ENGLISH BOOKLET

Present Simple and Present

Continuous

Teacher: ______________________________
Student’s name: ________________________________
Present Simple

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 We use the Present Simple to talk about routines and habits (1), facts and general
truths (2), or permanent or long-term situations (3).

Examples: (1) Anna goes to school every day at 7:00 a.m.

Phillippe studies German three times a week.
(2) In South Korea, students stay at school until they are 20 years old.
Water damages mobile phones.
(3) My brother lives in Athens, Greece.
Hannah wears glasses.

FORMING THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE: TO THINK

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I think I don’t think. Do I think?
You think You don’t think. Do you think?
He thinks He doesn’t think. Does he think?
She thinks She doesn’t think. Does she think?
It thinks It doesn’t think. Does it think?
We think We don’t think. Do we think?
You think (plural) You don’t think. Do you think?
They think They don’t think. Do they think?

Negatives: We use do and does to make negatives with the present simple. We
use doesn't for the third person singular (she/he/it) and don't for the others.
Examples: I like football but I don't like handball. (don't = do not)
I don't live in Seoul now.
I don't play the piano but I play the ukelele.
They don't work at the weekend.
Jamie doesn't live in Glasgow. (doesn't = does not)
Annie doesn't drive to work. She goes by bus.

Interrogative: We use do and does to make questions with the Present simple. We
use does for the third person singular (she/he/it) and do for the others.
Examples: Do you study History everyday?
Does Mary play the guitar well?
Do they live in Marseille or in Lyon?
Doesn’t he like Carnival?

We use do and does with question words like where, what and when:

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Examples: Where do Angela and Rita live?
What does Angela do?
When does Rita usually get up?
But questions with who often don't use do or does:
Examples: Who lives in Paris?
Who plays football at the weekend?
Who works at Liverpool City Hospital?

Be careful!

 In the third person singular the verb always ends in -s:

He wants to practice taekwondo.
She loves Carnival.
James needs to study harder.

 Negative and question forms use DOES (= the third person of the auxiliary 'DO')
+ the infinitive of the verb.

He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.

 Verbs ending in -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies:

fly --> flies, cry --> cries

Exception: if there is a vowel before the -y:

play --> plays, pray --> prays

 Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch:

he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes

Practice exercises!

1) Put the words in the correct order to form sentences:

a. SLEEPS / EEVEE / 15 HOURS A DAY

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b. LIKE / JOLTEON AND UMBREON / TOGHETER / TO SLEEP

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c. SWIMS / ANNE / VERY WELL

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d. PLAY / WE / THE FLUTE
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e. DRINKS / FLAREON / WATER
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f. READS / CHARLOTTE / A LOT

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g. WRITE / THE BRONTË SISTERS / NOVELS
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h. POP MUSIC / SINGS / MICHAEL
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i. TRAVEL / WE / EVERY YEAR / TO SOUTH KOREA
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j. GOES / MARIE / BY BUS / TO SCHOOL
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k. LIKES / TO TAKE PHOTOS / SERENA
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l. TRAIN / ASH AND MISTY / THEIR POKÉMONS / EVERY DAY

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m. GO / I / TO THE HAIR DRESSER / ONCE A YEAR
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2) Complete the gaps with the correct form of the Present Simple:

a. She ______________ (to love) Carnival very much but she ______________ (to
have) to study so she cannot go to the party.
b. In South Korea, people ______________ (to read) a lot of books.
c. ______________ you speak French?
d. Hannah ______________ (to speak) Chinese very well.
e. ______________ we have to go to the dinner party? I ______________ (to think)
it’s boring.
f. Flavio ______________ (to dance) very well.
g. They ______________ (to live-not) in Amsterdam anymore. They ______________
(live) in Tokyo now.
h. In Holland, people ______________ (to cycle) a lot.
i. Thierry is addicted to Pokémon GO. He ______________ (to play) it every day.
j. On Mondays, I ______________ (to go) to my swimming lessons downtown.
k. Yuki ______________ (to have) Chinese lessons at school every Monday and
Wednesday.
l. The train to Nagoya ______________ (to arrive) at 2 o’clock.
m. The Carnival blocks ______________ (to start) early in the morning. Sometimes at
6:00 a.m.
n. Yasunari Kawabata ______________ (to write) sad books about the cultural
background of Japan after the Meiji Restauration.
o. Yukine ______________ (to go) to Nara Park every morning to feed the sika deer.
p. ______________ they go to Nara Park every week? No, they ______________.
q. Which university ______________ he go to? He ______________ (to go) to Tokyo
University.
r. Where ______________ he come from? He ______________ (to come) from
Naples, Italy.
s. How often ______________ she play? She ______________ (to play) every day.
t. Does he ______________ (to have) any brothers or sisters? No, he
______________ have siblings.
u. What ______________ your mother do? She ______________ (to be) the director
at Liverpool City Hospital.
v. How long do you ______________
(to work) every day?
w. Annie ______________ (swim-not)
very well.
x. An adult human skeleton
______________ (to have) about 200
bones.
y. Giant tortoises ______________ (to
live) for about 150 years.
z. He ______________ (to practice)

the koto every day.

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 3) Change the affirmative sentences into their negative and interrogative forms.
There is one example:
Example:
Affirmative: Eevee and Espeon like to play with Vaporeon.
Negative: Eevee and Espeon don’t like to play with Vaporeon.
Interrogative: Do Eevee and Espeon like to play with Vaporeon? / Do they like
to play with Vaporeon?

a. Sakura loves manga magazines.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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b. Gudrun and Annie live in Wales.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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c. She thinks the koto is a beautiful instrument.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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d. Kai and Amamiya play the piano every day.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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e. Nine-tailed foxes have strange powers.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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f. Ginji works at an inn.

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Negative:
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Interrogative:
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g. Pierre studies Chinese twice a week.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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h. Goats climb on trees.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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i. Dolphins have their own language.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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4) Read the text and answer the questions:

Kai and Amamiya are students from Japan.

They study the piano at a famous music
college in Warsaw, Poland. They live together
in a small studio near the campus.

Kai works part-time at a small restaurant

downtown. He plays the piano there every
night. He doesn’t earn much money, but he
gets to practice his piano in front of an
audience. He’s learning a lot.

Amamiya doesn’t work because his parents are rich. His father is a famous
pianist. Amamiya plays the piano from the time he wakes up until he goes to
bed. He is very hardworking. *

a. Who are Kai and Amamiya?

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 b. Where do they study?
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c. Where does Kai work?

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d. Does Amamiya work?

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e. Where do they live?

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f. When does Amamiya play the piano?

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*Kai and Amamiya are characters from the anime “Piano no mori”. You should watch it
kiddos.

5) Read the text and choose the correct alternative to answer the questions:

Githa is from India. She lives in a small town near New Delhi.
She goes to school every day, from Monday to Friday. On
Mondays, she has English, Maths, Science and Hindu at
school. On Tuesdays, she has extra French and piano lessons.
She also has football practice after school, on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. On Wednesdays, she has more free time, so she
goes out with her friends to have milkshake or drink tea. On
Fridays, she finishes school earlier and goes to her
grandmother’s house to have tea with her. On the weekends,
Saturdays and Sundays, she studies a lot and spends time with
her parents. Githa’s week is very busy!

a. What does Githa do from Monday to Friday?

I. Goes to school
II. Goes to work
III. Plays the piano

b. What does Githa do on Tuesdays and Thursdays?

I. Has extra French lessons
II. Goes to football practice
III. Goes to her grandmother’s house

c. When does she have tea and milkshake with her friends?
I. On Mondays
II. On Tuesdays
III. On Wednesdays

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 d. When does she have tea with her grandmother?
I. On Wednesdays
II. On Thursdays
III. On Fridays

e. Where is Githa from?

I. A small town near Indianapolis
II. A small town near Bangladesh
III. A small town in India

6) Complete the sentences with DO-DON’T-DOES-DOESN’T:

a. She _______________ live in Tokyo.

b. _______________ Kai and Amamiya come from Japan?
c. My teacher _______________ speak Chinese, but she speaks
Korean.
d. How often _______________ she study English?
e. _______________ you like to watch horror movies?
f. I _______________ love aubergines, but they are O.K.
g. _______________ he practice the koto every day? Yes, he
_______________.
h. I _______________ hate Chemistry, but I _______________ love it
either.
i. We _______________ sports very often.
j. They _______________ eat red meat in India.
k. _______________ they eat a lot of tofu in South Korea? Yes, they
_______________.
l. _______________ you think they eat a lot of strange foods in China?
m. My music teacher _______________ like it when I’m late.
n. Nine-tailed foxes are special creatures, but they _______________
like being around humans much.
o. _______________ you like going to the beach ever summer?
p. Who _______________ she look like? I know, she looks like that
Korean actress.
q. When _______________ he go to Japan?
r. When _______________ the train to Lisbon arrive? At 14:20.
s. _______________ she live in Seoul? No, she _______________.
t. Where _______________ she live? She lives in Busan.
u. I _______________ play video games that much, but I love Pokémon
GO.
v. I _______________ like Carnival but my girlfriend _______________.

7) Read the text and write questions. There is one example:

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 Sabrina Spellman is half-witch half-mortal.
She lives in the town of Greendale, in the
United States, with her aunts, Hilda and Zelda,
her cousin Ambrose, and her black cat,
Salem. They are all witches, including Salem
who is a warlock* cursed to be in cat form for
five hundred years. Every day, Sabrina wakes
up early, at 7 o’clock, and goes to her human
school, Baxter High. She stays there until 2
o’clock in the afternoon and the goes to her
witch school, the Academy of Unseen Arts. At
6 o’clock she goes back home and at half past
six she has dinner with her family. Salem
always sits with them on the table and eats
sardines. At eight o’clock, she does her
homework and at midnight, the witching hour,
she goes to bed.
*Warlock: male witch.
WHAT TIME DOES SABRINA WAKE UP?
Sabrina wakes up at 7 o’clock.

a.

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Sabrina lives in Greendale, in the United States.
b.

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Sabrina goes to two schools: Baxter High and the Academy of Unseen
Arts.
c.

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______Sabrina goes to the Academy of Unseen Arts at 2 o’clock in the
afternoon.

d.

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 Sabrina has dinner at half past six in the evening.
e.

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Salem eats sardines for dinner.

f.

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Sabrina goes to sleep at midnight.
8) Read the e-mail below and write a reply. Describe your school life:

Hello!

My name is Thierry; I am from the France. I am 11 years old. I live in Lyon

with my mother and my brothers. Let me tell you about my school life!

I usually get up at 7:30, and go to school at 8:15. There are 3000 students at
my school, it is very big! I study seven subjects: French, English, Math,
Geography, History, Science, Spanish and Art. My favourite subject is Art, I
love painting and drawing!

School always finishes at 16:20, so I have lunch there. When I get home, I
have dinner.

Good-bye,
Thierry.

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Exam practice 1!
Choose the best answer for the questions below:

a. She lives Edinburgh.

1. What time does Yukine get up on b. Yes, she does, in
Saturday mornings? Edinburgh.
c. She lives in Edinburgh.
a. Yes, she does.
b. At 8.30am. 4. How do you usually go to school?
c. She get up at 8.30am.
a. I go by bike.
2. Does Jorge also speak French? b. I do, on the bike.
c. I going to school by bike.
a. Yes, he does.
b. Yes, he is. 5. They _______ the koto every week,
c. Yes, he do. from Monday to Friday.
a. plays
3. Where does your aunt live, b. watch
Stephen? c. buy

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6. If you _______ fishing tomorrow,
don't kill the fish!

a. went
b. go
c. goes

7. Serena always _______ good

scores in her exams.

a. makes
b. takes
c. gets

8. Kai and Amamiya _______ the

piano every day.

a. plays
b. doesn’t play
c. play

9. She _______ at a maid café.

a. work
b. works
c. doesn’t works

10. When does the train to Naples

arrive?

a. It arrive at 2:22 p.m.

b. It arrives at 2:22 p.m.
c. It arriving at 2:22 p.m.

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Present Continuous

The present continuous (also called present progressive) is a verb tense which is used
to show that an ongoing action is happening now, either at the moment of speech or
now in a larger sense. The present continuous can also be used to show that an action
is going to take place in the near future.

The present continuous is formed using am/is/are + present participle. Questions are
indicated by inverting the subject and am/is/are. Negatives are made with not.

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Examples: I am playing the flute.

Espeon is listening to music right now.

They are not studying History, they are studying

English.

FORMING SENTENCES WITH THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
The red foxes are playing The red foxes are not Are the red foxes playing
together. playing together. together?
The seal is sunbathing. The seal isn’t sunbathing. Is the seal sunbathing?
She is living in Seoul now. She isn’t living in Seoul Is she living in Seoul
now. now?

Practice Exercises!
1) Write sentences using the Present Continuous tense. There is one example:

Example: SEAL / SUNBATH

The seal is sunbathing.

a. SAKURA / PLAY THE KOTO.

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b. KOALAS / EAT PLANTS.

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_________

c. RED PANDAS / SLEEP.

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_________

d. CUTE SEAL / TURN HEAD

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_________

e. EMMA AND KATE / TAKE PHOTOS OF RED PANDAS

____________________________________________________________________________
_________

f. HARU / STUDY CHINESE CLASSICAL LITERATURE

____________________________________________________________________________
_________

2) Complete the sentences using the Present Continuous tense:

a. I ___________________ (watch) a great film on Netflix, It’s called “Your Name”.
b. My favourite team ___________________ (win)!
c. The capybaras ___________________ (swim) in the lake.
d. Maria and Haruhi ___________________ (cook) dinner on the beach.
e. We ___________________ (not watch) a volleyball match.
f. I ___________________ (not do) my homework.
g. Mum ___________________ (read) a short story.
h. My brother ___________________ (not listen) to pop music, he prefers classical
music.
i. Dad ___________________ (not cook) dinner.

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j. Sarah ___________________ (text) on her smartphone.
k. Haruki ___________________ (play) on the computer.
l. Who ___________________ (watch) Game of Thrones?
m. Yuki ___________________ (do) yoga exercises.
n. I ___________________ (eat) a margheritta pizza.
o. We ___________________ (sit) in the classroom.
p. I ___________________ (not write) an email.
q. The red fox ___________________ (not sleep) right now.
r. We ___________________ (have) fun today.
s. The capybaras ___________________ (play) with the monkeys.
t. My parents ___________________ (drive) to work now.
u. ___________________ they ___________________ (read) the same book?
w. ___________________ she
___________________ (study) enough?
y. ___________________ you
___________________ (play) the flute?
z. They ___________________ (go) to
Japan next spring.

3) Change the affirmative sentences into their negative and interrogative forms. There
is one example:

Example:
Affirmative: The red fox is
stretching.
Negative: The red fox is not
stretching.
Interrogative: Is the red fox
stretching?

a. Kai and Amamiya are practicing for the national competition.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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b. Trey are travelling to Kyoto next week.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
________________________________________________________________

c. She is playing the shamisen right now.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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d. He is learning Chinese so he can visit his family.

Negative:
____________________________________________________________________
Interrogative:
________________________________________________________________

e. The nine-tailed foxes are gathering for a party.

Negative:
____________________________________________________________________
Interrogative:
________________________________________________________________
f. Ginji is working at an inn.
Negative:
____________________________________________________________________
Interrogative:
________________________________________________________________

g. Pierre is studying for his French exam.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
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 h. The goats are climbing on the trees.
Negative:
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Interrogative:
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i. The foxes are hunting for food.

Negative:
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Interrogative:
________________________________________________________________

4) Answer the questions below

by using the present continuous tense:

a. A: It’s four o’clock in the morning (now). What are you doing?
B: I
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b. A: It’s eight-thirty in the morning (now). What are you doing?

B: I
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c. A: It’s noon (now). What are you doing?

B: I
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d. A: It’s quarter to four in the afternoon (now). What are you doing?
B: I
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e. A: It’s five-thirty in the afternoon (now). What are you doing?

B: I
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e. A: It’s eight o’clock in the evening (now). What are you doing?
B: I
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f. A: It’s ten-thirty in the evening (now). What are you doing?

B: I
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5) Answer the questions. There is one example:

a. Are they playing with dogs? b. Are they having dinner?

No, they aren’t. They are playing with cats.
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 c. Is the cat eating?
d. Is the cat complaining?
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e. Is she having a bath? f. Are they playing?
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6) Write questions and answers:

a. Q: (Scott/play in the sand?)

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A: (no) ___________________________________

b. Q: (Emily/floating on a raft)
_________________________________________________?
A: (yes) ___________________________________

c. Q: (Josh and Brian/sail a boat)

_______________________________________________?
A: (no) ___________________________________

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d. Q: (Sally/collection seashells)
________________________________________________?
A: (yes) _________________________________

Exam practice!
6. I … dinner because we ordered pizza
1. I am watching a film and my brother a few minutes ago.
… a book. a. am not making
a. reading b. don’t make
b. is reading c. not make
c. reads
7. (A) Are you studying English now?
2. It’s very noisy upstairs! What …? (B) Yes, I ….
a. are they doing a. do
b. they doing b. am
c. do they do c. are

3. Anne and Emma … outside in the 8. What … that cat doing over there by
yard now. the chair?
a. are playing a. is
b. is playing b. are
c. plays c. does

4. (A) Are they reading manga 9. He usually goes for a walk at this
magazines now? (B) No, they …. time, but he … for a walk now.
a. aren’t a. doesn’t go
b. don’t b. not go
c. isn’t c. isn’t going

5. (A) … doing? (B) I am washing 10. (A) Is your friend sitting down?
dishes. (B) No, ….
a. What are you a. not
b. What you b. he doesn’t
c. What do you c. he isn’t
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