Present Simple Vs.

Present Continuous

1. Complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Noemi: What _______________ (you/do)?

Victor: Political Science.
Noemi: I _____________ (do) Social Antropology. Where _______________
(you/come) from?
Victor: I’m from Coimbra, in Portugal.
Noemi: How many hours of classes ___________________ (you/have) a day?
Victor: It ______________ (depend) on the day, but usually four.
__________________ (you/go) to the party tonight?
Noemi: ____________________ (you/mean) the one for new students? I can’t, because I ___________
(need) to get organized tonight. I _______________ (move) to a rented flat tomorrow.
Victor: Where ___________________ (you/live) at the moment?
Noemi: I ___________________ (stay) in a bed and breakfast.
Victor: What _________________ (you/do) on Sunday afternoon? If you ______________ (want), we could
meet and look around the city.
Noemi: I ______________________ (meet) some friends in the afternoon. What about Sunday morning?
Victor: Fine. Where shall we meet?

2. Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the verbs: present simple or present continuous.

Driver: So, what ___________________ (you/do) here in Chicago, mister?

Man: I ______________________ (visit) some clients.
Driver: Where are you from? You ___________ (not/mind) me asking, do you?
Man: Not at all. I’m from Inchon, in Korea.
Driver: Good place to be! Me, I’m from Idaho. How long _________________
(you/stay) here?
Man: Three days. I __________________ (go) home on Saturday.
Driver: OK. Hey, _____________ (you/like) steak? ________________ (you/know) where the best steak in
all of America ____________ (come) from? That’s right – Idaho!

Policeman: What ________________ (you/do) here?

Josh: Nothing. Why?
Policeman: We ask the questions here.
Josh: We ______________ (wait) for someone.
Policeman: Where __________________ (you/live)?
Josh: 151, Churchill Road.
Policeman: What are your names?
Josh: I’m Josh and he’s my brother, Wayne. We _________________ (not/do) anything ilegal, are we?
Policeman: ________________ (you/carry) any form of identification?
Josh: Yes, I ________________ (have) my driving license. ____________ (you/want) to see it? Here!
Policeman: It ______________ (say) Dean Allen on this license.
Josh: Does it? Oh yes, it’s my dad’s.
3. Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the verbs: present simple or present continuous.

SOME OFFICE WORKERS ARE TALKING AT LUNCHTIME

Tim: I see that you ____________ (eat) a vegetarian dish now. ____________ (you/always/eat) vegetarian
food?
Claire: No, I ______________ (eat) everything, but I __________ (try) this today because it _____________
(looks) so good.
Tim: My cousin is a vegan. That ____________ (mean) that he ___________ (not/eat) any animal products.
At the moment he _______________ (suffer) from a vitamin problem and the doctor _________________
(think) that he should eat some fish or meat.
Fred: It _______________ (seem) silly to me to be so strict. People _______________ (not/kill) animals to
get milk or eggs, for example.
Tim: I _______________ (agree) with you, but my cousin ______________ (believe) that we shouldn’t
exploit animals at all.
Claire: I _________________ (hope) that he’ll soon get over his vitamin problem.