PRESENT: SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

Fill in the blanks with the correct verb in the present simple or continuous. Choose from the list:

1. Tom usually ………………………… lunch. He ………………………………… now

HELP and he ………………… too.
GO 2. Carol ……………in a restaurant. She ………………… customers. Today, she
BE …………………breakfast.
RAKE (2) 3. Dan ……………… a zoo keeper. He …………………… the animals now. The lion
DO ………………… him.
SWIM (2) 4. I ……………… Jim ………………… ……………… (not) what he ……………
LIE …………………………
WATCH 5. Tim ……………… the leaves at the moment. He ……………… them twice a week in
SURF autumn.
CRY 6. Alice ……………… reading. She ……… ……………… on the floor and …………… a
SELL (2) book right now.
EAT 7. My brother …………………… most of his time doing nothing. Now he
SPEND ……………………… on the armchair. He …………………… pop corn.
READ (2) 8. Cheng …………… Chinese very well because he ………… from Shanghai, but he
WORK ……………………… in New York now.
LIVE 9. Luke sometimes ……………………… surfing in summer. He ……………………
SIT now.
LIKE 10. The children ………………… the drums on Monday. They ………………
SOLVE now.
PLAY 11. Alan ………………………… (not) very well, so today a shark……………
SERVE (2) ……………… next to him. He …………… really frightened.
COOK 12. Lewis …………… maths. In fact, he …………………………a difficult problem now.
LIVE He always ………………………… me with my maths homework.
SPEAK 13. Patrick …………papers every day. He ……………………papers at the moment.
FEED 14. My parents often ………………… the shopping on Fridays, but this week they
MAKE …………………………… it on Saturday.
THINK
FEEL
PRACTISE
COME
UNDER-
STAND
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1. MAKES- IS COOOKING- IS CRYING

2. WORKS- SERVES- IS SERVING
3. IS- FEEDS- IS WATCHING
4. THINK- DOESN’T UNDERSTAND- IS READING
5. IS RAKING- RAKES
6. LOVES/LIKES- IS LYING- IS READING
7. SPENDS- IS SITIITNG- IS EATING
8. SPEAKS- COMES- IS LIVING
9. GOES- IS SURFING
10. PLAY- ARE PRACTISING
11. DOESN’T SWIM- IS SWIMMING- FEELS
12. LIKES/LOVES- IS SOLVING- HELPS
13. SELLS- IS SELLING
14. DO- ARE DOING