PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Group Members: ______________________________________________________

A. Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple or present continuous):
1. Ted ____________ (take) a shower right now. 11. How often _________________ (you / review) your lessons?
2. What ____________ (we / have) for dinner tonight? 12. I _________________ (not / go) on holiday this summer.
3. My brother __________________ (have) a daughter and a son. 13. Can you speak slowly please, I ___________________ (not /
4. I __________________ (not / solve) some math problems at the understand) you.
moment. 14. She _________________ (work) as a secretary in a big company.
5. My grandfather often _________________ (come) over for dinner 15. Miss Clara __________________ (take) a violin class every
at the weekends. Wednesday.
6. My school _________________ (begin) at nine every day. 16. It _______________ (be) usually so humid here in summer time.
7. What time ________________ (you / wake up) on weekdays? 17. Don’t forget to take your coat, it ___________________ (be) cold
8. What ________________ (you / do) tomorrow night? outside.
9. I usually ____________ (not / work) on Sundays but today I 18. This flower __________________ (smell) so good.
_______________ (work). 19. That coat over there ___________________ (not / belong) to
10. She _______________ (not / sleep) now, she _______________ me.
(study). 20. Where _________________ (you / live)?

B. Complete the sentences below using one of the verbs in the box in the correct form. You may use each verb once only.
enjoy prefer play produce work seem know interview wait talk finish
1. I always ________ tennis on Fridays.
2. He ________ his report. He will bring it into the office when it is complete.
3. "My parents phoned me this morning. They _________ themselves in the Seychelles. Champagne every night! In fact, they don't want to leave."
4. We ________ to entertain our guests in a local restaurant rather than the canteen. Although it is expensive, we can talk freely there.
5. I ___________ the answer to your problem. Get a new computer.
6. "Where is John?" "In his office ____________ for an important telephone call."
7. I can't make the meeting tomorrow. I _____________ the applicants for the sales manager's job.
8. My brother _____________ for Shink Inc. which makes bathroom fittings.
9. Who ___________ to Bill? Is it the new secretary?
10. The new contract ________________ fine to me. However, could you just check it through once more?

C. Choose the correct form for each verb. 1. Marie-Claude isn't a Canadian.
1. I ________ she comes from France. 6. Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.
A. believe B. am believing A. go B. am going
2. Look! Junko ________ into the water. 7. I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.
A. jumps B. is jumping A. have B. am having
3. I ________ you're crazy! 8. Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.
A. think B. am thinking A. drives B. is driving
4. Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it! 9. You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the
A. hates B. is hating library.
5. I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come? A. studies B. is studying
A. go B. am going 10. It ________ quite hard — perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.
A. snows B. is snowing

D. 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.

E. 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.