resent Simple or Progressive - Exercise

Fill in the present simple or the present progressive.

1. Mr Cooper always   a pound of sugar. (buy)

2. The shop assistant   the door now. (close)

3. Kevin and Alan never   away glass bottles. (throw)

4. Look! Freddy   two baskets. (carry)

5. Now Mrs Caveman   out of the window. (look)

6. Mrs Bingham   shopping every Saturday. (go)

7. I   the money at the moment. (count)

8. Mr Root always   a box of eggs before buying them. (open)

9. Mum often   her change. (forget)

10. Listen! The manager   to a customer. (talk)

11. My friends often   to the computer shop. (go)

12. We always   our things in a basket. (put)

13. The shop   at the moment. (close)

14. They   tennis every Sunday. (play)

15. She   a shower now. (take)

Present Simple or Progressive - Exercise 2

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)

Present Simple or Progressive - Exercise 3

Complete with the present simple or present progressive form of the verbs.

1. Listen! The baby  . (cry)

2. Sue sometimes   an egg for breakfast. (have)

3. We always   to school, but today we   the bus. (walk /

take)

4. What are you doing? I   the dishes. (clean)

5. I never   beer. (drink)

6. Who   in the garden now? (play)

7. Look! I   a picture. (paint)

8. English children   French in their school. (learn)

9. Can you help me? No, sorry, I   for the test. (study)

10. Joe often   to school with me. (go)

11. It's nine o'clock and we   lunch now. (eat)

12. My sister never   table tennis. (play)

13. I always   breakfast at 7 o'clock. (eat)

14. Susan   TV now. (watch)

15. We   a book at this moment. (read)

Present Simple or Present Progressive -

Exercise 4
 1. Look! Pauline   the flowers. (water)

2. Listen! The girls   a song. (sing)

3. She usually   home by bus. (drive)

4. Jack   to his grandmother every day. (go)

5. Look! Sally and Joe   tennis. (play)

6. Nelly   a cup of tea every morning. (drink)

7. We can't play tennis. It   now. (rain)

8. Bill   his homework at the moment. (do)

9. Jane always   her homework in her room. (do)

10. The boys sometimes   in the park. (run)

11. My cat never   in my room. (sleep)

12. Listen! Phil   an English song. (sing)

13. No, I   to music on my mobile phone, I   a bath. (not listen / have)

14. Michael can't play football. He   the guitar at the moment. (play)

15. We never   letters to America. (write)

Present Simple or Progressive - Exercise 5

Present Progressive or Present Simple? Complete with the correct tense.

1. I never   of ghosts. (dream)

2. Tom   English in school. (learn)

3. Listen! Ann   the piano. (play)

4. What are you doing? I   a model plane. (make)

5. Can you help me? No, sorry, I   the baby. (look

after)

6. Mum always   coffee in the afternoon. (drink)

7. Where is mum? She   dinner. (cook)

8. Who  ? This is Mr Blackwell. (speak)

9. We often   eggs for breakfast. (have)

 10. What are you doing? I   for my English test. (study)

11. Tom   his bike at the moment. (clean)

12. He   his uncle every Wednesday. (visit)

13. What are you doing? I   TV. (watch)

14. Today it   (not rain), the sun   (shine).

15. They sometimes   to the cinema on Sundays. (go)

Present Simple or Progressive - Exercise 6

Simple Present or Progressive? Fill in the correct tense.

1. Would you like some beer? No, thank you I   alcohol. (not drink)

2. Why   Spanish? Because I want to go to Madrid next summer. (you

study)

3. Where   from? (you come)

4. What   for a living? (your father do)

5. My sister   to be a nurse. (train)

6. That's an interesting article. It   you a lot about British teenagers. (tell)

7. What   ? A thriller. (you read)

8. Where   a ticket, please? (I get)

9. I don't like Mr Smith. He   too much. (talk)

10. Susan, hurry up! What   in the bathroom all the time? (you do)

11. How   these days? (you get on)

12. What language   in Brazil? (they speak)

13. I think it   colder. We'd better take coats. (get)

14. Andy   like his brother, doesn't he? (look)

15. What's that noise? It   like a helicopter. (sound)