English Worksheet – 2010/11

Name: _________________________

Date: __________________________

Present Simple / Present Continuous Test

1. Read the texts and solve the following exercises.

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2. Complete the following sentences about the texts.

a) Rosita lives _____________________________________________________.

b) Her life at home is ________________________________________________.

c) In the afternoon Rosita and her friends _______________________________.

d) When she goes to bed ____________________________________________.

e) When he’s not working on a film, Daniel has

f) His friends ______________________________________________________.

g) His favourite hobbies______________________________________________.

h) When he’s working he ____________________________________________.

3. Answer the questions.

a) Does Rosita like to live in the SOS Village?

b) Where does she work after school?

c) Do children with learning difficulties have someone

to help them?

d) Is Daniel very different from Harry Potter? Why?

e) What does he do with his friends?

f) What musical instruments does he play?

4. Complete the text with the verbs given in the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.

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5. Complete with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.

a. Every Wednesday Jane ____________ (drive) her children to the tennis court.
They ____________ (learn) how to play tennis.
b. I usually ____________ (work) as a receptionist at the George IV Hotel, but
now I ____________ (study) English in London.
c. Be quit! David ____________ (sleep).
d. Don’t forget to take a raincoat. It ____________ (rain).
e. In England it ____________ (rain) a lot.
f. I’m sorry, I can’t hear what you ____________ (say) because ____________
(there to be) a lot of noise here.
g. Lots of excited fans ____________ (wait) to great the team at the moment.
h. They ____________ (work) hard for the exams right now.
i. She ____________ (work) a lot, she never ____________ (relax).
j. He ____________ (be) very calm, he rarely ____________ (worries).
k. I ____________ (think) that the right thing to do ____________ (be) to wait.

6. Complete with question tags.

a) She is your best friend, ___________________________?

b) Susie and Richard aren’t studying, ___________________________?

c) Dave studies hard for the tests, ___________________________?

d) Your parents work in the centre of town, ___________________________?

e) The children always eat their vegetables, ___________________________?

f) Rachel and I are going out, ___________________________?

g) Clare is dating Seth, ___________________________?

h) Paul and Kate don’t go by bus, ___________________________?

i) Your sister isn’t a teacher, ___________________________?

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7. Write sentences with must/mustn’t.

1.___________________________________.

2.___________________________________.

3.___________________________________.

4.___________________________________.

5.___________________________________.

6.___________________________________.

8. Ask questions.
a) ______________________________________________________________?
This is Mark’s mother.

b) ______________________________________________________________?
Helen’s sister is an architect.

c) ______________________________________________________________?
The Mayfairs play tennis every Sunday.

d) ______________________________________________________________?
Clare has tea with her friends on Mondays.

e) ______________________________________________________________?
I’m studying at school.

f) ______________________________________________________________?
Izzie is travelling by plane.

g) ______________________________________________________________?
Yes, they are. Mr. and Mrs. Burke are talking on Skype.

h) ______________________________________________________________?
There is a swimming pool in the garden.

i) ______________________________________________________________?
Taylor has four siblings.

j) ______________________________________________________________?
Dennis has got a dog.

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9. Look at the pictures and write Phoebe’s daily routine.

7.30
am

8.00
am

Shopping
13.00 17.0 0 centre Park
am

21.00
am

Good work!
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