Present Simple or Present Continuous?

A. Complete the following chart accordingly:

Present Simple

Infinitive

Present Continuous

live (affirmative)

We

We

work (affirmative)

She

She

dance (interrogative)

you

you

read (affirmative)

They read

They

sing (negative)

She

She

study (affirmative)

He

He

go (interrogative)
run (negative)

he
I

Is he going?
I

B. Fill in the gaps with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous of the verbs in
brackets:
1. Its 7 oclock. David ____________________________________ (have) breakfast now, but he
usually _________________________________ (have) breakfast at 8 oclock.
2. Sometimes he _____________________________________ (watch) TV after dinner.
3. At the moment he _____________________________________ (read) the newspaper and the
children __________________________________________ (play) in the sitting-room.
4. Vicky often ________________________________ (go) shopping with her friends.

C. Put the words in order and write correct sentences:

1. the / are / car / they / washing / .
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2. listening / I / to / am / music / .
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3. never / up / Beckham / late / gets / .
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4. brother / playing / not / my / games / is / computer / .
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5. doing / they / what / are / now / ?
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6. the / are / moment / homework / at /they / doing / their / .
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7. go / we / to / by / always / school / bus / .

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8. formative test / very / this / easy / is / .
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