TEST 1 Present Simple and Continuous

TEST 1
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
I. Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. We (help) in the canteen this week.
2. Martin usually (drive) to work.
3. But today, he (take) the bus.
4. Listen! She (practise) the piano.
5. My friend (play) the guitar every evening.
II. Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. He (not / spend) his holidays in Spain each year.
2. I (not / meet) Francis tonight.
3. They (not / fly) to London tomorrow.
4. We (not / work) this week.
5. The film (not / begin) at 7 o'clock.
III. Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. (leave / you) the party now?
2. (have / you) any brothers or sisters?
3. (love / she) him?
4. Who (cook) dinner tonight?
5. (send / he) you an e-mail every day?
IV. Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
1. Maria (want) to improve her English.
2. Therefore, she (do) a language course in London at the moment.
3. She (stay) with a host family and (must) take the tube to get to her
language school.
4. It (be) only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.
5. The tube (leave) at half past eight.

6. The first lesson (begin) at 9 o'clock.
7. In the afternoons, the school (offer) sightseeing tours in and around London.
8. Tomorrow, the students of the language school (go) to Windsor.

Exercise 6
Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.
1. It (be) early in the morning.
2. Sally (get) out of bed, (open) the window and (go)
into the bathroom.
3. Then she (have) breakfast.
4. After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle) to school.
5. After school, she (go) back home.
6. Sally usually (eat) her lunch at home.
7. In the afternoons, she first (do) her homework and then she (meet)
her friends in the park.
8. What (do / she) now?
9. She (play) the guitar.
10. Her friends (listen) and some of them (sing) along.
11. When Sally (come) home in the evening, she (have) dinner and
then she (watch) TV.
12. She (go) to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.

Exercise 7
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.
1. I (be) very busy today.
2. At noon I (visit) my friend Tanya.
3. We (want) to have lunch together.
4. In the afternoon I (play) squash with Emily.
5. In the evening, I (meet) Rob.
6. We (go) to the cinema.

7. The film (start) at 8 pm.
Exercise 8
1. Look! Jenny (go) to school.
2. She (wear) a raincoat and wellies and she (carry) an umbrella.
3. Jenny usually (cycle) to school, but today she (take) the bus
because it (rain) .
4. The bus (leave) at 7.35 and (arrive) at Jenny's school at 7.45.
5. The first lesson (begin) at 8 o'clock.

Exercise 9
1. James (live) in a little village.
2. He (be) in his last year at school.
3. After school, James (want) to become a banker.
4. So this week, he (do) a practical course in a bank.
5. There (be) a bank in a nearby town, but James (have) to take the
bus to get there.
6. The bus (leave) at 5.30 in the morning and (return) at 8.15 in the
evening.
7. James (not / like) to spend so much time in town before and after work, waiting
for the bus.
8. Therefore, this week he (stay) with his aunt, who (live) in town.
9. James usually (wear) jeans and t-shirts, but while he (work) for
the bank now, he (wear) a suit and a tie.

Exercise 10
Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.
1. Today (be) Betty's birthday.
2. Betty (love) birthdays.
3. She (be) always very excited and (wake up) very early.
4. At six o'clock in the morning, Betty (hear) a noise.
5. She (get up) and (go) into the sitting room.
6. What (go on) ?
7. Look! Betty's cat Carlos (sit) on the table and he (play) with
Betty's present.
Exercise 11
1. Sue (be) a student from South Korea.
2. She (live) in Seoul and (study) medicine.
3. At the moment, however, Sue (live) in London.
4. She (do) a six-months practical course in a London hospital.
5. In five days, Sue (go) back to South Korea because the next term at university
(start) in ten days.

Exercise 12
1. Mary and Joe (be) in a clothes shop at the moment.
2. They (look) at some jeans.
3. Joe only (have) one very old pair of jeans.
4. So he (want) to buy a new pair of jeans now.
5. Right now, he (try on) a pair of blue jeans.
6. These jeans (fit) very well, he (say) .
7. But they (not suit) you, Mary (reply) . Try on another pair.
8. What (think / you) ? he (ask) Mary, when has tried on another

pair.
9. Great! How much (cost / they) ?

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TEST 1

PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I. Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. We (help) in the canteen this week.

2. Martin usually (drive) to work.

3. But today, he (take) the bus.

4. Listen! She (practise) the piano.

5. My friend (play) the guitar every evening.

II. Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. He (not / spend) his holidays in Spain each year.

2. I (not / meet) Francis tonight.

3. They (not / fly) to London tomorrow.

4. We (not / work) this week.

5. The film (not / begin) at 7 o'clock.

III. Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. (leave / you) the party now?

2. (have / you) any brothers or sisters?

3. (love / she) him?

4. Who (cook) dinner tonight?

5. (send / he) you an e-mail every day?

IV. Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. Maria (want) to improve her English.

2. Therefore, she (do) a language course in London at the moment.

4. It (be) only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.

5. The tube (leave) at half past eight.

8. Tomorrow, the students of the language school (go) to Windsor.

Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. It (be) early in the morning.

2. Sally (get) out of bed, (open) the window and (go)

into the bathroom.

3. Then she (have) breakfast.

4. After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle) to school.

5. After school, she (go) back home.

6. Sally usually (eat) her lunch at home.

her friends in the park.

8. What (do / she) now?

9. She (play) the guitar.

10. Her friends (listen) and some of them (sing) along.

then she (watch) TV.

12. She (go) to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. I (be) very busy today.

2. At noon I (visit) my friend Tanya.

3. We (want) to have lunch together.

4. In the afternoon I (play) squash with Emily.

5. In the evening, I (meet) Rob.

6. We (go) to the cinema.

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. Look! Jenny (go) to school.

2. She (wear) a raincoat and wellies and she (carry) an umbrella.

4. The bus (leave) at 7.35 and (arrive) at Jenny's school at 7.45.

5. The first lesson (begin) at 8 o'clock.

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. James (live) in a little village.

2. He (be) in his last year at school.

3. After school, James (want) to become a banker.

4. So this week, he (do) a practical course in a bank.

the bank now, he (wear) a suit and a tie.