EXERCISES: PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I. Put the verb in the correct form, present continuous or present simple.
1. She usually (walk) ____________ to school.walks
2. What time ________Mary usually (get) ____________ up every morning? Does/get
3. She (not wash) ____________her clothes every weekend. Doesn’t wash
4. This year we (learn) _______________English. Are learning
5. Look! Peter (play) ____________ football in the schoolyard. Is playing
6. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) _____________. Is sleeping
7. My father (work) _________________in the garden at the moment. Is working
8. Just a minute! I (look up) ______________ that word in the dictionary. Am looking up
9. The River Nile (flow)______________into the Mediterranean. flows
10. John isn’t lazy. He (work)______________ very hard most of the time.works
11. I (live)______________with some friends until I find a flat. Am living
12. We (enjoy)__________ our holiday. We (have)______________ a great time. Are enjoying/are
having
13. Catherine (want)___________ to work in Italy, so she (learn)______________ Italian. Wants/is
learning
14. - Brian! How nice to see you. What (you/do)_______________these days? Are …doing
- I (train)________________to be a supermarket manager.am training
15. Look at the river. It (flow)_____________very fast today- much faster than usual.is flowing
16. We usually (grow)___________vegetables in our garden but this year we (not/grow) .grow/aren’t
growing
17. The world (change)________________. Things never (stay)_____________ the same. Is
changing/stay
18. Normally I (finish)_____________ work at 5.00, but this week I (work) __________until 6.00 to earn
a bit money. Finish/am working
20. Ann (not/seem)________________ very happy at the moment. Doesn’t seem
21. She is enjoying her holiday. She (have)_____________ a nice room in the hotel.has
22. A. Oh. I’ve left the light on again.
B. Typical. You (always/leave) ____________ the light on.are always leaving
22. I used to drink a lot of coffee but these days I (prefer)_____________ tea.prefer
23. Normally you are very sensible, so why (you/be)_______________ so silly about this matter. Are you being
25. What (you/think)______________ will happen? Do you think
26. You (always/ watch) _____________TV. You should do something more active. Are always watching
27. I (not/understand)_don’t understand this sentence. What (this word/ mean) does this word mean?
28. I can’t understand why he (be)_____________ so selfish. He isn’t usually like that. Is being
29. I (see)_____________ the manager tomorrow morning.am seeing
30. I (not/use)______________ this car this evening, so you can have it.am not using

II. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. proofs B. books C. points D. days

2. A. helps B. laughs C. cooks D. finds

3. A. neighbors B. friends C. relatives D. photographs

4. A. snacks B. follows C. titles D. writers

5. A. streets B. phones C. books D. makes

7. A. develops B. takes C. laughs D. Volumes

8. A. phones B. streets C. books D. makes

9. A. proofs B. regions C. lifts D. rocks

10. A. involves B. believes C. suggests D. steals

11. A. remembers B. cooks C. walls D. pyramids

12. A. miles B. words C. accidents D. names

13. A. sports B. plays C. chores D. minds

14. A. nations B. speakers C. languages D. minds

15. A. proofs B. looks C. lends D. stops

16. A. dates B. bags C. photographs D. speaks

17. A. parents B. brothers C. weekends D. feelings

18. A. chores B. dishes C. houses D. coaches

19. A. works B. shops C. shifts D. plays

20. A. coughs B. sings C. stops D. sleeps

III. Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the present continuous or present simple:
1. Tim (live) _______ in Manchester but he (spend) _______ this month in Wales lives/is spending
2. A: _______ (you/work) today?are you working
B: No, I ______am not_. I usually (work) _______ on Fridays but I’ve got the day off work
3. A: What _______ (Josephine/do)does Josephine do?
B: She (be) is a teacher but she (not teach)is not teaching at the moment. She (look) is looking for a
job.
4. A: Can I have that paper or _______ (you/read) it? You are reading
B: No, I (not read) am not reading it. I never (read)read that paper. I (prefer) prefer the Daily News
5. A: _______ (This bag/belong) to you? Does this bag belong
B: No, It doesn’t, but I (know) know Anita (look) is looking for her bag
6. I (not smoke) don’t smoke but my husband does. He (try) is trying to stop at the momet but it’s not
easy
7. Do you remember (you/remember) my friend Matthew? He (stay)is staying with me at the moment
8. A: _______ (you/speak) German? Do you speak
B: No, I don’t_, but I (want) want to learn. I (look) am looking for a coursebook.
9. Emma and Katie usually (visit) _______ me on Saturdays but they _______ (camp) in the New
Forest this weekend. Visit /are camping
10. A: _______ (Simon/help) you very much? Does Simon help
B: No, not usually, but he (help) me today is helping
11. A: What _______ (you/do)? Are you doing
B: I (write) _______ a letter to my parents. I (write) _______ them every weekend am writing/write
12. A: Let’s go out B: Look! It (snow) _______ outside. It (come) _______ down quite hard
Is snowing /is coming
13. A: What time _______ (you/usually/start) work? Do you usually start
B: Normally, We (start) _______ work at eight o’clock, but we (start) _______ at seven this
weekend. We’re very busy at the moment start/are starting