UNIDADES TECNOLÓGICAS DE SANTANDER

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
English 1 – UNIT 1 Handout 2

NAME: __________________________________________________ DATE: __________________

TEACHER: _______________________________________________GROUP:________________
GRAMMAR – SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1 SIMPLE PRESENT: Underline the correct form of the verb to complete each sentence.
1. Doctor Moffett love / loves his job.
2. He study / studies ants.
3. An astronaut on the International Space Station doesn’t / don’t have a lot of free time.
4. Astronauts doesn’t / don’t work all day on Saturday.
5. An astronaut doesn’t / don’t have the same schedule every day.
Taken from Grammar Explorers 1.

2 PRESENT CONTINUOUS: Look at the pictures and correct the sentences.

1) Margaret is reading a book.
Margaret isn’t reading a book.
She’s cooking. .
2) Pierre is walking to school.
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3) We’re having lunch in the garden.
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4) They’re doing the shopping.
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5) My sister is teaching.
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6) Our teacher is standing.
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3 SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS: Fill in do, does, am, is or are.
1) _______ you like horror films?
2) _______ you coming to the theater this afternoon?
3) _______ it rain a lot in your city?
4) I _______ not sending an e-mail at the moment.
5) Trixie and Kevin _______ not work in a supermarket.
6) Who _______ helping Paul today?
SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the
Present Simple or Progressive as appropriate.

Taken from Englishexercises.org.