PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE EXERCISES

*It is a Friday evening. Tim and Oliver __________________ (play) football against Mike and
John. They__________________ (often/play) football against Mike and John. On nice
Sunday mornings the Millers ______________ (have) breakfast in the garden. But today it
_______________ (rain). So they _______________ (have) breakfast in the kitchen. It is
three o´clock. Mr Hill ____________________ (take) Sebastian´s food into the garden. He
____________________ (always/take) Sebastian´s food into the garden. It is Monday
morning. A coach full of children_____________________ (drive) to the youth hostel in
Bexhill. The pupils at Sarah´s school ______________ (go) on a trip every spring. Sandra
______________________ (often/listen) to Jessica Simpson´s songs in the afternoon. But
today she and her friend Patricia ________________________ (listen) to the Backstreet
Boys.

*It _____________ (be) Saturday afternoon and I__________(watch) TV now. There

___________(be) an interesting programme about wild animals. My mother ____________
(help) my brother with his Maths homework because he can’t do it himself. In fact he
__________ (hate) doing homework. My father _____________ (cut) the grass in the garden.
My sister _________(read) a book in her room. She _________ (love) reading so she
______________(go) to the library every Saturday, and ____ _________ (borrow) four or
five books. I _________ (not / know) how many books she has got in her bookcase.

*Harold Black is a famous pianist. He _________ (give) two or three concerts every week. He
____________(travel) a lot and this week he is in New York. He is at this hotel now. He
____________(have) his breakfast in the dining room. He ________(drink) a cup of coffee
and he ___________ (read) a newspaper. Harold _______(be) always very busy. He
_________(play) the piano regularly. He __________ (practice) for four hours everyday. He
__________ (go) to bed late and he always ________ (get up) early. But he sometimes
___________ (get) dressed so quickly, and this morning he ___________ (wear) one blue sock
and a red one!