IES Libertas. Torrevieja.

Departamento de Ingls

present simple & present continuous

1. Two people are talking about their next holidays. Use these words to help you write out their
conversation.
Example: What / you / do / next month?
What are you doing next month?
A:

Where / you / spend / your holiday?

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B:

I / go / Italy
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A:

Who / go / with?
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B:

My parents.

A:

your brother / go / too?

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B:

Yes, of course. What / you / do?

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A:

We / not have / a holiday

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B:

Why not?

A:

Because / my parents / buy / a boat / next year

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B:

Great!

A:

So next year we / go on / a sailing holiday

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B:

Fantastic! Where / you / go?

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A:

Probably to France.

B:

How many / people / go / with you?

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A:

All the family.

B:

How nice! Can I come too?

2. Complete the sentences with the right form of the present simple or present continuous of the
verbs in brackets.
a. What time do you go (go) to bed every night?
b. My sister is always happy. She always _________________ (smile) a lot.
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c. They _____________________ (watch) a film tonight.

d. My sister __________________________ (not get up) early at the weekends.
e. It __________________________ (snow) at the moment?
f. I usually ______________________ (ride) my bicycle when I go to meet my friends.
g. I ____________________ (not go) to Bills house because I have to clean my car.
h. Im tired, I _____________________ (go) home now.
i. I _________________ (play) tennis tomorrow.
j. I __________________ (use) my mobile phone a lot.
k. I _________________ (study) now.
l. The sun ______________________ (rise) in the east.
m. The sun _____________________ (not shine) today.
n. People from Rome ___________________ (speak) Italian.
o. I ___________________ (do) this test in English.
p. My mother never _________________ (wear) jeans.
q. Most businessmen __________________ (wear) suits.
r. The shops ___________________ (open) at 9.00 a.m. every day.
s. We _________________ (not go) to school on Sundays.
t. Today my father _____________________ (travel) to Italy.
u. We _____________________ (do) this test in silence.
v. Excuse me, ______________ (you/speak) English?
w. Listen! Somebody is ______________ (sing).
x. She's tired. She ________________ (want) to go home now.
y. How often _______________( you/read) a newspaper?
z. You can turn off the radio. I __________________________ (not listen) to it.

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