PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT

CONTINUOUS TENSE
I. PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT FORM
USE PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS!
1. What .....................you....................................(think) of our new English teacher?
2. I ................................................(not want) to leave. I ..........................................
(have) such a good time.
3. Every Monday, Sally ...............................................(drive) her kids to football
practice.
4. Shhh! Be quiet! John .................................................(sleep).
5. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It .....................................................(rain).
6. This delicious chocolate ...................................(be) made by a chocolatier in
Zurich.
7. John's in the garden. He ................................................(plant) some flowers.
8. How old .............................(be) you?
9. Why ........................you..................................(cry)?
10. When ......................she usually ..................................... (have) lunch?
11. She ............................................(play) tennis now.
12. .........................Tom....................................(play) basketball at the moment?
13. She ..................................(get) up at 7.00. every morning.
14. She ..................................(like) this music.
15. I usually ............................................(go) to bed at midnight.
16. I ..............................................(wash) my clothes every Thursday.
17. Don't talk! I ..................................................(watch) the film.
18. I .................................................(not like) Leondardo di Caprio.
19. Bob ................................................(help) his mother in the kitchen now.
20. The sun ...........................................(rise) in the east.
21. She ..................................................(have) three cats and a dog.
22. He ...........................................(be) always late.
23. We .......................................... (want) our dinner right now.
24. The postman ..........................................(deliver) the mail everyday.
25. My brother .......................................(work) in the same company as me.
26. Look out! A lorry .........................................(come) from your left.
27. Water .............................................(boil) at 100
28. Where .........................you.....................................(go)? It's only six o'clock.
29. Mary never ........................................(help) her mother.
30. Excuse me, but you ...................................................(stand) on my foot.
31. ...................you always ................................(do) homework at night?
32. We ...........................................(go) to Lake Balaton every summer.
33. Tom ........................................(not live) in London.
34. Listen, Joe! Mary ................................................(want) to speak to you.
35. I can't go now. I ..................................................(cook) dinner.
36. The River Danube .............................................. (flow) into the Black Sea.
37. ..................you..........................................(read) books in your free time?
38. I can't hear you. I ......................................................(have) a shower.
39. We .................................................(visit) our friends very often.
40. My father always .......................................(watch) TV in the evening.
41. This ...........................................(cost) ten pounds.

II. CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM!

1.
In summer we often STAY ARE STAYING with our friends in
Germany.
2.
What DOES PETER DO IS PETER DOING at the moment?
3.
DOES HE ALWAYS SMOKE IS HE ALWAYS SMOKING so many
cigarettes?
4.
Just listen Jane! The baby CRIES IS CRYING.
5.
He DOESN'T SPEAK ISN'T SPEAKING French.
6.
Right now Dave SLEEPS IS SLEEPING.
7.
DO YOU BELIEVE ARE YOU BELIEVING in ghosts?
8.
What book DO YOU READ ARE YOU READING at the moment?
9.
Mary always HAS IS HAVING cereal for breakfast.
10. I DON'T LIKE AM NOT LIKING politics.
11. He DOESN'T WEAR ISN'T WEARING a tie today.
12. Where DO YOU LIVE ARE YOU LIVING?
13. Look! It SNOWS IS SNOWING.
14. I have to go now. It GETS IS GETTING dark.
15. Who DOES HE WAIT IS HE WAITING for?
16. You LOOK ARE LOOKING sad. What's the matter?
17. I swear, I TELL AM TELLING the truth.
18. This is Mike. He IS IS BEING from Germany.
19. What DOES THIS MEAN- IS THIS MEANING?
20. At the moment he STANDS IS STANDING in a phone box.
21. Temperature usually RISES IS RISING in the afternoon.
22. What's this noise? Tim PRACTISES IS PRACTISING the piano.
23. What DO YOU DO ARE YOU DOING? I READ AM READING a
very interesting magazine.
24. Jane often TALKS IS TALKING to herself.
25. The shop OPENS IS OPENING at 8.00.
26. Look! The children DRINK ARE DRINKING beer.
27. How often DO YOU COOK ARE YOU COOKING lunch?
28. I DON'T LISTEN AM NOT LISTENING to the radio very often.
29. My parents TRAVEL ARE TRAVELLING around Europe at the
moment.
30. Are you busy? Yes, I WRITE AM WRITING an important letter.