Present Simple vs.

Present Continuous

A – Choose the correct option: Present Simple or Present Continuous.

 1. Mark usually goes / is going home on foot.

2. Listen! Ted plays / is playing the piano.

3. My mother is a good cook. Everything she cooks / is cooking is excellent.

4. Now Stanley answers / is answering the phone.

5. They often watch / are watching TV in the evening.

6. Today Jessica goes / is going to school by car.

7.    The dog sleeps / is sleeping under the table right now

     8   Water boils / is boiling at 100º Celsius

B- Fill in the blanks with either the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.

1.    Jason _________ (not / listen) to the radio very often.

2.    Turn off the TV. You ________ (not / watch) it.

3.    Where ___________ Sally usually _____________(spend) her summer holidays?

4.    Mr. Watson _____________(take) very good photos. Look! He ____________(take) a

photo of you right now.

5.    It always ____________(rain) at the weekend. But today the sun _____________(shine).

6.    My friends _____________(leave) for Budapest tomorrow.

7.    Carol _____________ (phone) her grandmother every day. She ___________(phone) her
now.

8.    Bob and Tom’s parents usually ______________(drive) them to school, but today they
______________(go) by bus.