Exercises on Simple Present - Present Continuous (Progressive)

1. Look! He (leave) 3. She usually (walk)

the house. a test. to school.

2. Quiet please! I (write)

4. But look! Today she (go) 5. Every Sunday we (go) 6. He often (go) 7. We (play) 9. I (not / do) 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

by bike. to see my grandparents.

to the cinema. Monopoly at the moment.

8. The child seldom (cry)

. the news regularly? Marc. a t-shirt and shorts today. an apple at the moment. fruits and vegetables. some every day. that apples (be) Caroline.

anything at the moment.

(watch / he) This (be) He (wear) He (eat) He (eat) This (be) Marc (like)

Marc (know)

good for his health.

Caroline (have)

long blond hair. glasses, but now she (wear) sports. handball every Monday and Thursday.

19. She usually (wear) lenses. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

contact

Caroline (like) She (play)

Joe and Dennis (be) They often (meet) What (do / they) They (play) They (love) Joe (practise)

best friends. in the afternoon. at the moment?

football. football. with his father every weekend, but Dennis (not / play)

football very often.

28. 29. 30. 31.

These (be) Linda (be) Jeff (hold)

Linda and Jeff. Jeff's little sister.

At the moment, the two kids (sit)

on the floor.

a book right now, he (read)

a story to Linda. at the beautiful

32. Look! Linda (listen) pictures. 33. 34. 35. Linda (love) He (read)

carefully and she (look)

Jeff's stories. a story to her every day.

Jeff sometimes even (write)

his own stories.

Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive. 1. It (be)

early in the morning. out of bed, (open)

2. Sally (get) bathroom.

the window and (go)

into the

3. Then she (have)

breakfast.

4. After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle) 5. After school, she (go) 6. Sally usually (eat)

to school.

back home. her lunch at home.

7. In the afternoons, she first (do) her friends in the park. 8. What (do / she) 9. She (play) 10. 11. 12.

her homework and then she (meet)

now? the guitar.

Her friends (listen) When Sally (come)

and some of them (sing) TV.

along.

home in the evening, she (have)

dinner

and then she (watch) She (go)

to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.

TEST
Form
Write the verbs in Present Continuous. 1. speak - I 3. bake - she 4. play - they 5. run - we

2. jump - you

Write the verbs in Simple Present, 3rd person singular. 1. be - it

2. have - he 3. eat - she 4. can - he

5. wash - she

Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous. 1. Look! They (leave) 2. Brian (cycle)

the house. her homework at the moment. right now. early in the morning.

30 km every day.

3. Samantha (do)

4. My parents (shop) 5. He usually (get up)

Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous. 1. You (see / not)

her every day.

2. The baby (sleep / not) 3. I (read / not) 4. We (go / not)

at the moment.

a book now. to school on Sundays. the news every day.

5. He (watch / not)

Question
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous. 1. (you / go) 3. (she / eat) 5. (she / visit)

on holiday by plane sometimes? computer games every day? dinner at the moment?

2. (they / play)

4. What (they / do)

right now? her grandma very often?

Text
Use Simple Present or Present Continuous. 1. Look! Jenny (go)

to school.

2. On her back, Jenny (carry) 3. The school bag (be)

her school bag. black shoes, but today she (wear) a raincoat because it (rain)

very heavy

4. Normally, Jenny (wear) red wellies.

5. And look, she (wear) outside. 6. Jenny (not / want)

to get wet.