ÀGORA (aula de repàs) Ainhoa Pérez Estudillo

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PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS
EXERCISE 1: Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct them were
necessary.
1. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. _______________
2. The water boils. Can you turn it off? _______________
3. Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. _______________
4. Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? _______________
5. The moon goes round de earth in about 27 days. _______________
6. I must go now. It gets late. _______________
7. I usually go to work by car. _______________
8. “Hurry up! It’s time to leave.” “Ok, I come” _______________
9. I hear you’ve got a new job. How do you get on? _______________
10. Paul’s never late. He’s always getting to work on time. _______________
11. They don’t get on well. They’re always arguing. _______________
12. Nicky is thinking of giving up her job. _______________
13. Are you believing in God? _______________
14. I’m thinking this is your key. Am I right? _______________
15. I’m feeling hungry. Is there anything to eat? _______________

EXERCISE 2: Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present
simple.
1. Let’s go out. It ___________________ (not rain) now.
2. Julia is very good at languages. She ___________________ (speak) four
languages very well.
3. Hurry up! Everybody _________________ (wait) for you.
4. “_________________ (you/listen) to the radio?” “No, you can turn it off”.
5. “_________________ (you/listen) to the radio every day? “No, just
occasionally”.
ÀGORA (aula de repàs) Ainhoa Pérez Estudillo
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6. The River Nile ________________ (flow) into the Mediterranean.
7. The River ________________ (flow) very fast today – much faster than
usual.
8. We usually _______________ (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year
we __________________ (not grow) any.
9. Rachel is in London at the moment. She ________________ (stay) at the
Park Hotel. She always _______________ (stay) there when she’s in London.
10. Sonia ___________________ (look) for a place to live. She ______________
(stay) with her sister until she finds somewhere.
11. My parents _______________ (live) in Manchester. They were born there
and have never lived anywhere else. Where _________________________
(your parents/live)?
12. I _________________ (think) of selling my car. Would you be interested in
buying it?
13. I _________________ (think) you should sell your car. You ______________
(not use) it very often.
14. Are you hungry? ___________________ (you/want) something to eat?
15. She told me her name, but I __________________ (not remember) it now.1

1 Usamos la forma continua para acciones o hechos que han empezado per no finalizado. Algunos verbos NO
se usan en “present continuous”:
1. Like – love – hate – want – need – prefer.
2. Know – realise – suppose – mean – understand – believe – remember.
3. Belong – fit – contain – consist – seem.
4. See – hear. – smell – tasste.
El verbo THINK puede usarse con ambos tiempos verbales (simple y continuo) según el significado de dicho
verbo:
1. THINK = BELIEVE O HAVE AN OPINION se usará en presente Simple
2. THINK = CONSIDER se usará en presente Continuo.