This document provides examples sentences using the present simple tense and present continuous tense in English. It gives 20 sentences using the present simple to describe habitual or repeated actions and 20 sentences using the present continuous to describe actions happening now or around now. It then provides exercises for learners to practice using the present simple and present continuous tenses correctly in multiple choice questions and by filling in verbs in brackets.
This document provides examples sentences using the present simple tense and present continuous tense in English. It gives 20 sentences using the present simple to describe habitual or repeated actions and 20 sentences using the present continuous to describe actions happening now or around now. It then provides exercises for learners to practice using the present simple and present continuous tenses correctly in multiple choice questions and by filling in verbs in brackets.
This document provides examples sentences using the present simple tense and present continuous tense in English. It gives 20 sentences using the present simple to describe habitual or repeated actions and 20 sentences using the present continuous to describe actions happening now or around now. It then provides exercises for learners to practice using the present simple and present continuous tenses correctly in multiple choice questions and by filling in verbs in brackets.
This document provides examples sentences using the present simple tense and present continuous tense in English. It gives 20 sentences using the present simple to describe habitual or repeated actions and 20 sentences using the present continuous to describe actions happening now or around now. It then provides exercises for learners to practice using the present simple and present continuous tenses correctly in multiple choice questions and by filling in verbs in brackets.
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Present Simple or Present Continuous?
1. Please be quiet! I work now!
2. It (not rain) at the moment. 3. This shop opens at eight and closes at six. 4. She always goes to school by bike. 5. Pst! The baby sleep. 6. Tom always gets up early in the morning. 7. Look! Peter juggles. 8. They (have) their lunch at the moment. 9. She often eat meat. 10. I rarely go to bed before midnight. 11. Pit smoked 19 cigarettes a day. 12. Jack never have breakfast in the morning. 13. Look! Somebody swimming in the cold river. 14. What you do now? I listen to music! 15. She usually wear black clothes. 16. Ann often plays tennis. 17. Listen! The boy sings a nice song. 18. The earth (move) aroung the sun. 19. Ice melt in the sun. 20.Sandy is always late.
Present Simple and Present Continuous
Multiple-choice exercise 1 My cat usually ...... by the fire. sleeps sleep does sleep is sleep is sleeping 2 Sam ...... to the radio every evening. listens listen is listen is listening 3 Father always ...... the grass. is cut are cutting cuts is cutting cut 4 I often ...... fruit from the greengrocer's is buying buys buy are buing 5 That man ...... at the moment laugh laughs is laughing are laughing is laugh 6 I ...... a party next weekend. 'm having have is having 'm have 7 We ...... to the park now. goes is going go am going are going 8 Look! The cat ...... up the tree. climb is climb climbs is climbing 9 ...... she ...... her homework at the moment? Does she doing Is she do Is she doing Does she do 10 What ...... you ...... this weekend? do you do is you do are you do are you doing 11 We ...... to Mary's party tonight. aren't going are go doesn't go don't go 12 She ...... milk every morning. am drinking is drinking are drinking drink drinks 13 My mother ...... tea now. are drinking is drinking drinks drink am drink 14 We ...... Chinese food. doesn't like liken't aren't like aren't liking don't like 15 She often ...... her red dress. is wearing 's wearing is wear wear wears
Fill in the verbs in brackets in the correct form either Present
Continuous or Present Simple.
1. We have dinner now. 2. We eat lunch at 1 p.m. 3. He types at the moment. 4. She waiting for her boyfriend now. 5. It get late. We must go home. 6. Don't shout. I hear you perfectly. 7. I cannot ask her now. She is praying. 8. Sometimes we go to bed pretty late. 9. The academic year begins on October 1st. 10. I don`t want to hear about it.
11. He did not ran for President in this election.
12. You are wrong. We weren`t expecting any guests. 13. Why aren't you drinking your coffee? It gets cold. 14. I do not like such small dogs. 15. We confirm the receipt of your letter of June 8th. 16. The boy deserves severe punishment. 17. The sun rises in the east. 18. The sun is rising now. 19. Who are you waiting for? (you / wait) 20. What do you think about his proposal? (you / think)
Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1.Please don't talk to me. I ....... TV! [ watch ]
2.Look! It ....... again. Why does it always snow so much in Germany? [ snow ] 3.My friend is very clever. She ....... four languages! [ speaks ] 4.My father is very conservative. He ....... a black suit to the office every day. [ wears ] 5.Listen! Someone ....... on the window. [ knocking ] 6.My mother works very hard. She is always very tired when she ....... home in the evening. [ get ] 7.The sun ....... in the east. [ rises ] 8.My parents always ....... green tea for breakfast, but I don't like it. [ drink ] 9.Sorry, Emiko can't come to the phone right now. She ....... a bath. [ having ] 10.My brother usually ....... his bike to school, but today he came by car. [ rides ] 11.Excuse me, but you ....... in my seat. [ sat ] 12.People ....... longer than dogs. [ are living ] 13.No, you can't have the newspaper. I ....... it! [ reading ] 14.Where's Matthias? He ....... tennis in the sports hall. [ plays ] 15.Eveline ....... English now, but she usually speaks Dutch at home. [ speaks ] 16.Please be quiet! I ....... to study for my math test. [ trying ] 17.I hate it when I ....... a lot of homework. [ get ] 18.Chama ....... her teeth every morning after breakfast. [ cleans ] 19.We ....... in a hotel at the moment, but we will soon move into our new house. [ live ] 20.He is very lazy. He never ....... his homework. [ does ]
Ulysses BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and slee