PRESENT SIMPLE

1) Complete with the present simple form of the verbs ON BRACKETS:

A: _____ you ____ (live) in Barcelona?

B: No, I ______ (not live) in Barcelona. I _____ (live) in Cerdanyola.But my sister ____ (live) there. 
A: And _____ she ____ (like) it?
B: Yes, she _____ (love) Barcelona. She _____ (work) in a bank in the mornings. In the afternoons, she _____ (play) tennis
with her boyfriend or she _____ (watch) TV at home. In the evenings, she usually _____ (go) for a walk on the beach or she
_____ (do) her English homework. She ______ (study) English on Saturdays. 
A: ______ she ______ (visit) you in Cerdanyola?
B: She ______ (not come) to Cerdanyola very often. I usually ______(visit) her in Barcelona.

2) Complete with the present simple form of the verbs: eat, drink, finish, get (x2), go(x2), have(x3), leave,
listen, play, read, start, watch

On Mondays, Terry _____ up at 7.30 and ______ a shower. He _____ dressed and _____ breakfast. He _____ a piece of
toast and _____ a cup of black coffee. He -_____ home at 8.30 and _____ to work by bus. He ______ work at 9.00. He
______ lunch in a little restaurant near the office. He _____ work at 17 o'clock in the afternoon. After work, he ______
football with his friends. In the evenings, he ______ TV, _______ the newspaper and ______ to classical music. He _____ to
bed at midnight.

3) Complete with the present simple form of the verbs AND ADVERBS on brackets:

What _____ you _____ (think) is the best way to spend the Christmas holiday? I ____ (not be) sure I know. For some,
travelling somewhere where it _____ (snow) is the best option. In my case, I ________ (always/be) too lazy to organise
anything and plane tickets ______ (be) so expensive at this time of the year.
I think Christmas _______ (be) best spent at home. There are so many things to do at Christmas that you ______ (not need)
to worry about travel arrangements as well. We _______ (usually/have) lunch in the family and ______ (spend) the afternoon
reading books or watching films. Christmas at home _______ (smell) of spiced wine, roast chicken and apple pie. The
children _________ (always/help) us prepare the Christmas tree but we ________ (not turn) on the lights until the 24th.
It __________ (often/not snow) where I live but it ________ (get) quite cold in winter. People from other countries ________
(usually/come) here for the mild weather in winter.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1)Complete with the present continuous form of the verbs ON BRACKETS:

1. He is _____ (write) a letter. 1._____ you _____ (wait) for someone?

2. They are _____ (sit) down.
3. She is ______ (swim) in the lake.
4. It's _____ (begin) to rain.
5. I'm ______ (study) Chinese this year.
6. She's ______ (lie) on the beach.
7. It's ______ (get) dark sooner these days.
8 She's ______ (cut) some bread.
9.You _____ (not listen) to me.
2. I _____ (look) for my glasses. I can't find them.
3. He ______ (not work) today. He is on holiday.
4. They ______ (not take) photos of the house. 
5. My parents ______ (visit) Rome at the moment.
6. _____ she ______ (work) in her room?
7. Why ____ your brother _____ (sit) on the floor?
8. Look, the old man _______ (cross) the street now.
10. We ________ (fly) over London at the moment

2) Use the following information to make present continuous questions and answer them:

1. your mother / work / today ? (no)

2. You / clean / your room ? (yes)
3. What / you / do/ now ? (play computer games)
4. Where / Kate/ go ? (beach)

5. Why / her sister/ cry ? (hungry)

3) Complete with the present continuous OR present simple form of the verbs on brackets:

Tom: Hi, Mary! What _____ you ______ (do) here?

Mary: I ______ (wait) for Jane. We _______ (walk) home together every day. We ______ (live) in the same street.
Tom: Oh, I ______ (think) Jane ________ (talk) with the French teacher at the moment.
Mary: Yes, I ______ (know). She usually _______ (study) German, but this year she ______(study) French. She
______(love) foreign languages.
Tom: I ______ (not speak) French, but my brother ______ (speak) it fluently. He _______ (travel) a lot to Paris for his job.
He ______ (work) for a computer company and he really _______ (enjoy) it. But he _______ (not like) flying.
Mary: ______ he ______ (live) with you?
Tom: Yes, he still _______ (live) with us, but this week he _______ (stay) in his girlfriend's flat. They would like to buy a
house together but they _______ (not know) where.

1. I ______ (learn) German this year but unfortunately I ______ (not learn) languages easily.
2. We ______ (live) in Barcelona for most of the year but we ______ (live) in London for a few months this year.
3. I regularly ______ (work) in an office but I ______ (work) in my parents' souvenir shop this summer.
4. He _____ (be) such a nice guy but he ______ (be) really annoying tonight.
5. They normally ______ (play) tennis but this afternoon they _______ (cycle).
6. They ______ (study) in Milan but this year they _______ (do) an Erasmus in Barcelona.
7. She normally ______ (eat) very little but she ______ (eat) a lot these days. Do you think she is pregnant?