INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA

Área de Idiomas
University English 4

Activity for class -Present Simple vs. Present Progressive

A. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).

1. Look! He is living (leave) the house.

2. Quiet please! I am writing (write)a test.

3. She usually walks (walk) to school.

4. But look! Today she is going (go) by bike.

5. Every Sunday we goes (go) to see my grandparents.

6. He often goes (go) to the cinema.

7. We are playing (play)Monopoly at the moment.

8. The child is crying (cry).

9. I am not doing (not / do) anything at the moment.

10.Does he watch (watch / he) the news regularly?

B. Look at the picture and complete the sentences (Simple Present or Present Progressive).

1. This is (be) Marc.

2. He is wearing (wear) a t-shirt and shorts today.

3. He is eating (eat) an apple at the moment.

4. Marc likes (like) fruits and vegetables.

5. He eats (eat) some every day.

6. Marc knows (know) that apples are (be) good for his health.

1.This is (be) Caroline.

2.Caroline has (have) long blond hair.

3. She usually wears (wear) glasses, but now she is wearing

(wear) contact lenses.

4. Caroline likes (like) sports.

5. She plays (play) handball every Monday and Thursday.

1. Joe and Dennis are (be) best friends.

2. They often meets (meet) in the afternoon.
3. What they doing (do / they) at the moment?
4. They are playing (play) football.
5. They loves (love) football.
6. Joe is practicess (practice) with his father every weekend, but Dennis doesn t playing (not / play)
football very often.

1. These are (be) Linda and Jeff.

2. Linda is (be) Jeff's little sister.
3. At the moment, the two kids are siting (sit) on the floor.
4. Jeff is holding (hold) a book right now, he is reading (read) a
story to Linda.
5. Look! Linda is listening (listen) carefully and she is looking (look)
at the beautiful pictures.
6. Linda loves (love) Jeff's stories.
7. He reads (read) a story to her every day.
8. Jeff sometimes even writes (write) his own stories.

C. Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. It is (be) early in the morning.

2. Sally is getting (get) out of bed, openning (open) the window and is going (go) into the bathroom.

3. Then she haves (have) breakfast.

4. After breakfast, Sally usually cycles (cycle) to school.

5. After school, she goes (go) back home.

6. Sally usually eats (eat) her lunch at home.

7. In the afternoons, she first does (do) her homework and then she is meeting (meet) her friends in the
park.

8. What is she doing (do / she) now?

9. She is playing (play) the guitar.

10.Her friends are listening (listen) and some of them are singing (sing) along.

11.When Sally comes (come) home in the evening, she has (have) dinner and then she is watching
watch) TV.

12.She goes to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.