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Write the verbs in Present Progressive.

1. speak - I am speaking
2. jump - you are jumping
3. bake - she is baking
4. play - they are playing
5. run - we are running

Write the verbs in Simple Present, 3rd person singular.

1. be - it is
2. have - he has
3. eat - she eats
4. can - he can
5. wash - she washes

Use
When to use which tense?

1. For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use Simple Present.

2. For actions happening now, we use Present Progressive.
3. The verbs 'be', 'have', 'like' and 'want' are normally only used in Simple Present.
4. The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use Simple Present.
5. The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use Present Progressive.

Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. Look! They are leaving the house.

2. Brian cycles 30 km every day.
3. Samantha is doing her homework at the moment.
4. My parents are shopping right now.
5. He usually gets up early in the morning.

Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. You don't see her every day.

2. The baby isn't sleeping at the moment.
3. I am not reading a book now.
4. We don't go to school on Sundays.
5. He doesn't watch the news every day.

questionn
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. Do you go on holiday by plane sometimes?

2. Do they play computer games every day?
3. Is she eating dinner at the moment?
4. What are they doing right now?
5. Does she visit her grandma very often?

Text
Sieh dir das Bild von Jenny an und ergänze die sentences (Simple Present oder
Present Progressive).

1. Look! Jenny is going to school.

2. On her back, Jenny is carrying her school bag.
3. The school bag is very heavy
4. Normally, Jenny wears black shoes, but today she is wearing red wellies.
5. And look, she is wearing a raincoat because it is raining outside.
6. Jenny doesn't want to get wet.

Present Progressive

Write the ing-form of the following verbs.

1. fly - flying
2. book - booking
3. hit - hitting
4. take - taking
5. lie - lying
 Simple Present

Write the 3rd person singular of the following verbs (in Simple Present).

1. do - he does
2. worry - she worries
3. play - she plays
4. watch - he watches
5. might - she might

Use
When to use which tense?

1. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: Look!, now? Present
Progressive
2. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: often, seldom,
never? Simple Present
3. For actions happening at the moment of speaking, we use Present Progressive.
4. For actions set by a timetable or schedule, we use Simple Present.
5. In a story, for present actions happening one after another, we use Simple Present.
6. For arrangements for the near future, we use Present Progressive.

Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. We are helping in the canteen this week.

2. Martin usually drives to work.
3. But today, he is taking the bus.
4. Listen! She is practising the piano.
5. My friend plays the guitar every evening.

Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. He doesn't spend his holidays in Spain each year.

2. I am not meeting Francis tonight.
3. They aren't flying to London tomorrow.
4. We aren't working this week.
5. The film does not begin at 7 o'clock.
 questionn
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. Are you leaving the party now?

2. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
3. Does she love him?
4. Who is cooking dinner tonight?
5. Does he send you an e-mail every day?

Text
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. Maria wants to improve her English.

2. Therefore, she is doing a language course in London at the moment.
3. She is staying with a host family and must take the tube to get to her language school.
4. It is only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.
5. The tube leaves at half past eight.
6. The first lesson begins at 9 o'clock.
7. In the afternoons, the school offers sightseeing tours in and around London.
8. Tomorrow, the students of the language school are going to Windsor.