PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS - key

1. Write the third person singular of the verbs.

shouts matches says
reads tricks wishes
kisses trips catches
climbs finishes tries
sings rushes saves

2. Add –ing to the verbs…

+-ing Eating, catching, watching, doing, hanging, playing, surfing, going,
cooking, speaking, singing, drawing, flying
Live – living Having, celebrating, riding, using
Lie - lying Tying
Double the Chatting, running, putting, getting, swimming
consonant + ing
3. Underline the correct item:
1. Drive
2. Do
3. Make
4. Has
5. Go
6. Don’t
4. Fill in with the present continuous.

1 – are swimming

2- are flying

3- am not riding

4- is cooking

5- are playing / aren’t drawing

6- isn’t using

7- Is your dad fixing

8- are you meeting

5. Use adverbs of frequency and time expressions to write about you.

(some examples)
b. I usually talk to my friends on the phone.
c. I visit my grandparents at the weekend.
d. I tidy my room every morning.
e. I go to the cinema with my friends on Sundays.
f. I never walk to school.
g. I sometimes eat at fast food restaurants.
h. I always cook lunch.
 i. I usually get up early on weekdays.
j. I never have a shower in the evening.
k. I rarely watch TV on Saturday morning.

6. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

a. He always goes to school by bus.
b. He sometimes goes to the park on Sundays.
c. She never goes swimming in the pool.
d. We often watch TV after dinner.
e. Tom is always late for work.

7. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present continuous.
2. has
3. are walking
4. goes
5. lives
6. isn’t talking
7. watches
8. surfs
9. don’t eat
10. Do you leave
11. Do they study
12. am visiting

8. Complete with present simple or present continuous:

2. Do you believe / don’t know / don’t want
3. Is Dave cycling / is /rides
4. is / is working
5. are / need / are watching

9. Ann has got a daily routine, but she is changing it for today. Look at the chart to say
what she usually does and what she is doing today.

Ann usually watches TV in the afternoon, but today she is playing computer games.
Ann usually talks on the phone in the evening, but today she is going out with her
friends.

10. Complete with am / is/are or do / don’t / does / doesn’t

2. doesn’t
3. are / am
4. is
5. don’t
6. does
11. Complete the dialogue
2. do you want
3. sounds
4. want
5. is she getting
6. need
7. is