PRACTICE
PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. Read the paragraph. Find and correct six more errors with verbs and prepositions of time.
Max Kraushaar studys in Seattle. He likes to bake. At Friday and Saturday morning, he bake pies. In night, people
call or text Max. They order pies, and Max delivers them. He doesn’t drives a car. He rides a bicycle and carrys
the pies in a basket. He takes orders until 3:00 a.m. Max’s company have a funny name. He calls it “Piecycle.”
2. Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses and prepositions of time.
A Dangerous Job Chris Hansen (1)……………….. …………..(work) in Alaska (2) …………………..in the
winter. He (3)………………….. (have) a job on a crab boat. He (4) ……………………….(fish) for crabs (5)
…………..October (6) ……………January. Chris and the other fishermen (7) ……………….(drop) heavy crab
pots in the ocean and (8)…………………………. (pull) them back onto the boat a day later. Chris (9)
………………….. (not like) his job. It (10) …………………… (be) very dangerous on the ocean. Even in bad
weather, the work…………………. (11) (not stop). The days (12) …………………… (be) very short in the
winter. The sun (13) …………………… (not rise) (14) …………………… about 10:00 a.m., and it (15)
…………………… (go) down (16) …………………… around 4:00 p.m. Chris’s mother (17)
………………………….(worry) about him. She.(18) …………………… (say), “(19) …………………… (be)
careful, Chris! (20) …………………… (not fall) off the boat!” He (21) …………………… (say), “(22)
…………………… (not worry), Mom!”
3. Complete the paragraphs with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
Manuel and Lila Vega Manuel and Lila Vega (1) ………………………..have (have) a busy lifestyle. Manuel is
a doctor at a hospital. He works at night, so he (2)………………………. (go) to work at 7:00 p.m. and comes
home at 7:00 a.m. His wife Lila works at a bank. She (3)………………………… (go) to work at 8:00 a.m. and
comes home at 6:00 p.m. They don’t see each other a lot during the week. Manuel and Lila also
(4)…………………. (have) two children, Luis and Carla. Every morning they all (5) …………………..(have)
breakfast together at 7:30. Then, Luis and Carla (6)…………………. (go) to school, and Lila (7)
(go)………………… to work. Manuel (8) …………………..(do) the dishes, and then (9) …………………(go)
to bed. Carla usually (10) …………………..(do) her homework at a friend’s house in the afternoon, and Luis
(11) ……………..(have) soccer practice. Manuel gets up at 4:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., he (12)…………….. (have)
dinner with Lila, Luis, and Carla. After dinner, he (13)…………………. (go) to work. Manuel and Lila
(14)……………….. (have) a busy schedule during the week, but on weekends they relax.
[Link] the following text and answer the questions: My name is Kate O’Hara. I live on a farm with my mother
and father. I like it but I work very hard. Every morning I wake up at five o’clock and feed the horses. Then I can
go back to the house. Mum makes breakfast at 5:30 and I’m not late for breakfast because I don’t like cold eggs.
After breakfast I help dad for an hour. Then I have a shower and get ready for school. The school bus leaves at
8:15. I leave home at 8:00. After school I can watch TV for an hour. Then we have our dinner. We have chicken
for dinner but I hate it. I eat it because mum gets angry. After dinner I do my homework. Then I go out and feed
the horses. I go to bed early because I’m always very tired at the end of the day.
1. Where does Kate live…………………….………………………………………………………………
2. What time does she get up every morning? ……………………………………………………………...
3. Who makes breakfast every morning? ………….………………………………………………………
4. Why isn’t she late for breakfast?…………………………………………………………….……………
5. When does she have a shower? ………………………………………………………………………...
6. What time does she catch the school bus? …………..…………………………………………….……
7. How long can she watch TV? …….………………………………………………………………..……
8. What do they have for dinner? …………………………………………………........................………
9. When does she do her homework? ………………………………………………………..……………
10. Why does she go to bed early?...............................................................................................................
5. Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of one of the verbs from the box.
retire, return, work, discover, start, volunteer, live, spend
1. More and more older people ………………………at second careers these days.
2. Many people……………………….. at a younger age.
3. They………………………… time doing interesting things.
4. Some people …………………….new careers.
5. Other people……………………….. . .They are helping others without pay.
6. People………………………….. longer and healthier lives.
7. Some people ……………………………new talents and abilities.
8. Some older women ………………………….to work after raising a family.
6. Choose the correct verb form.
1 - I have / am having a great time on this holiday.
2 - She's Italian- she comes / is coming from Pisa.
3 - 'Are you enjoying / do you enjoy your meal?' 'Yes, it's very good.'
4 - This term, I study / am studying Latin.
5 - Do you come / are you coming to see us next month?
6 - Let me know when you receive / are receiving this letter.
8 - Water boils / is boiling at a hundred degrees.
10 - I make / am making a lot of progress at the moment.
11 - It worries / is worrying me a lot at the moment.
12 - I get / am getting up at seven o'clock on weekdays.
7. Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present continuous tense.
Right now I (watch) _____________ a movie. I (watch) _______ a lot of movies.
Rickie (be) _______ my friend. We (like) _______ to talk together. Right now we (talk) ______________ about
school.
The police officer (wear) ________ a badge and a gun to work every day.
Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today he (eat) _______ ________ oatmeal instead.
Alison and I (study) _______ _______ for the exam. We (not, want) _______ ______________ to fail it!
Jonas (sing) ________ in the band on Saturdays, and Veda (play) _______ the guitar.
My uncle (live) _______ in Tennessee. I (live) _______ in North Carolina.
My mom (cook) ______________ dinner tonight. (You, want) ____________
_______ to eat with us? Tiffany and Mark (travel) ______________ to Spain. They will stay in Madrid.
We (read) _______ the newspaper every morning.
