PRESENT SIMPLE/PRESENT CONTINUOUS

A. Circle the right option.

1. Calvin and Hobbes are getting up / get up at the moment.
2. Calvin always has a shower and gets / is getting dressed.
3. He usually goes / is going to school by bus.
4. Today his father drives / is driving him to school.
5. Hobbes always is staying / stays at home.

B. Look at the picture

and write sentences
in the present simple
and continuous.

1. Calvin / usually / play outside / after school / but today / he / read / some books /
at home.
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2. Hobbes / rarely / write / but at the moment / he / write / a letter.
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C. Complete the letter Hobbes is writing with the present simple and
continuous.

Hi Susie,
How are you? (1) ___________________you________________ (enjoy) your holiday?
Calvin and I usually (2) ______________ (go) to the forest and (3) __________ (swim)
in the river, but today we can’t… The weather is terrible! It (4) ___________________
(rain), so Calvin and I (5) ______________________ (spend) the day at home.
Calvin (6) _______________________________ (read). Can you imagine that?
See you soon,
Hobbes
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A. Circle the right option.

1. Calvin and Hobbes are getting up / get up at the moment.
2. Calvin always has a shower and gets / is getting dressed.
3. He usually goes / is going to school by bus.
4. Today his father drives / is driving him to school.
5. Hobbes always is staying / stays at home.

B. Look at the picture

and write sentences
in the present simple
and continuous.

1. Calvin / usually / play outside / after school / but today / he / read / some books /
at home.
Calvin usually plays outside after school, but today he is reading some
books at home.
2. Hobbes / rarely / write / but at the moment / he / write / a letter.
Hobbes rarely writes, but at the moment he is writing a letter.

C. Complete the letter Hobbes is writing with the present simple and
continuous.

Hi Susie,
How are you? (1) Are you enjoying (enjoy) your holiday?
Calvin and I usually (2) go (go) to the forest and (3) swim (swim)
in the river, but today we can’t… The weather is terrible! It (4) is raining
(rain), so Calvin and I (5) are spending (spend) the day at home.
Calvin (6) is reading (read). Can you imagine that?
See you soon,
Hobbes