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Present Simple Present Continuous

The document provides examples of using the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It contains multiple exercises where readers must choose between the present simple and present continuous when completing sentences. The exercises cover topics like daily habits, current actions, and time expressions that indicate tense. The goal is to practice accurately using these two grammatical tenses in different sentence constructions.

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Present Simple Present Continuous

The document provides examples of using the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It contains multiple exercises where readers must choose between the present simple and present continuous when completing sentences. The exercises cover topics like daily habits, current actions, and time expressions that indicate tense. The goal is to practice accurately using these two grammatical tenses in different sentence constructions.

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PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
is eating
1. Harry …………………… (eat) a hamburger now.
2. Dean usually …………………… (go) to the bowling alley on Saturday.
3. My friends …………………… (watch) the football game right now.
4. My father never …………………… (drive) to work. He often …………………… (take) the train.
5. I’m at the hairdresser’s. I …………………… (get) a haircut at the moment.

2 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
are waiting
Betty and I are at the concert hall right now. We 1…………………… (wait) in a long queue to see
Beyoncé. Betty 2…………………… usually …………………… (not go) to concerts with me, but she
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…………………… (love) Beyoncé. There are thousands of teenagers here and many of them
4
…………………… (sing) Beyoncé’s songs. I 5…………………… (not sing) because I
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…………………… (not know) the words to the songs. Betty 7…………………… (talk) on her mobile
phone with our friend, Lisa. Lisa 8…………………… (come) to the concert, too. I 9……………………
(hope) we can find her!

3 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
wait • not want • go • skate • hate • not listen • wear
doesn’t want to take the dog for a walk because he’s tired.
1. John ……………………
2. All the children …………………… at the ice rink now.
3. Janet …………………… to the football game on the radio because she ……………………
football.
4. …………………… you …………………… in the queue at the moment?
5. I …………………… my new sweater today.
6. …………………… Donny often …………………… to the zoo?

5 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
1. Quiet! I ……………………………… (try) to concentrate.
2. Jane ……………………………… (study) the piano on Mondays.
3. We ……………………………… (not have) lunch now.
4. The teacher ……………………………… (not give) us homework on Fridays.
5. Where …………………… you …………………… (go) every day after school?

4 Choose the correct time expressions.


1. What is Janice eating never / at the moment / tomorrow?
2. Do you at the moment / often / every day clean your room?
3. Our grandparents today / right now / always give us gifts at Christmas.

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Unit 1 Extra Practice 1

4. The students are making sandwiches for the trip now / every day / often.
5. Steve doesn’t now / usually / tomorrow have breakfast before he goes to school.

6 Complete the questions with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous. Then answer the questions so they are true for you.
1. Where …………………… your best friend …………………… (live)?
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2. What …………………… you …………………… (wear) at the moment?
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3. When …………………… you …………………… (go) to bed at night?
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4. What …………………… you and your friends usually …………………… (do) at weekends?
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5. What book …………………… you …………………… (read) right now?
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7 Write sentences with the words below. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
1. Maria / not have / lunch / with her father / today / .
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2. my cousin / often / send / photos of his family / to me / .
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3. he / not like / driving / in rainy weather / .
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4. they / fly / to England / now / ?
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5. she / cook / breakfast / every day / ?
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6. Bill and Ben / always / walk / to football practice / together / .
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8 Choose the correct answers.


Ellen: Hi, Sue. What 1 are you eating / do you eat / you are eating?
Sue: A doughnut. It’s delicious!
Ellen: But it’s not very healthy. Doughnuts are fried and they have got 2 a lot of / some / much
calories.
Sue: Well, I 3 don’t eat / am not eating / doesn’t eat them every day and there are 4 any /
some / much vitamins in my doughnut.
Ellen: Vitamins! Are you sure?
Sue: Yes! I 5 eat / eats / am eating a strawberry doughnut. There are vitamins in fruit and
strawberries are fruit.

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