Simple Present Tense & Present Continuous Tense

Simple Present Tense

1: Choose the correct option.

1. I play / plays tennis basketball every day at school.

2. They drive / drives their kids to school every day.

3. You speak / speaks French very well.

4. Some people like / likes spending time at home.

5. He catches / catch the train at 6 AM every morning.

6. Judy goes / go to gym every day.

7. Suzy loves / love to play piano.

8. English people always carry / carries an umbrella.

9. It usually rains / rain every day here.

10. It smells / smell very delicious in the kitchen.

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. John______________________ (smoke) ten cigarettes a day.
2. We usually______________________ (have) dinner at 6 o'clock. And I ______________________ (go) to bed at about
11 o'clock at night.
3. I ______________________ (not/go) to work at weekends.
4. Water ______________________ (boil) 100 degrees Celsius.
5. My father ______________________ (go) to gym every evening.
6. Peter ______________________ (not/swim) well.
7. Mary ______________________ (wash) her hair three times a week.
8. Michael ______________________ (be) a teacher.
9. You ______________________ (not/be) a good football player.
10. We ______________________ (not/have) any children.

Exercise 3: Write True or False. Correct the false sentences.

1. We doesn’t like reading magazines. TRUE / FALSE _________________________________________.

2. Jeremy doesn’t play video games. TRUE / FALSE _________________________________________.
3. Carol live in Spain. TRUE / FALSE _________________________________________.
4. They sits in front of the window. TRUE / FALSE _________________________________________.
5. My parents and I are at home. TRUE / FALSE _________________________________________.
6. Julia move to Italy. TRUE / FALSE__________________________________________.

Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of the verbs.
1. My sister is at home today. She is reading (read) a book in her room now.
2. They _________________ (play) basketball on the street.
3. Look! She __________________ (jump) into the sea.
4. I __________________ (learn) English.
5. They __________________ (wash) their hands.
6. I ___________________ (read) a newspaper at the moment.
7. They __________________ (build) a new hotel in the area.
8. Listen! Somebody __________________ (sing).
 9. You ___________________ (sit) on my chair.
10. Kids ___________________ (play) games at home.

Exercise 5: Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs given below.
ride play feed paint speak dance take watch rain

1. Sarah always goes to the park. At the moment she is there and she is taking photos.
2. Paolo thinks about himself that he is a famous painter. So, he _________________ now a modern landscape.
3. The Browns like Shakespeare so they are in the theatre and __________________ Hamlet.
4. Jack likes speed, he ____________________his bike too fast.
5. Mac and his friends are in the disco. They _________________________. They are having fun.
6..I can’t hear you because everybody in the class _______________________so loudly.
7. Take your umbrella. It__________________ outside.
8. I do not like sharks. I keep little fish in a tank in my room. I _______________ them with fish food.
9. Raul is keen on TV games. He __________________in his room now. .

Exercise 6: Match the questions to the answers.

d _ 1. Are you going home? a. Yes, she is.
___ 2. What are you reading? b. b. No, he isn’t.
___ 3. Is she baking a cake? c. c. Yes, they are.
___ 4. Is Dave diving into the sea? d. d. No, I’m not.
___ 5. Is Mary playing cards? e. e. They are going on
holiday
___ 6. Are they playing soccer? f. No, she isn’t.
___ 7. Is the lion sleeping under the tree? g. g. A new Harry Potter book.
___ 8. Where are they going? [Link] is singing.
___ 9. Who is singing? i. i. No, I am not.
___ 10. Are you sure going into the bear’s j. No, it is hunting.
cave?

Exercise 7: Complete the following sentences using Present Continuous Tense.

1. My son is talking (talk) on the phone right now.
2. ____________________ (you / sleep)?
3. Jason _______________ (do) his homework at the moment.
4. Tom ____________________ (work) on a project nowadays.
5. My kids ____________________ (play) in the garden now.
6. Some people ____________________ (wait) to talk to you.
7. My wife ____________________ (not cook) today.
8. __________________ (Lucas / study) for his exam right now?
9. ____________________(Ryan / play) the piano now?
10. Lea and I ____________________ (paint) the fences today.
Exercise 8: Make present continuous sentences - positive, negative or question.
1. (she / go home now) She is going home now .
2. (I / read a great book) ________________________________________________.
3. (she / not / wash her hair) ________________________________________________.
4. (the cat / chase mice)? ________________________________________________?
5. (she / cry)? ________________________________________________?
6. (he / not / study Latin) ________________________________________________.
7. (we / drive to London)? ________________________________________________?
8. (they / watch TV)? ________________________________________________?
9. (where / she / go now)? ________________________________________________?
10. (I / not / leave now) ________________________________________________.
Exercise 9: Complete the following sentences using suitable verbs and the
Present Continuous Tense.
cry go talk play return run shout sit use
1. Why are you talking ? You should be listening to me.
2. What _____ you _____? - I'm trying to open my locker.
3. Where ____ she ____? - I have no idea. Why don't you ask her?
4. Why _____ he _____ your mobile phone? - He doesn't have one and he needs to call
his mother.
5. What _____ they _____? - GO, it's a very old Chinese game.
6. Why _____ you _____? - I'm not crying. I've got a piece of dirt in my eye!
7. Why _____ you _____ at me? – I’m not deaf!
8. _____ anyone _____ here? - Yes, Miho's just gone to the bathroom but she'll be back
in a minute.
9. _____ you _____ to Korea at the end of the school year? - Yes, I'm pleased to say.
Exercise 10: Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets,
Simple Present Tense or Present Continuous Tense.
1. I always go (go) to cinema at weekends.
2. She never ________________ (smoke) cigarettes.
3. He _____________ (sleep) at home now.
4. She ________________ (not/like) reading books.
5. We _________________ (watch) TV at the moment.
6. ________ you __________ (do) your homework right now?
7. Sue never _____________ (smoke)
8. Bill always _____________ (go) to cinema at weekends.
9. Look! She _____________ (jump) into the sea.
10. The sun _____________ (rise) in the east.
Exercise 11: Choose the best option.
1. Look! Elizabeth ___ again. She often ___ this song.
a) is singing/sing b) sings/ is singing c) is singing/sings
2. My father ___ a lot of work to do every weekend.
a) have b) is having c) has
3. The boys ___ now. All of them ___ a film.
a) are not talking/are watching b) don’t talk/watch c) is not talking/are watching
4. ___ you ___ watching TV?
a) Does/like b) Do/like c) Are/like
5. He ___ at 8:00 o’clock.
a) are usually go b) is usually going c) usually goes
6. I ___ my grandparents every Saturday. My sister ___ them.
a) visit/often visit b) visit/often visits c) visits/often visit
7. The girls ___ in the pool now but they ___ in the sea.
a) are swimming/usually swims b) are swimming/usually swim c) is swimming/usually swims
8. She ___ a letter to her pen-friend at the moment.
a) write b) writes c) is writing
9. They ___ lunch at work, but today they ___ at a restaurant.
a) sometimes have/has b) sometimes has/has c) sometimes have/are having
10. She can’t talk to you. She ___ a shower.
a) is having b) have c) has
Exercise 12: Fill in the blanks with Simple Present Tense or Present Continuous Tense.
1. The students are studying (study) in the class now.
2. Allison always ____________ (read) the newspaper before
breakfast.
3. You ____________ (do) something different at the moment.
4. My son ____________ (watch) TV now.
5. ____________ (they / like) pizza?
6. He ____________ (not / like) banana.
7. My dog ____________ (sleep) now.
8. Jane ____________ (go) to work by bus every morning.
9. Sandy ____________ (rush) her teeth every night.
10. Look! A cat ____________ (run) after a mouse.
11. Look! Catherine ____________ (sing) loudly. She often
____________ (sing) this song.
12. My mother ____________ (have) a lot of things to do at the
weekends.
13. My brother usually ____________ (go) to school at 8 o'clock,
but these days he ____________ (go) to school at 9 o'clock.
14. Where ____________ Michael ____________ (live)?
15. Mary is in her room. She ____________ (write) a letter to her
pen-friend. She usually ____________ (write) her a letter.
Exercise 13: Unscramble the sentences.
1. every day / games / play / the children.
The children play games every day .
2. Sally / watching TV / like / but / she / now / not watch / TV /
sleep / she / because.
________________________________________________.
3. What / do / at the present / Barbara/ ? /
________________________________________________.
4. in the bathroom / clean / she / her teeth / now
________________________________________________.
5. Where / live / your sister /? / in Adana / live / she
________________________________________________.
Exercise 14: Change the following sentences into positive,negative and question form according to
the marks given in parenthesis.
1. You solve mathematical problems.
(-) You don’t solve mathematical problems.
(?) Do you solve mathematical problems?
2. He has usually breakfast at 9 o’clock.
(-) ____________________________________________.
(?) ____________________________________________?
3. Some students don’t wear their uniforms.
(+) ____________________________________________.
(?) ____________________________________________?
4. Does he play chess well?
(+) ____________________________________________.
(?) ____________________________________________?
5. They go to gym every weekend.
(-) ____________________________________________.
(?) ____________________________________________?
Exercise 15: Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1. Does you live in Amsterdam?
Do you live in Amsterdam?
2. Look! The baby walks!
________________________________________________.
3. I am going to school every day.
________________________________________________.
4. Tim makes his homework after school.
________________________________________________.
5. It’s time to go to school! Why do you look at the TV?
________________________________________________.
6. He no like orange juice.
________________________________________________.
7. I am thinking you are wrong.
________________________________________________.
8. Do your mother work in the hospital?
________________________________________________.