STARTER UNIT Grammar PRACTICE 2: PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1 Complete the table with the time expressions and adverbs of frequency below.
today • now • often • on Sundays • every year • tomorrow night • this morning • at this moment • twice a week • usually
Present Simple Present Continuous

2 Choose the correct answer.

1. They go to church … . a. at this moment b. now c. on Sundays
2. I …. listen to classical music. a. every year b. often c. today
3. My dad is making pancakes for breakfast … . a. this morning b. usually c. twice a week
4. We are flying to Germany … . a. on Sundays b. tomorrow night c. often
5. My friends go shopping … . a. at this moment b. now c. twice a week

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. What are you cooking? It smells / is smelling wonderful.
2. What time do you usually go / are you usually going to bed?
3. Be quiet! The baby sleeps / is sleeping.
4. How often do you visit / are you visiting your grandmother?
5. In most US schools, the students don’t wear / aren’t wearing uniforms.
6. Turn off the television. The children don’t watch / aren’t watching it.
7. You don’t need an umbrella this morning. It doesn’t rain / isn’t raining.
8. He is a vegetarian. He doesn’t eat / isn’t eating meat.
9. Right now, the president meets / is meeting some important people.
10. Tom has got a car now so he doesn’t walk / isn’t walking to school any more.

4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
1. My mother ……………………… (wash) her car every weekend.
2. I ……………………… (do) an English grammar exercise at this moment.
3. The British sometimes ……………………… (eat) fish and chips for dinner.
4. My friends and I ……………………… (go) shopping tomorrow.
5. On Saturdays, I ……………………… (not get up) till 12.00.
6. Our teacher is ill. She ……………………… (not work) today.

5 Write the questions for the answers below. Pay attention to the words in bold.
1. ....................................................................................... Yes, he loves chocolates.
2. .................................................................................................. They live in Paris.
3. ............................................................................. The children are playing tennis.
4. ……………………………………………………………….I’m wearing a coat because it is cold outside.
5. ....................................................................................She finishes school at 3.30.
6. .................................................................................... Yes, she is leaving tonight.
6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
1. She ……………………… (not go) swimming with her friends today because she ……………………… (not know)
how to swim. She ……………………… (want) to learn and she ……………………… (wait) for the swimming
course to start next month.
2. Teacher: Graham, ……………………… you ……………………… (listen) to me?
Student: Yes, Mrs Black, but I still ……………………… (not understand) the story.
3. The world ……………………… (get) warmer and most world leaders ……………………… (believe) that this is a
big problem. Next month, many of these leaders ……………………… (meet) to talk about the problem.