PRESENT SIMPLE VS.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Complete the sentence with the Present simple or Present continuous tense
a. Lizeth ___ (not, like) History, but she ___ (love) English
b. Phil ___ (do) his homework at the moment. Don't disturb him!
c. What ___ (you, think) about cloning people?
d. Sam ___ (take) computer classes this year.
e. - Next Saturday?. Sorry, we can't. We ___ (meet) some friends
f. They ___ (tour) Germany this summer.
g. I ___(want) to pass the exam. This is why I ___(work) hard this year
2. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1.- She never _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (smoke), but today she _ _ _ _ _ __(smoke)
2.- Katty and Ann __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ (wear) jeans today, but they usually _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ (wear) skirts
3.- Listen!! Those birds __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ (sing).
4.- Mary __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ (not, like) reading magazines
5.- How _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (your brother, usually, go) to school?
6.- My brother _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (often, walk) to school, but today he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ (come) by bus.
7.- I_ _ _ _ _ _ __ (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong
8.- On Mondays I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (play) football with my friends
9.- John usually _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (drink) coffee, but today he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (drink) tea.
10.- What _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (you, think) of my new friend?
11.- It´s Saturday afternoon and John _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (listen) to the radio
12.- Your sister_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (be) always late for work
13.- My father _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (be) at work at the moment
14.- Where_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (your parents, often, go) at the weekend?
15.- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (this schoolbag, belong) to you?
16.- When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __(you, do) your homework?
17.- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (you, always, write) with your left hand?
18.- How many CD´s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(you, have got)?
19.- My brother _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (clean) his room at the moment
20.- We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ (get up) at 7:30 every morning
21.- What _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __(this word, mean)?
22.- Ted _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (go) to the swimming-pool twice a week
23.- I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (have got) two brothers
24.- Look! My parents _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (dance).
25.- We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not, know) what she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (want)

Vocabulary
1. Complete with the correct phrasal verb (deal with, blow up, keep on, come out, turn
into, make out)

I'll ask my personal assistant to deal with this.

One false move and the bomb might blow up.

I wish you wouldn't keep on interrupting me!

I'll wait for the movie to come out on cable.

What began as a minor disagreement has turned into a major crisis.

I can't make out your writing.

2. Match A to B to form sentences.

A B
1.I don’t follow … ...... a. my Facebook account.
2.Mark uploaded photos … ...... b. they won’t work properly.
3.I tried to close … ...... c. of his holiday in Crete.
4.Please go online … ...... d. celebrity tweets.
5.They broke into the school … ...... e. and stole three computers.
6.If the programs aren’t up-to-date, … ...... f. and find out when the train leaves.

3. Circle the correct option.

1) I’ve got three browsers / search engines on my computer: Chrome, Explorer and Firefox.
2) You can find the company’s telephone number on the ‘Contact us’ web page /web
address.
3) The most popular link / search engine is, without a doubt, Google.
4) I opened my mail and I had fifteen emails but they were all spam / browsers
5) I think most people have google.com as their link/home page so they don’t have to
type/write it.
6) Jacob said he found this video while he was webbing / surfing the internet last night.
7) The web address / browser is bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish.
8) I tried clicking on the link / browser but I got a 404 message - it’s obviously not working.
9) I hate it when a pop-up / link appears! It’s always just an advertisement.
10) Can you send the photo as spam / an attachment so I can save it on my computer?