Present Simple – Present Continous Exercises

Exercise 1: Fill in the blank with the right form of to Be

1. _________ you a new learners?
2. Leila and Nancy _________ university students.
3. Nancy _________ Australian .
4. My sister and I _________ teachers.
5. The girls _________ tired.
6. These women _________ so pretty.
7. The tea _________ delicious.
8. Nadia and Leila _________ friends.
9. The newspaper _________ cheap.
10. _________ the Statue of Liberty in New York?
Exercise 2: Fill in the blank with the right form of the verbs. What use is it?
1. Jane (not/drink) tea very often. .........................................................
2. What time (the banks/open) in Britain? .........................................................
3. Vegetarians (eat) meat. .........................................................
4. Where (John/come) from? .........................................................
5. Look at the timetable. There (be) an action film next week. ...................................
6. She (not/wake) up early on Sundays. .........................................................
7. The earth (move) around the sun. .........................................................
8. It (take) me an hour to get to work. .........................................................
9. The sun (rise) in the east. .........................................................
10. Next Monday, we (have) English as usual. .........................................................
Exercise 3: Make sentences in PRESENT CONTINUOUS!
1. I/ go/ to school _________________________________
2. We/ visit/ the museum _________________________________
3. Anne/ drive/ with her red car_________________________________
4. They/ listen/ to the music _________________________________
5. She/ help/ Peter _________________________________
6. I/ play/ football _________________________________
7. The sun/ shine _________________________________
8. Mike/ talk/ to Peter _________________________________
9. John/ work today _________________________________
10. I/ watch/ the show _________________________________
Exercise 4: Describing the picture

Exercise 5: Choose the correct verb form in the following sentences:

1. She _____ from home today. (works/is working)
2. Leave me alone - I _____ to work. (try/am trying)
Try to do st: cố gắng làm gì
3. I ____ what she’s saying. (don’t understand/am not understanding)
- Các động từ chỉ sự nhận thức: understand , know, recognize (nhận ra, nhận dạng),
believe (tin tưởng) : luôn ở thì đơn
4. ‘What's the weather like?’ ‘It ____.’ (rains/is raining).
5. What ____ he do? (do/does).
6. She usually _____ to work by car. (come/comes/is coming)
7. He _____ believe in God. (isn’t believing/don’t believe/doesn’t believe)
8. It ___ me twenty minutes to get to work most days. (take/takes/is taking)
most days = almost everyday: hầu như ngày nào cũng thế
9. His company closed so he ____ for work. (look/looks/is looking)
Look for sb/st = find sb/st: tìm kiếm ai/ cái gì
10. _____ your meal? (do you enjoy/are you enjoying)
- Động từ chỉ sở thích: love, like, hate (ghét), enjoy (thích), mind (ngại), detest (căm
ghét), adore (vô cùng yêu thích) - chỉ dùng ở các thì đơn.
Exercise 6: Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous
form of the verb in brackets.
1. We usually _____have ________ (have) lunch at two o’clock.
2. Listen! ____Is_________ the phone _______ringing________ (ring)?
3. I ____am sitting________ (sit) in the park today.
4. Do people put_____ (put) trees in their houses at Christmas?
5. My brother always ____watches__(watch) tennis on TV.
6. My friend ____doesn’t visit_________ (not visit) me every day.
7. The boys __are__studying________ (study) at the moment.
8. Bill ___is not playing______(not play) outside now.
9. Look! Lulu _____is having_________ (have) a bath.
10. Barbara ___am__staying_________ (stay) in a hotel this week.
Be going to + V: thì tương lai gần
- dự đoán có căn cứ. Look at the dark clouds. It is going to rain.
- kế hoạch/ dự định. I am planning/ going to study abroad.
11. Where is Cleo? She _____is washing_________ (wash) her hair.
12. What’s Mum doing? She ____is cutting________ (cut) up the vegetables for dinner.
13. Miss Brown _____is teaching / is going to teach_________ (teach) us this week
because Mr Edwards is ill.
14. Listen! Those birds _____are singing_________ (sing) in our garden again.
15. Look! Chris __is lighting____________ (light) the fire for the picnic.
Light the fire: đốt lửa, châm lửa
16. They are on the beach. Harry ____is teaching__________ (teach) Irene how to swim.
17. The twins ____are wearing__________ (wear) warm clothes today.
Twins: anh em sinh đôi
18. Archie _____is sleeping__/ is going to sleep_______ (sleep) in the dining room this
week because they ____are going to paint/___is painting _______ (paint) the bed room.
19. He (go)____________goes_________ to work everyday.
20. Anne (listen)___________is listening__________ to the music at the moment.
Exercise 7: Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous
form of the verb in brackets.
21. They (talk)____are talking_________________ right now.
22. I (jog)______jog_______________ every morning.
23. He (help)_______is helping______________ friend this week.
24. Mike (sit)_______is sitting______________ in the meeting.
25. We always (help)____help_________________ you.
26. You (learn)_____are learning________________ for your test.
27. Sometimes Mike (eat)_____eats________________ pizza.
28. He (live)________is living_____________ in New York this year.
29. He often ___goes___________ (go) to the cinema.
30. They ______are watching________ (watch) TV at the moment.
31. John is outside. He ____is washing__________ (wash) the car.
Outside: bên ngoài
32. Nina usually __drives__________ (drive) to work.
33. Father ____is sitting__________ (sit) on the chair now.
34. Claire ______doesn’t like________ (not / like) pizza.
35. We ____are doing______________ (do) exercise now.
36. He _____goes_____________ (go) to work everyday.
37. In autumn the leaves of trees _____turn_____________ (turn) down.
38. Please give me an aspirin. I _______am having___________ (have) a headache.
Aspirin: thuốc giảm đau
39. Answer the door. Somebody _____is ringing_____________ (ring) the bell.
Answer the door: ra mở cửa đi.
Các chủ ngữ là đại từ bất định (somebody, …..???) thì là chủ ngữ số ít.
40. He always_____gets up/ is always getting up_____________ (get up) late.
Exercise 8: Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous
form of the verb in brackets.
41. We __________________ (go) to the cinema now.
42. They __________________ (play) football every afternoon.
43. Come here! What __________________ (you / do) there?
44. Be quiet! Father __________________ (sleep)
45. We are waiting (wait) for the bus now.
46. They ______________ (go) to the beach today
47. The dog is hungry. It ______________ (bark) at the moment.
48. Peggy is tired. She ____________ (lie) on the grass.
49. Stop! You ______________ (drive) too quickly!
50. Mother ______________ (bake) a chocolate cake.
51. Billy ______________ (clap) his hands.
52. I ______________ (try) to play the piano.
53. They ______________ (dig) a big hole.
54. The child ______________ (jump) up and down.
55. I ______________ (do) my homework right now.
56. What is she cooking now? I ______________ (smell) something good.
57. They ______________ (play) football at the moment.
58. We ____________ (belong to) a video club.
59. This exercise is easy. I ______________ (understand) the rule.
60. He ______________ (write) a letter to his grandparents at the moment.