NAME:___________________________________________ DATE: ________________________

When to use which tense? Simple Present (S.P) or Present Progressive (P.P)
For present actions happening one after another, we use ___________
For actions happening while speaking, we use ___________.
For arrangements for the near future, we use___________ .
For actions set by a schedule or timetable, we use ___________ .
Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: sometimes, never, every day? ___________
Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: Listen!, at the moment, right now? ___________

1. Look! He___________ (leave) the house.

2. Quiet please! I___________ (write) a test.
3. She usually ___________ (walk) to school.
4. But look! Today she___________ (go) by bike.
5. Every Sunday we___________ (go) to see my grandparents.
6. He often ___________ (go) to the cinema.
7. We ___________ (play) Monopoly at the moment.
8. The child seldom___________ (cry) .
9. I ___________ (not / do) anything at the moment.
10. ___________ (watch / he) the news regularly?
11. It___________ (be) early in the morning.

12. Sally ___________ (get) out of bed, ___________ (open) the window and ___________ (go) into the
bathroom.
13. Then she___________ (have) breakfast.
14. After breakfast, Sally usually___________ (cycle) to school.
15. After school, she ___________ (go) back home.
16. Sally usually ___________ (eat) her lunch at home.
17. In the afternoons, she first___________ (do) her homework and then she___________ (meet) her friends in
the park.
18. What ___________ (do / she) now?
19. She___________ (play) the guitar.
20. Her friends___________ (listen) and some of them ___________ (sing) along.
21. When Sally ___________ (come) home in the evening, she ___________ (have) dinner and then she (watch)
TV.
22. She ___________ (go) to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.
23. James___________ (live) in a little village.
24. He ___________ (be) in his last year at school.
25. After school, James___________ (want) to become a banker.
26. So this week, he ___________ (do) a practical course in a bank.
27. There ___________ (be) a bank in a nearby town, but James (have) to take the bus to get there.
28. The bus ___________ (leave) at 5.30 in the morning and (return) at 8.15 in the evening.
29. James ___________ (not / like) to spend so much time in town before and after work, waiting for the bus.
30. Therefore, this week he ___________ (stay) with his aunt, who (live) in town.
31. James usually___________ (wear) jeans and t-shirts, but while he (work) for the bank now, he (wear) a suit
and a tie.
32. I ___________ (live) in London.
33. This weekend, I ___________ (visit) my friends in Brighton.
34. The train to Brighton ___________ (leave) London at 6.45 in the morning.
35. In the early afternoon, we___________ (want) to go on a sightseeing tour.
36. In the evening, we___________ (go) to a concert.
37. The concert ___________ (start) at 8 o'clock.
38. I ___________ (come) back to London on Sunday.
39. My train ___________ (arrive) in London at 7.50 in the evening.