Simple Present Tense vs Present Continuous Tense

1. I (think) the issue will come up again.

2. They (go) to the beach this Sunday.

3. The majority of people in Netherlands (speak) English.

4. We (chat) almost every night.

5. It (still rain) heavily. You had better stay at home.

6. I (sign) a real estate contract tomorrow.

7. He always (send) me a picture of his townhouse garden.

8. Irvan (not work) at the moment.

9. She sometimes (drink) coffee first time in the morning.

10. I (not want) to watch these videos.

Check Answer

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the brackets!

Mr. Tan and her family……..(live) in a village.

Mrs. Tan……..(go) to the town twice a week to do her shopping. She…..(go) there by bus.

She……(say) that many things……..(be) cheaper in the town than in the village. A kilogram of rice,
for example, ……..(cost) a dollar but in the village it…….(cost) over a dollar.

She……(have) to pay her bus fare,of course. Sometimes, she……..(take) her daughter, Meilin, with
her.Meilin…….(be) under ten years old.Her fare……(be) less than Mrs. Tan’s together the two
fares…….(be) less than two dollars.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the brackets!

Jeanny : Hello Anne. What…….you…… (do)?

Anne : Hi Jeanny. I ……. (watch) TV.

Jeanny : What program………you……..(watch)?

Anne : A music program.

Jeanny : What’s everyone else doing?

Anne : Ed……. (study). Dimas……. (read). Father and mother …….(work) in the garden. My
 sister………(cook).

Jeanny : What a busy family!

Complete the sentences with the correct form of Simple Present or Present Continuous Tense!

1. Mr. Hansen often ………. (travel) to Atlanta on business.

2. Our class ………….. (meet) three times a week.
3. Mr. Cole ………… (teach) us at present.
4. At nine thirty every morning our school bell ……. (ring). Listen! I believe it ………
(ring) now.
5. Stella ……….. (watch, not) TV now. She always ……… (watch) TV at nine
o’clock
6. ….. Janet ….. (do) well in her studies.
7. How well …… Edna …… (speak) English?
8. What time ……. your lesson ……. (begin) and what time ….. it …… (end)?
9. It’s gray day today.The sun (not, shine) ……………..
10. Shhhh! I ……… (try)to concentrate. I can’t hear my self think with all that noise going
on.
11. This book is mine. That one ………… (belong)to Pierre.
12. As a rule, I …………. (sleep)until 7 o’clock in the morning, and then I get up and study
for my classes.
13. A : Juan! What’s the matter with your hand? It ……….. (bleed)

B : it just now cut it when I was using a knife. It is not serious. I’ll wash it and put a

bandage on it.

14. That sweater won’t fit you if you wash it in hot water.Wool ……… (shrinks)in hot water.
15. Look at Joan.She …………….. (bite)her fingernails. She must be nervous.
16. The children can’t get their kite high up in the air because the wind (not, blow) ………….
hard enough today.
17. I want to figure out the meaning this saying: “The pen is mightier than the sword.” I know
that “mightier” …………. (mean)”more powerful,” but what’s a” sword?”
18. Karen has her tape recorder on his desk. She …………….. (tape)the professor’s lecture
today.
19. My two children don’t get along. They always …………….. (fight)about something. Is
that typical siblings?
20. Alice and Joan! Why you ………… (whisper)to each other? If you have something to
say, say it aloud to all of us.
21. I am in class right now. I ……. (sit) at my desk. I usually ……. (sit) at the same
desk in class every day.
22. Our teacher ……… (stand up, not) right now. She …… (sit) on the corner of her
desk.
23. It’s 06.00 p.m. Mary is at home. She …… (eat) dinner. She always ……. (eat)
dinner with her family around six o’clock.
24. Alice …….. (take, not) a bus to school every day. She usually ……… (walk)
instead.
25. It ……. (rain, not) right now.The sun …….. (shine) brightly.