IPEP JAÉN DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLÉS

1º BACHILLERATO - REFUERZO

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

1. Chose the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1. Deshi runs / is running in the park every morning.

2. This morning I swim / am swimming in the pool.
3. Henry works / is working from 9.00 to 15pm on Mondays.
4. Right now my friend studies / is studying English.
5. My parents have / are having dinner in a restaurant today.
6. I watch / am watching a film on TV now.
7. Paul likes / is liking pizza.
8. Please be quiet! I read / am reading a very interesting book.
9. Hurry up! The bus waits / is waiting for us!
10. I often go / am going to football matches on Sundays.

2. Present Simple or Present Continuous? Put the verbs in brackets in the

corresponding tense:

1. I _am listening________ to the radio at the moment. (listen)

2. We never ___go_______ to the country in summer. (go)
3. My friends __live_______ in London (live), but they __are living___
Spain at the moment.
4. He __likes______ that book very much. (like)
5. She __is writing_______ a letter now. (write)
6. I usually _play______tennis on Sundays (play) but today I_am swimming_ in
the sea. (swim)
7. Frida _has____ lunch at two o’clock every day. (have)
8. The phone __is ringing_______(ring). Can you answer it?
9. Where __do you come_____(you/come) from?
10. Why ___is she crying______( she/cry)? Because she hurt herself.
11. He usually ___goes______(go) to bed at about eleven.
12. Listen! I __am talking______(talk) to you.
13. What ___do you do______(you/do)? I’m a teacher.
14. She __smokes_______(smoke) more than 20 cigarettes a day.
15. Look! It __is falling___(fall)
16. How often ___do you have_____(you/have) a bath?
17. He ___drinks______(drink) ten cups of tea a day.
18. Where is he? He ___is doing _______(do) his homework.
19. Take an umbrella. It __is raining______(rain).
20. It ___rains______ (rain) a lot in this country.
21. Peter ___writes_____ (write) to her every week.
22. He always ___does______(do) the cooking.
23. Come on! They __are waiting______ (wait) for us.
24. __Does he know______(he/know) the answer?
25. Excuse me, __do you speak___(you/speak) English?
26. Tom ___is having ______(have) a shower at the moment.
27. They __do not watch_______(not watch) TV very often.
28. She is tired. She ___wants_____(want) to go home now.
29. “Where are you, Roy?” “I’m in the sitting-room. I __am reading_____(read)
30. What time __does she finish_____(she/finish) work every day?
31. You can turn off the radio. I __am not listening____(not listen) to it.
32. George is a good tennis player but he __doesn’t play______(not play) very often.
33. “Have a cigarette.” “No, thank you, I __don’t smoke_____(not smoke).
IPEP JAÉN DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLÉS
Present Simple / Present Continuous

3. Complete the conversations. Put in the correct form of each verb:

1. A: Is Janet in, please?

B: Yes, but I ___think______ (think) she’s busy at the moment. She
__is washing__ (wash) her hair.
2. A: I __am thinking__________ (think) of buying a new computer.
B: But computers ___cost____ (cost) so much money. What’s wrong
with the one we’ve got?
A: It __is getting_____ (get) out of date now.
3. A: Your new trousers ___look_____ (look) nice:
B: Thank you. The trouble is they __don’t fit____ (not/fit) properly. I
__don’t know___ (not/know) why I bought them, really.
4. A: What ___are you doing______ (you/do)?
B: I __am weighing____ (weigh) this letter. I __need__ (need) to
know how many stamps to put on it.
5. A: I ___think____ (think) this road is really dangerous. Look how fast
that lorry __is going______ (go)
B: I ___agree___ (agree). People shouldn’t go so fast.
6. A: I __like_____ (like) musicals. And this is a great show, isn’t it?
___Are you enjoying__ (you/enjoy) it?
B: Yes, I am. I __am loving_______(love) every minute of it.
7. A: I __always fall_____ (always/fall) asleep. I just can’t keep awake.
B: What time __do you go_____ (you go) to bed?
A: About ten o’clock usually. But it __doesn’t make__ (not/make) any
difference.
8. A: Could you post the goods to me, please?
B: Yes, certainly.
A: I _am living_____ (live) in a guest house at the moment as I
__am looking___ (look) for a flat. So could you send it to my work
address?
B: Yes, of course. And you’ll have the goods by the end of the week, I
__promise____ (promise)
9. A: Why __do you want____ (you/want) to change the whole plan?
B: I’m not happy with it.
A: And I __don’t understand___ (not/understand) why you __are/ are being__
(be) so difficult about it.
10. A: __Are you looking____ (you/look) for someone?
B: Yes. I __need____ (need) to speak to Neil. He isn’t in his office.
A: He _is talking____ (talk) to the boss at the moment. I _think_____
(think) they __are discussing______ (discuss) money.
IPEP JAÉN DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLÉS
Present Simple / Present continuous

4. This is Anna’s first letter in English to David. There are some mistakes.
Rewrite the wrong verb forms. Put a tick ( ) if the verb form is correct.
Dear David,
I live _____correct_____ in a large flat in Rome. I’m having _____have____
two sisters. They are called Rosa and Maria. We are getting up __get up___
at seven o’clock every morning, and we have ____correct_____ coffee and a
small breakfast. I leave __correct_______ the flat at eight and walk to
university. I am finishing ____finish_____ classes at five every day, and
I arrive __correct_______ home at six. This month I work ____am working____
very hard for my first exams.
At the moment, I eat __am eating_____ breakfast in the kitchen of our
flat, my mother drinks __is drinking_______ coffee, and my sisters are
reading____correct___ magazines.
On Saturday afternoons I am playing ____play______ tennis with my
friends, or I go _____correct______ to the cinema. Today, I’m going to see a
new English film. Sometimes I am watching ____watch____ American
films on TV, but I’m not understanding __don’t understand______ the words!
Are you liking _Do you like_____ films?

Please write to me soon.

With best wishes,
Anna

5. Write sentences. Use the Present Simple or the Present Continuous:

- (Usually she/work/at the office, but this week she/work/at home)
UUsually she works at the office, but this week she is working at home_
- (You/not/eat/very much at the moment. Are you ill?)
You aren’t eating much at the moment. Are you ill?
- (She/know/three/words in Italian!)
She knows three words in Italian!
- (I/take/the bus/to work this week, but usually I/walk)
I’m taking the bus to work this week, but usually I work
- (I/study/Japanese this year. It’s very difficult)
I’m studying Japanese this year. It’s very difficult
- (you/watch/the television at the moment?)
Are you watching television at the moment?
- (I/not/remember/the name of the hotel)
I don’t remember the name of the hotel
- (She/speak/three languages)
She speaks three languages
- The sun/shine/. It’s a beautiful day!)
The sun is shining. It’s a beautiful day!

6. Two people are standing on a railway station platform. Write the conversation
between them, using the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
Sometimes, it is not necessary to change the verb forms.
Robert: (Hello. /you / wait / for the same train as me?)
Hello. Are you waiting for the same train as me?
Paul: (I / not / know. I / wait/ for the 6.15 to Brussels. And you?)
I don’t know. I’m waiting for the 6.15 to Brussels. And you?
Robert: (Yes, me too. / you /live / in Brussels?)
Yes, me too. Do you live in Brussels?
Paul: (No. I come from Brussels, but I / study / at university in Paris at the
moment)
No. I come from Brussels, but I am studying at university in Paris at the
moment.
IPEP JAÉN DEPARTAMENTO DE INGLÉS
Robert: (Oh yes? What course / you / take?)
Oh yes? What course are you taking?
Paul: (I / do / a two-year course in Business Management.)
I’m doing a two-year course in Business Management
Robert: (So why / you / go / to Brussels?)
So why are you going to Brussels?
Paul: (All my friends / live / there, and I / often / go / there at weekends.)
All my friends live there, and I often go there at the weekends.

(I / not know / many people in Paris. What about you? / you / often /go /
to Brussels?)
I don’t know many people in Paris. What about you? Do you often go to
Brussels?
Robert: (Yes, on business. I / go / to a meeting there today.)
Yes, on business. I’m going to a meeting there today

Paul: (Oh yes. What kind of job / you / do?

Oh yes. What kind of job do you do?
Robert: (I /work / in the Marketing Department of a small company, and I / often
/ travel / to different towns and cities for meetings.)
I work in the Marketing Department of a small company, and I often
travel to different towns and cities for meetings.
Paul: (What / your company / sell?)
What does your company sell?
Robert: (It / make / clocks.)
It makes clocks
Paul: (Oh look! The train / come.)
Oh look! The train is coming.