Present Simple – Present Cotinuous

VERBS
Name. ________________________
Date: _________________________

Exercises

A. Write the simple present and present continuous of each verb.

SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. He (do) ____________ ____________

2. She (worry) ____________ ____________
3. They (study) ____________ ____________

4. I (play) ____________ ____________

5. He (teach) ____________ ____________

6. We (grow) ____________ ____________

7. She (say) ____________ ____________
8. I (watch) ____________ ____________
9. They (cry) ____________ ____________
10. He (miss) ____________ ____________
11. She (dance) ____________ ____________
12. I (hurry) ____________ ____________
13. She (fix) ____________ ____________
14. He (stop) ____________ ____________

B. Hightlight the correct answer :

1. I plays / play tennis every afternoon.
2. My parents live / lives in Ramat-Gan.
3. Tom listens / listen to the radio in the morning.
4. We eat / eats eggs for breakfast every morning.
5. My dog barks / bark at night.
6. Mrs. Gold sweep / sweeps the stairs once a week.
7. My brother never watches / watch television.
8. My family go / goes to the beach together in the summer.
9. I often eat / eats dinner at my grandmother’s house.
10. Sharon do / does her homework regularly.
11. They takes / take a bath daily.
12. You seldom listen / listens in class.
13. Dana and Liat goes / go to the swimming pool every afternoon.
14. I never hurt / hurts my cat.
15. He never finish / finishes his work on time.
C. Fill in the correct form of the verb in Present Simple:
1. Fish (fly) ____________. They (swim) ____________
2. The sun (rise) ___________ in the west. It (set) ____________ down in the west.
3. A spider ( have) ____________ wings. A bird (have) ____________ wings.
4. Cats ( bark) ____________. Dogs (do) ____________.
5. Natalie ( sit) ____________ in the sun. She rarely (go) _____ to the beach.
6. Babies (talk) ____________. They (cry) ____________.
7. Dalia often (dry) ___________ the dishes but she (not put) ___________ them away.
8. Betty usually (not do) __________ homework before she (eat) _____supper.
9. Sarita (brush) _________ her hair every morning before she (go) ________ to school.
10. Nira always (try) __________ to be a good boy, but he (not behave) __________ well.

D. Complete with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets:

 John and I ……………………………….(be) dating.
 Peter …………………………… (Like) watching baseball.
 John…………………………… (live) in Tokyo.
 Tony ………………………….. (prefer) baseball than basketball.
 We…………………………. (have) a big garden
 Cathy…………………………. (study) in the library.
 We …………………………… (be) good friends.
 John …………………………… (go) to school every day.
 Mary ……………………………(read) the story.
 Paul …………………………….(have) breakfast at home.

E. Complete with the Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets:

 John and I ……………….……………… (be) dating.
 Peter …………………………… (Like) watching baseball.
 John…………………………… (live) in Tokyo.
 Tony ………………………….. (prefer) baseball than basketball.
 We…………………………. (have) a big garden
 Cathy…………………………. (study) in the library.
 We …………………………… (be) good friends.
 John …………………………… (go) to school every day.
 Mary ……………………………(read) the story.
 Paul …………………………….(have) breakfast at home.
 F. Rewrite the following sentences in Present Continuous in Negative Form:

write look swim study eat play buy go washed