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Present simple and present continuous – test 

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exercise 1
Choose the correct verb form.

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I a letter now.
Right: am writing

Susan the garden at the moment.


Right: is digging

Jane to bed at 10 o'clock on weekdays.


Right: goes

I am in London this summer. I English.


Right: am learning

We our friends next week.


Right: are meeting

My brothers letters every week.


Right: write

The bus sometimes in the morning.


Right: arrives

James is a student. But he this week.


Right: is working

Lions in Africa.
Right: live

Our train at 9.25.


Right: leaves

She to the cinema tonight.


Right: is going
My parents TV now.
Right: are watching

Gap filling exercises - test 2, exercise 1


Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets.

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Look. He to us. (listen)


Right: is listening

We at a hotel this week. (stay)


Right: are staying

I to bed early on Sundays. (go)


Right: go

My mother is at the shop. She a new dress. (buy)


Right: is buying

Jill a lot of money. (have)


Right: has

The bus on Sunday night. (leave)


Right: leaves

Please, stop! You so fast! (drive)


Right: are driving

We in Berlin each year. (meet)


Right: meet

We to the disco on Friday. (go)


Right: are going
He usually on time. (come)
Right: comes

Online exercises with answers - test 2, exercise 2


Make statements or questions.

Example: (live/here/I) I live here.

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(make/lunch/she/now) .
Right: She is making lunch now

(my car/I/on Saturdays/wash) .


Right: I wash my car on Saturdays

(travel/London/every week/they) ?
Right: Do they travel to London every week

(I/at Oxford/study/this summer) .


Right: I am studying at Oxford this summer

(eat/at Christmas/fish/we) .
Right: We eat fish at Christmas

(you/what/do/tonight) ?
Right: What are you doing tonight

(where/your brother/work) ?
Right: Where does your brother work

(want/who/this book) ?
Right: Who wants this book
(we/next week/move) .
Right: We are moving next week

(at the moment/Jim and Susan/watch TV) .


Right: Jim and Susan are watching TV at the moment

(teach/she/in New York/these days) .


Right: She is teaching in New York these days

(land/the ship/at 10) .


Right: The ship lands at 10

Present simple questions and present continuous


questions - test 2, exercise 3
Complete the questions to get more details.

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Her brother gets up very early every day. - What time every day ?
Right: does he get up / does her brother get up

I am working at a hotel now. - Why at a hotel now?


Right: are you working / am I working

She studies English. - Where English?


Right: does she study

They want to go to Hastings. - When to go?


Right: do they want

His grandparents are watching a film. - What film ?


Right: are they watching / are his grandparents watching
I paint pictures. - What kind of pictures ?
Right: do you paint / do I paint

He is washing something. - What ?


Right: is he washing

English grammar: negative forms - test 2, exercise 4


Make these sentences negative.

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Susan looks very good. - Susan very good.


Right: does not look

Why do you read such magazines? - Why such magazines?


Right: do you not read / don't you read

I am doing housework at the moment. - I housework at the moment.


Right: am not doing

We go swimming on Tuesdays. - We swimming on Tuesdays.


Right: do not go

My penfriend sends me postcards. - My penfriend me postcards.


Right: does not send

Why are you listening to us? - Why to us?


Right: are you not listening / aren't you listening

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