………..coffee, but I (like)…….tea. She(wash)…..her car every weekend but I (not/clean)
……….mine. She (smile)…….all the time at work, but I (feel)…….miserable. I(complain)
……..about the boss all the time, but Mary (think)……the boss is a nice person. When I (finish)
………work, I like to eat apples.

II.Put the verbs in brackets into Present Continuous Tense:

It is Christmas day. Mr. Huston (drink)…………………………..tea. Mrs. Huston(cook)
………………………the Christmas dinner. The boys(sing) ………………………Christmas
carols. Grandmother and grandfather (not/sit)…………………………….on the sofa.
Grandmother (listen)…………………………….to the boys singing but grandfather (sleep)
………………………………………… The girls (open)………………….. their presents. The
dog (look)…………………………..at the girls. It is very cold. It (snow)
…………………………………….outside and so the Houstons (stay)
……………………………..at home tonight.

PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

is 'My name * (to be

'My name .........................(to be) Peter;
live l * (to live) in the s
l ..........................to live) in the suburbs of Boston with my family.
believe Most people * (to
Most people ............................(to believe)
are w e * (to be) rich
we ............................(to be) rich because
live w e * (to live) in a
we ............................(to live) in a big house. But our
family ................................(to seem) to be like any other one. Have a look:

seems But our family * (t

Maggy, my wife, ............................(to like) cooking.
likes Maggy, my w ife,
She ...................................(to enjoy) being in the kitchen
enjoys She * (to enjoy) b
with her friends. At the moment
she .........................................(to make) a cake and you can't talk to her.

is making At the moment sh

What really ...................................(to worry) her is our
w orries What really * (to w
daughter who .............................(to prefer) to chat in
prefers w ho * (to prefer)
front of her computer instead of cooking with her. Like
 thinks Like many teenag
many teenagers, Jenny ..........................(to think)
is it * (to be) easier
it ......................(to be) easier to get advice from someone
are not going to you * (not + to go
you ...............................(not + to go to) see later.
It's 5 pm. Paul, my son, .......................(to play) basketball in the garden
is playing It's 5 pm. Paul, my am w atching
and I ...........................(to watch) TV,
and I * (to w atch) am w aiting
I .................................(to wait) for this delicious cake
I * (to w ait) for th
that Maggy ............................(to cook) . I told you, a family as yours. '

Peter