present simple vs.

present continuous

1. Fill in the blanks with the present simple of the verbs in brackets:

a) We __________________ (use) the computers at school.

b) She __________________ (forget) everything.
c) John __________________ (speak) French.
d) Carol __________________ (not/ go) out in the evening.
e) What _______ she _________ ? (do)

2. Fill in the gaps with the present continuous of the verbs in brackets.

a) She __________________ (talk) with them.

b) We__________________ (learn) English now.
c) _______ he __________ by the river? (lie)
d) I __________________ at her ( look)
e) Mary __________________ tea at the moment. (drink)

3. Circle the correct form in each tense.

a) What are you doing / do you do for a living? I’m a teacher.

b) I like / am liking my work.
c) We usually work / are working together, but at the moment she earns / is earning a higher
salary.
d) I usually take / am taking the 9.00 train.
e) She is painting / paints her bedroom now.

4. Put the verb into the correct form Present simple or present continuous.

a) I __________________ (like) cinema very much.

b) Jane __________________ (want) to go to the park with you.
c) At the moment they __________________ (stand) in the rain.
d) We are very busy now because we __________________ (wash) the floor.
e) Mark usually __________________(go) to school by bus.
f) My sister __________________ (eat) cereals every day.
g) You __________________ (not/ run) at the moment.
h) The sun __________________ (rise) in the east.

“Don’t talk so loudly!” – I _____________ (not/talk) loudly.

He _________ (know) all about the film.
Jane _________ (talk) to a friend at the moment.
He __________ (not/ work) on Sundays.
Margaret ________ (love) music and dancing.
He _________ (not / like) his job.
I _________ (think) she __________ (be) very pretty.
I __________ (always / go) to bed very early.
 How often a day _________ (you / eat) ice-cream.
She ________ (often / clean) the house on Saturdays.
__________ (they / go) to the pub every evening?
He __________ (sit) on an armchair ____________ (smoke) a pipe.
Why _________ ( you / fix) it this morning?
I ________ (do) it because it _______ (not/ work) and I need it.

Mary can’t answer the phone because she _______ her hair.(wash)
Ann ________ her hair every day. (wash)
I ________ music very much. (like)
What time________ on holidays? (they/ wake up)
Good students ________ hard. (always/ study)
________at the moment? (she/not/work)
It ________in Summer. (never/ rain)
It________ now. (rain)
I ________ irregular verbs in the evening (usually/ revise)
My brother ________ German at school this year. (not/learn)
She never________ her homework at the weekend (do)
I ________(not/know) why she ________now (cry)
My sister ________ music at the moment (study)