PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1 Complete the table with the time expressions and adverbs of frequency below.

today • now • often • on Sundays • every year • tomorrow night • this morning • at this
moment • twice a week • usually

Present Simple Present Continuous

2 Choose the correct answer.

1. They go to church … .

a. at this moment b. now c. on Sundays

2. I …. listen to classical music.

a. every year b. often c. today

3. My dad is making pancakes for breakfast … .

a. this morning b. usually c. twice a week

4. We are flying to Germany … .

a. on Sundays b. tomorrow night c. often

5. My friends go shopping … .

a. at this moment b. now c. twice a week

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. What are you cooking? It smells / is smelling wonderful.

2. What time do you usually go / are you usually going to bed?
3. Be quiet! The baby sleeps / is sleeping.
4. How often do you visit / are you visiting your grandmother?
5. In most US schools, the students don’t wear / aren’t wearing uniforms.
6. Turn off the television. The children don’t watch / aren’t watching it.
7. You don’t need an umbrella this morning. It doesn’t rain / isn’t raining.
8. He is a vegetarian. He doesn’t eat / isn’t eating meat.
9. Right now, the president meets / is meeting some important people.
10. Tom has got a car now so he doesn’t walk / isn’t walking to school any more.
4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.

1. My mother ……………………… (wash) her car every weekend.

2. I ……………………… (do) an English grammar exercise at this moment.

3. The British sometimes ……………………… (eat) fish and chips for dinner.

4. My friends and I ……………………… (go) shopping tomorrow.

5. On Saturdays, I ……………………… (not get up) till 12.00.

6. Our teacher is ill. She ……………………… (not work) today.

5 Write the questions for the answers below. Pay attention to the words in bold.

1. .....................................................................................................................

Yes, he loves chocolates.

2. .....................................................................................................................

They live in Paris.

3. .....................................................................................................................

The children are playing tennis.

4. .....................................................................................................................

I’m wearing a coat because it is cold outside.

5. .....................................................................................................................

She finishes school at 3.30.

6. .....................................................................................................................

Yes, she is leaving tonight.

6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.

1. She ……………………… (not go) swimming with her friends today because she
……………………… (not know) how to swim. She ……………………… (want) to
learn and she ……………………… (wait) for the swimming course to start next
month.
2. Teacher: Graham, ……………………… you ……………………… (listen) to me?
Student: Yes, Mrs Black, but I still ……………………… (not understand) the story.
3. The world ……………………… (get) warmer and most world leaders
……………………… (believe) that this is a big problem. Next month, many of
these leaders ……………………… (meet) to talk about the problem.
1-Choose the correct answer.
1.I am meeting George often / now.
2.We are going to the theatre every week / tomorrow.
3.Clara plays the piano for an hour every afternoon / right now.
4.At the moment / Every morning, they are listening to the news.
5.It tonight / rarely snows in Egypt.

2-Choose the correct answer.

1.The new disc is sounding / sounds fantastic.
2.Don’t forget to take your umbrella. It rains / is raining.
3.Mike is going / goes to England this summer.
4.Does Dylan play / Is Dylan playing volleyball for the school team?
5.Why does Lily cut / is Lily cutting the cake? The guests aren’t here yet.

3-Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.

1.Please be quiet. This is a library and students …………………… (study).

2.Michael …………………… (watch) television when his parents are at work.
3.Linda …………………… (think) that her new boyfriend is very attractive.
4.What ……………… you ……………… (do) after school next Wednesday?
5.Megan …………………… (not change) her opinions easily.
6.Thomas …………………… (not run) in the marathon because his leg hurts.

4-Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
1.I ……………………… (sit) at the computer at the moment.
2.Tina always ……………………… (apply) for a summer job the moment school is over.
3.My parents ……………………… (not allow) me to stay out late on weekdays.
4.The teachers ……………………… (leave) for the seminar after school ends.
5.My mobile phone ……………………… (ring). Where is my bag?
6.These biscuits ……………………… (taste) delicious.
7.What ……………… the students ……………… (study) now?

5-Complete the passage with the verbs below. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

give • study • attend • appear • read • love • write

Let’s go and meet JK Rowling, the famous author of the Harry Potter books. She (1)
……………………… at the city library this week. She (2) ……………………… a lecture about her books.
Rowling (3) ……………………… wonderful stories that both children and adults (4) ………………………
reading. The hero of her books, Harry Potter, (5) ……………………… Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry, where he and his friends (6) ……………………… magic.
The Harry Potter books are very popular all over the world. Because of them, children
everywhere (7) ……………………… .