PRESENT PROGRESSIVE VS.

SIMPLE PRESENT

I´m going to bed now. Good night.

I always go to bed before midnight.

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (I am doing) SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (I do)

Use the present progressive to talk about Use the simple present tense to talk about
something that is happening now. something that happens all the time.

EXAMPLES:
1. Look! It´s snowing!
2. Excuse me, what are you doing?
3. John and his cousin are jogging around
the block.
4. Can you please talk lower? I´m
listening to the radio.
5. She´s boiling water so she can make
tea.
6. Where´s Jack?
He´s visiting his mother.
EXAMPLES:
1. It usually snows here in the winter.
2. What do you do after class most of the
time?
3. Do you ever jog? Yes, I jog every
morning.
4. He often listens to the radio after
class.
5. Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade
6. Jack visits his mother every Friday.

EXERCISES

a. Are the underline verbs right or wrong? Correct the verbs that are wrong.
1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. RIGHT .
2. The water boils. Could you turn it off? Is boiling .
3. Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. _________________
4. Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? _________________
5. The moon goes around the earth. _________________
6. I have to go now. It gets late. _________________
7. I usually go to work by car. _________________
8. “Hurry up! It´s time to leave.” “Ok, I come.” _________________
9. I hear you´ve got a new job. How does it go? _________________
 b. Put the verb in the correct form, present progressive or simple present.
1. Let´s go out. It isn´t raining (not/rain) for you.
2. Julia is very good at languages. She speaks (speak) four languages very well.
3. Hurry up! Everybody _________________ (wait) for you.
4. “_________________ (you/ listen) to the radio?” “No you can turn it off.”
5. “_________________ (you/listen) to the radio every day?” “No, just occasionally.”
6. The Nile River _________________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
7. The river _________________ (flow) very fast today – much faster than usual.
8. We usually _________________ (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year we
_________________ (not/grow) any.
9. “How is your English?” “Not bad. It _________________ (improve) slowly.”
10. Matt is in San Francisco right now. He _________________ (stay) at the Pelton Hotel.
He _________________ (always/stay) there when he´s in San Francisco.
11. Can we stop walking soon? I _________________ (start) to feel tired.
12. “Do you know how to drive?” “I _________________ (learn). My father
_________________ (teach) me.”
13. Usually I _________________ (finish) work at 5:00, but this week I
_________________ (work) until 6:00 to earn some extra money.
14. My parents _________________ (live) in Chicago. They were born there and have
never live anywhere else. Where _________________ (your parents/live)?
15. Erika _________________ (look) for a place to live. She _________________ (stay)
with her sister until she finds a place.
16. “What _________________ (your father/do)?” “He´s an architect, but he
_________________ (not/work) at the moment.”
17. The train is never late. It _________________ (always/leave) on time.
18. Jim is very messy. He _________________ (always/leave) his things all over the place.

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