Activity 1 - Reading

Read the texts and complete with the words given.

have - start - teach - drink - read - eat - listen

This is Susanne Wells. She is a teacher and she ...................... children

in primary school.
It’s 7.30 on Monday morning. She is in her kitchen and she
........................... breakfast.
She usually ........................... a cup of coffee and ........................... a
toast for breakfast. Now she ............................ the newspaper and she
..................................... to the news on the radio. She usually
.............................. work at 9.00.
come - speak - review -
teach

It is 10.00 now and Susanne is at school. She ...................................... English to

her class at the moment. She has students of different nationalities. Some of her
students ............................... from France, Germany and Holland. Right now, the
kids ................................... some words for the test. Susanne is a good teacher
and she ........................... English very well.
Liveworksheet (2022). Present simple vs present continuous. Taken from:
https://files.liveworksheets.com/def_files/2021/10/13/11013123129779701/110131231299887.pdf

Activity 2 – Listening

Watch the video or listen to the audio and write the answers.

1. Mark ______________ a shower in the morning, but today he __________________ in the afternoon.
2. Mark _____________________ his hair, but today he _____________________ his hair.
3. Mark _____________________ a tie today, but he _____________________ a tie.
4. Where is Mark going? ________________________________________________
5. Is Mark going on his own? ___________________________
6. How does Betty know about Mark’s plans? _________________________________
7. How do you think Betty feels about Mark’s plans? _________________________________

Link of the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2XiS3uCg8

Liveworksheet (2022). Present simple vs present continuous. Taken from:

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Present_simple_and_present_continuous/Present_Simple_vs._Present_Continuous_-
_Video_oj27338q

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Activity 3 – Writing
Read the two texts carefully. Then answer the questions.

Isabel Mark
“On Christmas Day we
“On Saturday I usually get usually all go to my
up late and do the parents’ house. We open
housework. Then I meet our presents, then have a
some friends in town for big lunch at about 2.00 in
lunch, and go shopping in the afternoon.”
the afternoon.”
But this Christmas is
But this Saturday is different! different! Mark and his wife
This morning Isabel got up are in Australia. They’re
early because she’s getting visiting friends. This
married. She’s in church with morning they went to
her family and friends. church, and now they’re
having a barbecue next to
She’s wearing a white dress, the swimming pool. It’s hot
and her husband is standing and they’re wearing
next to her. swimsuits.
Liveworksheet (2022). Present simple vs present continuous. Taken from: https://www.liveworksheets.com/sv874907fm

1. What does Isabel usually do on Saturday mornings? _____________________________

2. What is she doing this Saturday? _____________________________
3. What does Mark usually do on Christmas day? _____________________________
4. What is he doing this Christmas? _____________________________
5. Underline the verbs in the two texts, compare between the verbs that describe habits (usually) and
the verbs that describe actions at the time of speaking (this Saturday/ Christmas.../ Now...).

Then complete the rules:

a) When we describe habits, we put the verb in the ........................................... tense.

b) When we describe actions at the time of speaking, we put the verb in the .................................. tense.

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