Ejercicios

A. Presente simple presente continuo

1. Elizabeth is late. Yes, she . (wait) for her sister.
2. What . (you, do)? Im sending an email.
3. Sarah . (not go, often) to the Cyber caf.
4. Hello! Where . (you, go) ?
5. I . (like) black coffee in the morning because it . (wake) me
up.
6. Its very noisy! . (you have) a party?
7. Michael! Dinner! OK I . (come).
9. Who . (you, usually, give) presents at Christmas?
10. Restaurants . (stay) open late in Spain.
11. Johns in the kitchen. He . (cook) breakfast.
12. What . (you, think) about?
13. . (you / have got) any brothers and sister?
14. I (listen) to rap music when I . (want) to dance.
15. This place . (never, open) on Wednesdays.
16. How many people . (visit) this place every summer?
17. Patricia . (make) all of her own clothes. At the moment she .
(make) a dress for herself.
18. What is that smell? Something . (burn) in the kitchen.
19. You can borrow my dictionary. I . (not / need) it at the moment.
20. Where . (you / go) now? I . (go) to the shops.
21. Why . (you laugh)? Because I . (like) this programme.
22. I . (study) now because Ive got a test in half an hour.
23. How often . (your friend, email) you?
24. Why . (be, your father) angry with you?
25. It . (rain). Lets go inside.

B. Presente simple presente continuo

1. What . (you, think) about violence in sport?
2. I usually . enjoy Mexican food but I . (not enjoy) this meal at
all.
3. Excuse me, . (you, know) how to get to Calle San Miguel?
4. He . (work) overtime this month because he . (save up) to
buy a computer.
5. What . (you, listen) to? It sounds awful.
6. This cake . (to be) delicious.
7. He usually . (smoke) thirty cigarettes a day, but at the moment he
. (try) very hard to cut down.
8. Hurry! The bus . (come). I . (not want) to miss it.
9. What time . (the next train, leave)?
10. Milena is excited. She . (think) about tonights party.
11. Christina . (work) for the Iberia airline. She is a pilot.
12. The art exhibition . (open) on the 4th of November and .
(finish) the 15th of February.
13. The river Amazon . (flow) into the Pacific Ocean.
14. He normally . (learn) languages very fast, but he .(have)
problems with Chinese.
15. I . (not like) my gym. I . (not, get) fit fast enough!
16. What . (Trina, do) at the moment?
17. Johann and I . (go) to the beach every weekend.
18. Have you finished your homework? No Ive got a problem. I . (not
understand) this question. Can you help me?
19. . (you, fly) to Dublin this weekend?
20. They always . (take) the bus to work.
21. . (you, remember) where I put my car keys? I . (think)
they are on the table in the kitchen.
22. Nowadays there . (be) more cars on the roads than ever before.

23. The managers of the company . (meet) regularly.

24. Malvina . (rest) on the sofa. Shes tired.
25. Why . (those people, wait) outside the shop? Because its the first
day of the sales.

C. Presente simple presente continuo.

1. . (the Johnsons ,go) to Italy this year?
2. Every winter, my family . (go) to Portugal for two weeks.
3. . (you, do) anything at the moment?
4. The show . (start) at 8:30 pm.
5. Every year the weather . (change) in November.
6. Antonio . (write) another report this week.
7. . (you, watch) the horror film tonight on channel five? No, because
I . have a judo class on Tuesdays.
8. The moon . (revolves) around the earth.
9. Silvia . (practice) the piano twice a day.
10. The school year usually . (begin) in September.
11. I . (have) a shower now. Please answer the phone.
12. She . (prefer) her coffee without sugar.
13. The plane . (not leave) until midnight.
14. Hurry up! We are late. Wait a minute. I . (look for)my umbrella.
Why? It . (not rain).
15. What . (this word, mean)?
16. How many rooms . (this house, have)?
17. They . (think) of selling their house.
18. Elephants . (live) to be about as old as humans.
19. Our technology teacher . (not believe) in giving tests, only projects.
20. Jenny and her grandmother are very close. They . (phone) one
another once a day.

21. Hold on a second, Mary. I want to turn off the gas, the water . (boil)
over.
22. He is still ill but he . (get) better slowly.
23. My boss . (always complain) about the amount of talking in the office.
24. Gonzalo wont be in the office next Tuesday; he . (take) the day off.
25. Aurelio . (look) for work as a translator. He . (speak) three
languages fluently.

D. Presente simple presente continuo.

1. Lets go out. It . (not, rain) now.
2. Joshuas very untidy. He . (always, leave) his things all over the place.
3. Sandra is in Amsterdam at the moment. She .(stay) at the Lions Hotel.
She . (always, stay) there when shes in Amsterdam.
4. How is your English? Not bad. It . (improve) slowly.
5. The train is never late. It . (always, leave) on time.
6. Salvador is interested in politics but he . (not belong)to a political
party.
7. Diana . (practice) the piano regularly. She . (play)in a concert
next week, so she . (work) especially hard this week.
8. I . (think) this is your key. Am I right?
9. We . (not enjoy) this concert so lets go home.
10. The plane . (not, leave) until midnight.
11. The doctor . (doubt) that you will need to take medicine.
12. . (your brothers, take) karate lessons this year?
13 Martin . (study) photography and James . (prefer) football.
14. Do you read books in English? Yes, in fact I . (read)a novel by
Esther Hicks right now.
15. She . (never, visit) us on Sundays.
16. He . (works) overtime this month because he (save up) to buy a
computer.
17. Cat is on Holiday in France. She . (have) a great time and .
(not, want) to come back.

18. I want to lose weight, so this week I . (not eat) lunch.

19. I think Paul and Ann have an argument. They . (not, speak)to each
other.
20. Angela has just started evening classes. She . (learn) German.
21. How is your new job? Not so good at the moment. I . (not, enjoy)
it very much.
22. How often . (you, paint) your house? We . (usually, paint) it
every two years.
23. . (he phone) you every week?
24. Are you lying to me? Of course not, I . (never lie).
25. . (you, understand) the difference between Present simple and
Continuous? Not yet, but I . (try) very hard.