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Present simple or present continouous:

1.  It ________ quite hard perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.  

A.  snows

B.  is snowing

2.  Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.  

A.  go

B.  am going

3.  I ________ you're crazy!

A.  think

B.  am thinking

4.  I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?

A.  go

B.  am going

5.  Marie-Claude isn't a Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.  

A.  believe

B.  am believing

6.  Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!

A.  hates

B.  ? is hating

7.  You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library. 

A.  studies

B.  is studying

8.  Look! Junko ________ into the water.  

A.  jumps

B.  is jumping

9.  I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.  A.  have

B.  am having

10. Salman is rich he ________ a Mercedes.  

A.  drives

B.  is driving

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I __________________ television in the morning. (watch)

Would you like a cup of coffee? No thank you, I __________

coffee.(not/drink)

How much _________ to fly to Munich? (cost) 

In England it ________________ in winter. (rain)

I always __________ a shirt and tie to work . (wear) 

I am sorry I __________. (not /understand) 

I __________ with my sister until my new house is ready. (live)  

I __________ tennis today. (play)  

____________________ tea? (like)  

Please be quiet I _____________ to the radio. (listen) 

Simple Present / Present Continuous

1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)««««««««.. her kids to football practice.

2. Usually, I (work)««««««..as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I

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(study)«««««««.French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am

in Paris.

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)«««««««««.

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain) «««««««...

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always) ««««««««« 

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)««««««««because everybody

(talk)««««««««..so loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently)««««««««..a book about his adventures in

Tibet. I hope he can find a good publisher when he is finished.

8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?

Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go)««««««««to a movie tonight with

some friends.

9. The business cards (be, normally )«««««««.printed by a company in

New York. Their prices (be)««««««..inexpensive, yet the quality of their 

work is quite good.

10. This delicious chocolate (be)««««««««made by a small

chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

Simple Present / Present Continuous

_____________ (it, rain) at the moment?

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2. It __________ (not, work). I think it's broken.  

3. I _____________ (have) lunch in the cafeteria every day. 

4. You ________ sad (look). What's the matter?

5. Sheila _____ (love) reading books.  

6. I ______ (cook) dinner tonight. Would you like to come?

7. I _____________ (not, like) him because he talks too much.  

8. Have we met? You _________ (look) familiar. 

9. B: What ________ (you, do)? A: I'm a dentist.  

10. A: What is she doing? B: she ______________ (have) a bath. 

Simple Present / Present Continuous

______________ (you, meet) your friend today?

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________ (you, understand) what I mean?

Susan _________ (work) on her project at the moment.  

She __________ (go) to Switzerland once a week.  

Does Mike ________ (work) in human resources?

This bottle _______ (contain) two liters of water.  

_______________ (I, see) a doctor tomorrow.  

The games _________ (start, usually) at 8.00 in the evening.  

Correct the wrong ones.

a) The students are always knocking at the door before entering the

classroom. 

b) Can you hear that? Is it someone singing?

c) I am washing my car on Sundays, after lunch.  

d) She writes an e-mail to her boyfriend every day.  

e) Maths is a very difficult subject. I am not understanding it.  

f) What time is the class starting?

g) How old are you being?

Complete the sentences with the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

go tidy play wash cook listen have (2x)

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a) We__________ a party.  

e) Lisa__________ to music.  

b) Peter and Fred__________ shopping.  

f) David__________ the guitar.  

c) I__________ chicken for our friends.  

g) John__________ (negative) a shower. 

d) Simon and Daniel__________ the living room.  

h)_____ Mike and Diogo ________ Dads car?

Choose the correct form of the verb: SIMPLE PRESENT or PRESENT

CONTINUOUS. 

a) I get up / am getting up very early every morning.  

b) My mother makes / is making breakfast for me every day. 

c) My mother sometimes sleeps / is sleeping late.  

d) My sister has / is having a shower before breakfast.  

e) Today we eat / are eating pancakes for breakfast! I love pancakes.  

f) My brother doesnt go / isnt going to school today.  

g) He goes / is going to the doctors tomorrow.  

h) My father goes / is going to work by bus today.