Revision Present Simple – Continuous, Past Simple – Continuous

1) Circle the correct answers.

1. Alexandra and I are usually getting together / usually get together after

school.

2. Helen is doing / does her Maths homework at the moment.

3. Dad often reads / is often reading newspapers online on Saturday mornings.

4. Please be quiet! The children sleep / are sleeping.

5. I've got a computer, but I don't use / 'm not using it very often.

6. Hurry up! Everyone is waiting / waits for you.

7. Your marks are great! I think you get / are getting better and better.

8. Does it often snow / Is it often snowing in your town in winter?

9. Nina, what are you doing? Do you listen / Are you listening to me?

10. Where is Irma? Is still looking after / Does she look after her baby sister

today?

2) Read and complete. Write one word in each gap.

Sixteen-year-old Millie Bobby Brown stars in the popular science fiction series

Stranger Things, but she's not strange at all. She 1. _____________________

in London and Atlanta, USA with her family. She is an ordinary teenager. She

goes to school 2. _______________________ day and hangs out with her

friends. How 3. ___________________ she spend her free time? Millie enjoys

singing and reading novels before she 4. ______________________ to bed.

She also 5. _______________________ hide-and-seek with her younger

siblings - her favorite hiding place is the tree house in their garden. Next week,

Millie and her family 6. ___________________________ planning a trip to

Spain, where Millie was born. Today she 7. ______________________

attending the MTV Music Awards. In April 2018, Millie became the youngest

person to be included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most important people

in the world.
3) Complete. Use the present simple or the present continuous.

1. Who _____________________________________ (this jacket / belong) to?

2. Are you tired? _______________________________ (you / want) to go to

bed?

3. I _______________________________ (know) that I was wrong.

4. Excuse me. _________________________________________ (anybody /

sit) here?

5. Don’t put the sugar away. I __________________________ (need) it.

6. What __________________________________ (you /think) about?

7. I _________________________ (feel) exhausted right now. I must have a

break.

8. This shampoo________________________ (smell) like green apples.

9. Linda ______________________ (appear) in a chat show tonight and I want

to watch it.

10. Why _______________________________ (you / taste) the smoothie?

4) Complete the dialogues. Use the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

A: What were you doing when France ____________________ (win) the World

Cup in 2018?

B: I __________________________ (watch) the match with my brother.

A: What ______________ (you / think) of Fiona’s decision to live by the lake?

B: I ___________________ (be) very surprised. Why would anyone want to

live in such a remote place?

A: What _________________________ (you /do) when the tsunami hit the

village?

B: Surprisingly, I __________________________ (work) on a project about

natural disasters!

A: How ____________________________ (you /feel) when your first book

was published?

B: Well, I _________________________ (feel) like a professional writer.

A: Why _______________________ (you / leave) your last job?

B: Well, I __________________________ (look for) something more

challenging.