Revision 2: Present Simple – Present Continuous

I. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì hiện tại đơn

1. If you’re looking for your file, it (be) _______ on the table.
2. She (give) _______ her parents a call twice a month.
3. At over 2,000 kilometers long, The Great Barrier Reef (be) _____ the largest living structure on Earth.
4. My mother (not – usually – wash) _____________________ my clothes. I do it by myself.
5. I (be) ____ an English teacher at Amsterdam high school in Amsterdam, New York.
6. What (do) ____ you (do) ___ every weekend?
7. There (be) ____ actually over two dozen states of matter?
8. Her younger sister (work) _______ at a hospital as a nurse.
9. He always (watch) ________ TV before going to bed.
10. Octopuses (have) ________ three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood.
11. They (play) _______ basketball once a week to relieve stress after long hard-working days.
12. Sometimes we (be – not) ________ very pleased with our marriage.
II. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì hiện tại tiếp diễn
1. We (live) __________________ near the train station at present.
2. Be quiet! The baby (sleep) __________________ in the next room.
3. I’m sorry. I (teach) __________________ Geography for my students now so I can’t go shopping with
you.
4. Her children (not – cook) _______________ with her right now.
5. At the moment, he (correct) _________________ his pupil’s excersises.
6. Look! Sarah (drive) _______________ Simin’s new black car.
7. He (not – use) _________________ his laptop right now so you can borrow it.
8. ______ she (do) ___________ homework at the moment?
9. They (run) ________________ very quickly at the moment because they are late for their lesson.
10. Where _____ you (walk) ____________ to now?
11. Don’t make noise! I (concentrate) __________________ for finishing my assignment.
12. I (not – go) ________________ swimming this weekend because the weather is too cold.
III. Chia động từ trong ngoặc ở thì hiện tại đơn hoặc thì hiện tại tiếp diễn
1. My flight for Rome (depart) ______________ from Terminal 3 at 4.30p.m tomorrow.
2. I’m getting more and more irritated at your attitude as you (always – come) ___________ to class late.
3. We often (go) ____ to the National Museum, but I (be – not) _____________ really interested in old
things.
4. This train (terminate) _________________ at London Victoria.
5. My brother (always – play) ____________ the music to loud that it makes me annoyed.
6. Everyone in my family (be) _____ usually busy so we (not – spend) ____________ much time together.
7. My parents have saved enough money so they (buy) ____________ a new apartment next year.
8. Linda usually (put) ________ on high heel leather boots but now she (wear) _______________
sneakers.
9. My dad (love) _________ going to football games.
10. They (attend) ____________________ the International Business Conference in Canada next week.
11. Students (not – usually – pass) ____________________ their exams without studying hard.
12. I booked a table for two at the Italian restaurant. We (celebrate) ______________ our 10th wedding
anniversary tonight.
13. He (smoke) ________________ thirty cigarettes a day but at the moment he (try) ____________ very
hard to stop.
14. It is 6 o’clock and my grandfather (read) __________________ newpapers on the balcony.
15. The Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars all (rise)________ in the east and (set) ______ in the west.
16. I often (learn) ___________ foreign languages very fast but I (experience) ____________ some
problems with Chinese at present.
17. Her private doctor still (not – understand) __________________ much about the disease.
18. The number of cars in Vietnam (increase) _________________ significantly these days.