PRESENT SIMPLE vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Exercise 1: Give the correct form of the verbs.

1.Sit down! A strange dog (run)………………………………… to you.

2.My mom often (buy)……………………………………….. meat from the butcher’s.

3.My brothers (not/ drink)……………………………………….. coffee at the moment.

4.Look! Those people (climb)……………………………………. the mountain so fast.

5.That girl (cry)………………………………….. loudly in the party now.

6.These students always (wear)…………………………………… warm clothes in summer.

7.What (you/ do)……………………………………….. in the kitchen?

8.I never (eat)……………………………………… potatoes.

9.The 203 bus (set off)………………………………………. every fifteen minutes.

10.Tonight we (not/ go)…………………………………………… to our teacher’s wedding party.

Exercise 2. Make correct sentences from the given words.

1.He/ often/ have/ breakfast/ late.

…He often has breakfast late……………………………………………………

2.You/ do/ the housework/ at the moment?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3.I/ not/ go/ to school/ on weekends.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4.John’s girlfriend/ wear/ a red T-shirt/ now.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

5.They/ like/ beer or wine?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

6.What/ he/ usually/ do/ at night?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

7.The teacher/ never/ lose/ his temper.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

8.Why/ you/ listen/ to music/ loudly now?

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Exercise 3: Give the correct form of the verbs.

1. Where ___________you (live)____________?

I (live)______________in Hai Duong town.

2. What _______________he (do) ______________now?

He (water)_________________flowers in the garden.

3. What _______________she (do)_____________?

She (be)______________a teacher.

4. Where _________________you (be) from?

5. At the moment, my sisters (play)____________volleyball and my brother

(play)________________soccer.

6. it is 9.00; my family (watch)___________________TV.

7. In the summer, I usually (go)______________to the park with my friends, and in the

spring, we (have) _____________Tet Holiday; I (be)________happy because I always

(visit) ______________my granparents.

8. ____________your father (go)_____________to work by bus?

9. How ___________your sister (go)___________to school?

10. What time _____________they (get up)_________________?

11. What ____________they (do)________________in the winter?

12. Today, we (have)___________________________English class.

13. Her favourite subject (be)__________________English.

14. Now, my brother (like)____________________________eating bananas.

15. Look! Aman (call)________________________________you.

16. Keep silent ! I (listen )____________________________to the radio.

17. ______________ you (play)_________________badminton now?

18. Everyday, my father (get up)_________________at 5.00 a.m, but today, he (get up)

__________________ at 6.00 am.

19. Every morning , I (watch)_________________tv at 10.00, but today I (Listen )

_________________ to music at 10.00.

20. At the moment, I(read)____________________a book.

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