Present Simple vs.

Present Continuous

Present simple or present continuous?

1. María ____________ (work) for a TV station.
2. At the moment she ____________ (travel) in the Sahara Desert.
3. Dan ____________ (love) wild animals.
4. He ____________ (not visit) Alaska at the moment.
5. Marta ____________ (not live) in Africa.
6. She ____________ (stay) in Africa at the moment.
7. Dad usually ____________ (cook) dinner.
8. My parents ____________ (go) to Italy every year.
9. My sister ____________ (walk) to school every day.
10. We ____________ (have) lunch now.
11. I never ____________ (stay in) on Saturday evening.
12. I ____________ (go) to the cinema now.
13. My mum ____________ (not work) today.
14. Peter ____________ (not like) rap music.
15. He ____________ (listen) to pop music at the moment.
16. Donna usually ____________ (go) shopping on Saturdays.
17. Let´s go out. It ____________ (not rain) now.
18. Hurry up! Everybody ____________ (wait) for you!
19. The sun ____________ (rise) in the east.
20. Water ____________ (boil) at 100 degrees.
21. The water ____________ (boil). Can you turn it off?
22. I must go now. It ____________ (get) late.
23. I usually ____________ (go) to work by car.
24. It ____________ (not rain) very much in the summer.
25. The moon ____________ (go) round the earth.

Present simple or present continuous?

1. Who is that man? What _____________ he _____________ (want)?
2. Who is that man? Why _____________ he _____________ (look) at us?
3. _____________ you _________ (believe) in God?
4. Gilbert says he is 80, but nobody _____________ (believe) him.
5. Every Monday Maite _____________ (drive) her kids to football practice.
6. Be quiet. Arturo _____________ (sleep).
7. Don´t forget to take your umbrella. It _____________ (rain).
8. I don´t like living in England. It always _____________ (rain).
9. Look!. It _____________ (snow). We are going to have a white Christmas.
10. Maila _____________ (watch) TV every morning.
Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

1. We ___________________________ (play) volleyball with Mary, when you

___________________________(call) me.
2. When the teacher ___________________________(come) in, they ___________________________
(study) English.
3. The baby ___________________________ (sleep) when the telephone
___________________________(ring).
4. As I ___________________________ (walk) in the streets of Holland, I ___________________________
(meet) an old friend of mine.
5. I ___________________________ (lose) my car keys.
6. I was looking for my purse when I ___________________________ (drop) my credit card.
7. My uncle ___________________________ (take) me to the airport yesterday.
8. She ___________________________ (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It ___________________________ (rain) heavily when I got up.
10. I ___________________________ (see) the thief while he ___________________________ (get) into
my neighbor’s house.

1.It _____________ (snow) when I _________ (leave) home this morning.

2.It was a sunny afternoon and people __________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it
__________ (start) to rain.
3.A: I tried to explain my problem to her.
B: ____________________ (she/listen)?
4.My brother ______________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he ____________ (see) me,
he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I ____________ (listen) to his conversation.
5.I nearly had an accident today. A car ____________ (come) towards me, but I moved quickly out of the
way and fortunately nothing ____________ (happen).
6.A: Which hotel ______________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport?
B: I don’t remember. I ____________ (visit) many places during my European tour and I ____________
(stay) in many different hotels.
7.I ____________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I ____________ (live) there when I met them.
8. ________________(many people / wait) for the 9:15 bus last night?
9. I ______________ (dance) with my girlfriend when the disc jockey played our favourite song.
10.I ____________ (study) grammar when I ___________ (fall) asleep.
11.The scientists ___________ (work) in their laboratory when they___________ (discover) the new drug.
12.We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.
13.Vicky ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock __________ (ring)
14.As he ____________ (run) for the bus he ___________ (collide) with a street lamp.
15.When he __________ (carry) a suitcase, he __________ (drop) it on his foot.
16.___________ (you / do) your homework on the bus while you ____________ (come) to school?
17. The students ____________ (read) the article when the last class ___________ (finish).
18.When I ____________ (arrive) at the cinema, my friends __________ (wait) for me.
19. ____________ (you / listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this exercise?
20. Susan __________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing).