READING COMPREHENSION ABOUT SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. COMPLETE THE TEXT USING PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

These are the Browns. They live in a small house in Buenos Aires. Mr. and Mrs. Brown two
children: a boy, Mike and a girl, Julie.
Mike is fourteen years old. He is a student at St Agnes School. He goes to school in the
morning so he gets up very early every day and he doesn´t sleep till late in the morning.
As today it is Saturday and he doesn´t to school he can do it. He is sleeping.
Julie is seven years old. She goes to St. Agnes School too, but she doesn´t go in the
morning. She likes to get up early. After getting up she always has a bath. She having a
bath at this moment.
Mrs Brown is a housewife and she works at home every day. She always does the
housework on weekdays. She is sitting on the sofa in the living room. She reads a
magazine.
Mr. Brown is in the kitchen. He preparing lunch. He usually doesn´t cook but he helps his
wife at the weekends. That‘s why he cooking.
 2. TRUE OR FALSE? CIRCLE

Mr. and Mrs. Brown are having breakfast. True False

Julie is preparing lunch. True False
Julie is having a bath. True False
Julie goes to school in the morning. True False
Mrs. Brown always cooks on Saturday. True False
Mr. Brown is in the kitchen. True False
Mike is cooking. True False
Mrs. Brown is reading a magazine. True False
Mr. Brown does not work on Saturday morning. True False
Mike goes to school in the morning. True False
Mike is sleeping. True False
Mrs. Brown is reading in the garden. True False

3. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FAMILY

1. Who is cooking? Mr. Brown is cooking

2. Does Mrs. Brown cook on Saturday? No, she doesn't.

3. Is Mike cooking? No, he isn't.

4. Are Mr. and Mrs. Brown in the living room? No, they aren't.

5. Where is Julie? Julie is in the bathroom.

6. Does Julie go to school in the afternoon? Yes, she does.

7. What is Mike doing? Mike is sleeping.

8. Does Mr. Brown work on Saturday morning? No, he doesn't.

9. Is Julie having a shower? Yes, she is

10 Do the children share the bedroom? Yes, they do.

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