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Present Simple e Present Continuous

1. COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES. USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE:

A) I always ______ (to sleep) late on Sundays.
B) She ________ (to have) got a break at half past eleven.
C) Marie __________ (to finish) school at half past three.
D) Marie and her friend Jenny always ________ (to get) the bus at half past eight.
E) Her mother ________ (not to be) a very famous actress.
F) Maries parents __________ (to like) their jobs very much.
G) Her father __________ (to drink) a cup of coffee every morning.
2. NOW ASK QUESTIONS:
A) _____________________________? My name is David.
B) _____________________________? Im twelve.
C) _____________________________? Im from Canada.
D) _____________________________? My best friend is Brian.
E) _____________________________? Hes thirteen.
F) _____________________________? No, I havent got any brothers and sisters.
G) _____________________________? My father is at work.
3. WRITE IN THE NEGATIVE
A) David is his best friend.
__________________________________________________ .
B) Brian has got a big family.
__________________________________________________ .
C) They are at school.
__________________________________________________ .
D) Jenny has got English classes every day.
__________________________________________________.

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4. Write sentences about what is happening NOW.
1. Dora / wear / a skirt.
___________________________________________________________.
2. They / listen / to the radio.
___________________________________________________________.
3. Her grandma / read / a book.
___________________________________________________________.
4. I / enjoy / the film.
___________________________________________________________.
5. You / have / breakfast.
___________________________________________________________.
5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
1. Today ______ (be) Doras birthday. Her parents always ______ (give) her a big birthday
party and she usually ______ (invite) all her friends.
2. It is her birthday party. Now she ___________ (dance) with Peter.
3. Dora loves _________ (dancing), but Peter prefers ________ (listen) to music
4. Last year Dora ______ (be) in a different school. It ______ (be) a nice school, and the
teacher ______ (be) very nice, but she ______ (prefer) her new school in London.

6. - Present Simple or Present Continuous? Insert the verb in brackets in the right tense.

a) I usually _____________________ (live) in Manchester but, at the moment I

_____________ (stay) in Chester.
b) Bill ________________ (do) his homework when he _______________ (arrive) home
after school, but now he _______________ (watch / TV).

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c) The Browns often _______________ (play cards) with some friends in the evening but
at the moment they _______________ (talk) about politics.
d) Mum _______________ (sit) in the garden now.
e) We usually _______________ (have) lunch at half past midday.
f)

Dad _______________ (prepare) dinner in the kitchen at the moment.

g) My brother always _______________ (get up) early.

h) Mr. Jackson _______________ (play) golf at the local club on Sunday mornings.
i)

Now Pedro _______________ (play) the drums. He _______________ (play) every

day.

j)

I _______________ (have) a great time at the moment.

k) Joanna _______________ (live) with a friend now but she _______________ (look for)
a flat of her own.

7. Fill in the table:

Simple Present

Present Continuous

1. I usually get up at 8:00 am

1. Now Im getting up

2.

2. Now hes watching TV

3. They play tennis on Saturdays

3.

4.

4. Shes having lunch with her parents

5. You usually do your homework before dinner

5.

6.

6. At the moment we are playing tennis

8. Use the Simple Present or the Present Continuous

a) Steve _______________ to school by foot but today he _______________ by car. (go)
b) I _______________ from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. _______________ you _______________ now?
(sleep)
c) My dogs _______________ in the park everyday. Tomorrow they _______________ at the
seaside, too (run)

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d) My grandfather _______________ (watch) a lot of television programmes during the day
but he _______________ (not watch) TV at this moment because he _______________
(not like) techno music.