Grammar Check A 2.

4 Present Simple and Present Continuous

Name: _______________________________________________________ Class: _______

2.4 Present Simple and Present Continuous
1 Present Simple or Present Continuous? Choose the correct forms of the verbs. The time
expressions are inSimple
2.4 Present bold to help
andyou.
Present Continuous
0 I phone / am phoning my best friend right now. We phone / are phoning each other every weekend.

1 Hector often makes / is making his own clothes. He makes / is making a new shirt today.

2 We usually play / are playing tennis at school, but today is Saturday so we play / are playing tennis in the
park.
adverbs of frequency verbs
3 It's 7 o'clock and I have / am having breakfast right now. I usually have / am having breakfast at 7.30.

4 They often get / are getting ready for school early but this morning they get / are getting ready late.

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2 Complete the text with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. Use the Present Simple or
Present Continuous. Use short forms where possible. The time expressions are in bold to
help you.

I always 0 wear (wear) comfortable clothes like a tracksuit and a T-shirt when I 1_____________________
(go out). But today my Mum 2_______________________ (wash) them all because they’re so dirty.
Now I 3_______________________ (sit) with my friends in the cinema. We 4_______________________
(not go) here together very often – we usually 5_______________________ (prefer) to hang out in the
shopping mall.
This afternoon we 6_______________________ (watch) an action film. We 7_______________________
(eat) popcorn – we all love it!
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Total: ______ / 15

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