Present Tense Simple & Continuous – Practice

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive) her kids to football practice.

2. Usually, I (work)……………. as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study)………..

French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)…………………..

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain)………………..

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always)…………….

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)……………. because everybody (talk) ………… so
loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently) …………….. a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he

can find a good publisher when he is finished.

8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?

Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go) ……………… to a movie tonight with some friends.

9. The business cards (be, normally ) ………………… printed by a company in New

York. Their prices (be) ………………….. inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite
good.

10. This delicious chocolate (be) ………………….. made by a small chocolatier in Zurich,

Switzerland.
2. Andy sometimes ……………comics. (to read)
1. We never ……………TV in the morning. (to watch)
2. Listen! Sandy ………………in the bathroom. (to sing)
3. My sister usually ………………in the kitchen. (to help)
4. My mother ………………..breakfast now. (to make)
5. They often ……………………the bathroom. (to clean)
6. Look! The boys ……………………..home. (to come)
7. Every day his grandfather ……………………..for a walk. (to go)
8. I …………………..with my friend at the moment. (to chat)
9. Cats …………………mice. (to eat)
3.

1. Two girls from our school ……… (act) in a play at the moment.

2. Fresh water ………… (boil) at 100° Celsius.
3. The plane ………. (not leave) until 9 p.m but I have to check in by 6.30 and
I ……….. (want) to look into the duty free shop too.
4. We usually ………. (go) to the park in the afternoon, but today we ………. (go)
shopping instead.
5. Where is your Dad? – He ………. (wash) the car in the garage.
6. My brother ………….. (live) in London.
7. The sun ………..(rise) in the east.
8. Marc usually ………….. (go) to work at 7 but today he ………. (stay) at home
because he ………… (be) very sick.
9. I think I will have a break now because I ……….. (be) hungry.
10. What book …………. (you read) , Brenda? – I ………….. (read) a Stephen King
novel at the moment.
11. When I ………….. (get) home I make myself a snack but this week mum ………..
(bring) me something to eat because we ……….. (have) examinations at school.

4.
1.It's seven o'clock and they………… to school now. (go)
2. Mrs Cooper…………….. in the restaurant every Sunday. (eat)
3. Our cat never ………………. on the kitchen table. (jump)
4. Look! The men ………………. blue uniforms. (wear)
5. Curt always …………… his guitar in the afternoon. (play)
6. The taxi ……. for them at the moment. (wait)
7. He always …………his grandmother in the coat. (help)
8. They never ………………………….very much. (eat)
9. Listen! Bill …………………….. his electric guitar. (play)
10. He …………………. his car every Sunday. (wash)
11. The alarm ………………………. at seven o'clock every morning. (ring)
12. They always ………………….. their aunt a tree for Christmas. (bring)
13. She …………….. a red pullover and black jeans today. (wear)
14. The boys ………………… snowballs at the girls now. (throw)
15. Mr Black ………………into the classroom at the moment. (walk)