Simple Present vs Present Continuous
Worksheet
Summary: Simple Present vs Present Continuous
Simple Present:
- Use: Things we do always or often
- Form: I/You/We/They + verb; He/She/It + verb + -s/ singular
- Examples: I eat breakfast every day. She likes chocolate.
- Words to help: always, usually, often, sometimes, never/ simple present/everyday
She ---- to eat chips everyday ( like) / he/she it
I------- to eat chips everyday (like) / you/we/they
Present Continuous:
- Use: Things we are doing right now/ we are studying/ we are talking
- Form: I am / You are / He is + verb + -ing
- Examples: I am eating breakfast now. She is reading a book.
- Words to help: now, at the moment, look!, listen,today
Part 1: Fill in the blanks
1. I usually ___ (go/goes/going) to school by bus.
2. She ___ (read/reads/is reading) a book right now.
3. They ___ (play/plays/) football every Sunday.
4. Look! The cat ___ (sleep/sleeps/is sleeping) on the sofa.
5. We ___ (eat/eats/are eating) lunch at the moment.
Part 2: Correct the mistakes
1. He are playing the guitar now. He is playing the guitar now
2. I goes to the gym every day./ I go
3. They is watching TV at the moment./they are
4. She read a book every [Link] reads
She----(don’t,doesn’t) like chocolate
5. We is studying English now.
He is studying
He is not studying
Part 3: Choose the correct tense
1. Listen! The birds ___ (sing / are singing) beautifully.
2. My father usually ___ (cooks / is cooking) dinner at 7 p.m.
3. She ___ (wear / is wearing) a red dress today.
4. We often ___ (visit / are visiting) our grandparents on weekends.
5. The children ___ (play / are playing) in the park now.
Part 4: Write sentences
1. Write a sentence about what you do every day (Simple Present): i go to school
everyday
2. She goes to school everyday
2. Write a sentence about what you are doing right now (Present Continuous): __look, I am
studying
3. Describe what your best friend usually does on weekends (Simple Present):
He plays football every day
3. Describe what your family is doing at this moment (Present Continuous):
They are eating
[Link] plays football every day (don`t, doesn`t ) he she it-doesn`t, they you we I
(don`t)
He doesn’t play football everyday (does,do)
Does he play football everyday?
He doesn’t-------- (play,plays) football
he is playing football now
is he playing football now ?
he is not playing football now
he likes to play football every week (doesn’t, don’t ) (do,does)
he doesn’t like to play football
Does he like to play football?
they are watching tv now (not, (بنعكس
they are not watching tv now
are they watching tv now?