The film starts at 8 pm. I am going to the cinema tonight.

Daily routine or just for a limited period of time?

Do you want to talk about a daily routine? Or do you want to emphasis that something is
only going on for a limited (rather short) period of time?

Simple Present Present Progressive

Only for a limited period of time (does not have to happen

DAILY ROUTINE directly at the moment of speaking)

Bob works in a restaurant. Jenny is working in a restaurant this week.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present CONTINUOUS).

1. Look! He (leave) is leaving the house.

2. Quiet please! I (write) am writing a test.

3. She usually (walk) walks to school.

5. But look! Today she (go) is going by bike.

6. Every Sunday we (go) go to see my grandparents.

7. He often (go) goes to the cinema.

8. We (play) are playing Monopoly at the moment.

9. The child seldom (cry) cries .

10. I (not / do) am not anything at the moment.

11. (watch / he) Does he watch the news regularly?

12. I (be) am very busy today.

13. At noon I (visit) am visiting my friend Tanya.

14. We (want) want to have lunch together.

15. In the afternoon I (play) am playing squash with Emily.

16. In the evening, I (meet) am meeting Rob.

17. We (go) are going to the cinema.

18. The film (start) starts at 8 pm.

 19. James (live) lives in a little village.
20. He (be) is in his last year at school.

21. After school, James (want) wants to become a banker.

22. So this week, he (do) is doing a practical course in a bank.

23. There (be) is a bank in a nearby town, but to

James (have) has take the bus to get there.
24. The bus (leave) leaves at 5.30 in the morning
and (return) returns at 8.15 in the evening.
25. James (not / like) doesn’t like to spend so much time in town before and
after work, waiting for the bus.

26. Therefore, this week he (stay) is staying with his aunt,

who (live) lives in town.
27. James usually (wear) wears jeans and t-shirts, but while
he (work) is working
for the bank now, he (wear) is wearing a suit
and a tie.

Negative sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous.

1. He (not / spend) doesn’t spend his holidays in Spain each year.

2. I (not / meet) am not meeting Francis tonight.

3. They (not / fly) are not flying to London tomorrow.

4. We (not / work) are not working this week.

5. The film (not / begin) doesn’t begin at 7 o'clock.

questionn

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Cotinuous.

1. (leave / you) Are you leaving the party now?

2. (have / you) You have any brothers or sisters?

3. (love / she) Does she loves him?

4. Who (cook) is cooking dinner tonight?

5. (send / he) Does he send you an e-mail every day?