Present Simple and Present Continuous Unit 0

A. Circle the correct answer:

1. Look at her! She do / is doing exercise!
2. We usually go / are going to the cinema at the weekend.
3. What do you do / are you doing in the kitchen now? You never cook!
4. He sometimes eats / is eating junk food for lunch.
5. Be quiet! I speak / am speaking on the phone.
6. Look! The puppy plays / is playing with his toy. How cute!
7. She often reads / is reading in bed.
8. They have / are having dinner at the moment. Please phone later!
9. He has / is having a shower now.
10. I walk / am walking to school every day.

B. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

Today it (1) (be) a beautiful

winter’s day. The sun (2) (shine)
and the weather (3) (not be) too
cold. Lots of people (4) (walk) in
the street and some (5) (do)
exercise. In the park the children (6)
(play) and their parents (7) (sit)
on a bench nearby. Some of them (8)
(read) the newspaper and others (9)
(chat).
This always (10) (happen) on sunny days. On days like this I
usually (11) (ride) my bike and (12) (take) my dog for
a walk. Sometimes I (13) (go) for a jog instead. But I always (14) ____
______ (take) my dog along. His name (15) (be) Muffin and he (16)
_________ _____ (love) going for a run and playing in the park with me. He never (17)
(run) off and he (18) (not bark) either. At the moment he (19)
(run) after another dog. He (20) (not like) cats but he (21)
(adore) playing with other dogs. When I (22) (call) him he always (23)
(listen) and (24) (come) running back to me!
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C. Choose a time expression in the box below to complete the sentences.

More than one is possible.

1. I go to basketball practice .
2. He can’t help you. He is having a meeting .
3. We eat junk food because mum says it’s bad for us!
4. We can’t go to the beach. It is raining .
5. I get up before 8:30 am. My alarm goes off at 8:30 am.
6. I have lunch at school .
7. Peter is busy. He is answering his emails .
8. John walks the dog but
his dad is walking the dog. He is sick today.
9. I usually eat some chocolate . I guess that I
have a sweet tooth!

D. Find 18 mistakes and underline and correct them as in the example.

are

Today is Saturday and we is at the shopping centre. Mum always go

shopping on the weekends because during the week she usually is
working late. Mum buys a new dress at the moment because she
has an important meeting next Tuesday. She usually is wearing a
dress to important meetings so that she look good and professional.

Dad hate going shopping. He says that he not have the patience for
shopping on the weekends. At the moment he sits in the food court.
He read the newspaper and has breakfast. He always is having
coffee and toast for breakfast.

I is at the record shop looking for the latest One Direction CD. I
really loving them. I listens to their music every day and I am
knowing all their songs off by heart. At the moment I am listen to the
CD. It’s really good so I’m going to buy it!