NAME: -_____________________________________________ DATE_______________________

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.

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or present
continuous tense.
Am watching watch
1. Right now I (watch) _____________ a movie. I (watch) _______ a
lot of movies.
is like
2. Rickie (be) _______ my friend. We (like) _______ to talk together. Right
Are talking
now we (talk) ______________ about school.
wears a badge and a gun to work every day.
3. The police officer (wear) ________
eats
4. Jaime usually (eat) _______ cold cereal for breakfast, but today he (eat)
Is eating
_______ ________ oatmeal instead.

Are studying
5. Alison and I (study) _______ _______ for the exam. We (not, want) _______
Don’t want to fail it!
______________
sings
6. Jonas (sing) ________ in the band on Saturdays, and Veda (play) _______
the guitar.
Plays
lives live
7. My uncle (live) _______ in Tennessee. I (live) _______in North Carolina.
Is cooking
 8. My mom (cook) ______________ dinner tonight. (You, want)
Do you want
____________ _______ to eat with us?
Are traveling
9. Tiffany and Mark (travel) ______________ to Spain. They will stay in
Madrid.
read
10. We (read) _______ the newspaper every morning.

Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense or
present continuous tense.
teaches
1. My favourite aunt, Monica, ____________ (teach) archeology at the
Is giving
university. Right now she ____________ (give) a class on the art of ancient

Egypt.
does
She ____________ goes
(do) a lot of sports and ____________ (go) to the cinema
learns
regularly. This month, she ____________ (learn) to hang glide. But she also
climbs
____________ does
(climb) mountains every weekend and ____________ (do)

scuba diving when she is on holidays.

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.

Does not listen

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

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

Do
3. Where ______________ Sally usually ______________(spend) her summer
spend

holidays?
takes
4. Mr. Watson ______________(take) very good photos. Look! He
Is taking
______________(take) a photo of you right now.
rains
5. It always ______________(rain) at the weekend. But today the sun
Are shining
______________(shine).
Are leaving
6. My friends ______________(leave) for Budapest tomorrow.
phones
7. Carol ______________ (phone) her grandmother every day. She
Is phoning
______________(phone) her now.
drive
8. Bob and Tom’s parents usually ______________(drive) them to school, but
Are going
today they ______________(go) by bus.

Simple Present / Present Continuous

a) Complete
is haves
1) My sister ...................................... (be) tall and she .................................. (have) dark hair and blue
eyes.
Don’t believe
2) I ............................................(not/believe) in fortune tellers.
Are practicing
3) She ..................................... (practise) her piano lessons right now.

walk
4) We ...... .................................. (walk) to work every day.

Is Gets up
5) Tom ........................................... (be) a lazy boy. He .................................... (get up) at 12every day.

Like
6) I ................................... (like) pasta very much.
Enjoyes to

7) My grandma ......................................... (enjoy) visiting her grandchildren.

praticese
8) They …………………..……….. (practise) their piano lessons in the living room.
play
9) They ............................................. (play) chess at weekends.
Don’t believe
10) We .............................................. (not) in miracles.

washes
11) He .................................................... (wash) his own clothes.

Don’t smoke
12) Peter ............................................. (not / smoke) too much.

Don’t know
13) My grandfather .................. ................................ (not / know) anything about music.

has sells
14) Ernest ................ ............................... (have) a shop. He ........................................... (sell) pets.

wear
15) I always .............................................. (wear) comfortable clothes.
Is washing wahes
16) Mum .......................... .............................. (wash) the dishes now. She always ………………………………

(wash) the dishes after every meal.

Don’t know
17) They ………………………………….. (have) a bath now.
Don’t do
18) We ………………………………… (not do) the homework after class.

b) Complete with Simple Present or Present Continuous.

1) I usually study (study/usually) in the morning.

2) Tom and Peter are having (have) breakfast at the moment.

3) Elisa sometimes gets (get) home at 6.

4) At weekends Paul always meets (meet / always) his friends at the club.

5) My daughter studyies (study) English, but now she is studying (study) Spanish.

6) Steve usually goes (go) to work by bus.

7) We can’t go out now. It is raining (rain).

8) Sarah usually takes (take) a bus to school but this week she is going (go) by car.

9) We are not swimming (not swim) now.

10) I am not cooking (not cook) dinner at the moment. I watch (watch) TV.

11) Lisa doesn’t do (not do) yoga on Saturdays. She does (do) yoga on Wednesdays and Fridays.

12) Children usually ask (ask) many questions.

13) Look! Susan is climbing (climb) that tree!

14) My teacher always gives (give) a lot of homework.

15) I don’t like (not like) pizza.

16) The students don’t do (not do) the exercises at the moment.

LISTENING PART:
All of me – John Legend
1. Complete with the words in the box. The words are mixed.

Don’t - beautiful – breathing –

without – mind –know - spinning

What would I do without your smart mouth

Drawing me in and you kicking me out
Got my head spinning, no kidding
I can't pin you down
What's going on in that beautiful I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don`t what hit me
But I'll be alright
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
2. Number the sentences as you hear them.
( 4) All your perfect imperfections
( 3) Love your curves and all your edges
( 9) 'Cause I give you all of me
( 5) Give your all to me
( 7) You're my end and my beginning
( 1) 'Cause all of me
( 6) I'll give my all to you
( 8) Even when I lose I'm winning
( 2) Loves all of you
(10) And you give me all of you

3. Simple present or Present Continuous?

How many times do I have (I/have) to tell you

Even when you’re crying you're beautiful too?
the world beats (the world/beat) you down
I'm around through every mood
You're my downfall, you're my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing
It rings (It/ring), in my head for you
My head's under water
But I breathe (I/breathe) fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind

4. Repeat 2.
5. Correct the phrases, when necessary.
Give me all of you
_____________________________________
Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts
______________________________________
Risking it all, though it's hard
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6. Repeat 2.