Present Simple and Continuous - Activities

These are your activities for this week.
First, you’ll find some on present simple, then some on

present continuous, and by the end… MIXED.
Don’t forget to take notes of all the blue words that you listen to while watching The Boys.
PS. You’ll find the KEY by the end of each section.
SECTION 1: PRESENT SIMPLE

1. Highlight the sentences about present simple that are TRUE.
a. We use it for talking about states or situations.
b. We use it for things happening at the moment.
c. We use it for general facts (e.g. scientific facts).
d. We use it for talking about timetables/schedules (e.g. bus or classes timetables).
e. We use it for fixed future plans.
f. We use it for routines (e.g. things we do every day or week).
g. We us it for talking about likes and dislikes.
h. We use it for giving opinions (e.g. with the verbs think or believe).
i. We don’t it to tell anecdotes.
2. Highlight the best option to complete the sentences.

a. Jack GO / GOES to a film club on Wednesdays.
b. I LOVE / LOVES readings in my free time.
c. They DON’T / DOESN’T usually see each other during the week.
d. The train LEAVE / LEAVES at 6.30.
e. DO / DOES Ollie play chess?
f. Daisy LIKE / LIKES most sports.
g. We always GET UP / GETS UP at 7 o’clock.
h. What DO / DOES you think of their new album?
i. The party START / STARTS at 22.00.
3. Write the verb in brackets in the correct form.

a. Alfie __________ in London. (LIVE)
b. __________ you go swimming a lot? (DO)
c. Sophie __________ in Thailand today. (BE)
d. We __________ go to the same school. (DO NOT)
e. I __________ old black and white films. (HATE)
f. She __________ as a travel writer. (WORK)
g. My dad __________ breakfast before us. (HAVE)
h. They __________ taekwondo on Tuesdays. (DO)
Section 1: KEY
Activity 1:
A. True
B. False
C. True
D. True
E. True
Present Simple and Present Continuous
F. True
G. True
H. True
I. False
Activity 2:
A. Goes
B. Love
C. Don’t
D. Leaves
E. Does
F. Likes
G. Get up
H. Do
I. Starts
Activity 3:
A. Lives
B. Do
C. Is
D. Don’t
E. Hate
F. Works
G. Has
H. Do
SECTION 2: PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Highlight the sentences about present continuous that are TRUE.
a. We use it for permanent states or situations.
b. We use it for temporary situations.
c. We often use it for things happening right now.
d. We can use it to complain about things.
e. We can use with all verbs.
f. Some state verbs (emotions, thinking, the sense) cannot be used in the
continuous form.
g. We can use it to describe change and development.
2. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
a. I’m really busy – I __________ (study) for the exam.
b. Right now I __________ (ride) a bike for the very first time!
c. They say they __________ (have) a great time.
d. Daisy __________ (download) an album because she can’t buy it.
e. What __________ you __________ (do) at the moment?
f. I have to go. They __________ (wait) for me in the café.
g. __________ Oliver __________ (work) hard?
h. It __________ (get) darker so I think we should go home…
3. Highlight the correct sentence.
a. The TV…
A. …no is working.
B. …is not working.
C. …is not works.
b. She…
A. …sending a message to Billie.

B. …s send a message to Billie.
C. …is sending a message to Billie.
c. Come on, the film…
A. …is starting.
B. …start.
C. …is start.
d. She…
A. …is knowing Alfie very well.

B. ...knows Alfie very well.
C. …knowing Alfie very well.
e. Question:
A. You going to Chinese classes?

B. Are you going to Chinese classes?
C. Do you going to Chinese classes?
f. He…
A. …going to buy some milk.

B. …is go to buy some milk.
C. …is going to buy some milk.
g. The price of food…
A. …goes up at the moment.

B. …is going up at the moment.
C. …going up at the moment.
h. Question:
A. What are you doing?

B. What are you do?
C. What do you doing?
Section 2: KEY
Activity 1:
A. False
B. True
C. True
D. True
E. False
F. True
G. True
Activity 2:
A. Am studying
B. Am riding
C. Are having
D. Is downloading
E. Are you doing
F. Are waiting
G. Is __ working
H. Is getting
Activity 3:
A. B
B. C
C. A
D. B
E. B
F. C
G. B
H. A
SECTION 3: MIXED EXERCISES

1. Highlight the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
a. I haven’t decided yet about buying a new car or a second-hand one. But I think
about it / I’m thinking about it.
b. All right, you try to fix the TV! But I hope / I’m hoping you know what you’re
doing.
c. Every year, I visit / I’m visiting the UK to improve my English.
d. Finally! Thank God you turned on the radiator. It gets / It’s getting colder every
day.
e. Wow, is it you, Mary? I recognise / I am recognising you now.
f. The film of ‘War and Peace’ is very long. It lasts / It is lasting over four hours.
g. I see you are busy in this morning, but what do you do / are you doing this
afternoon?
h. I’m going to buy a new bikini. My old one doesn’t fit / isn’t fitting any more.
i. That is the end of the first part of the performance. What happens / is
happening now?
j. What’s wrong? Why do you look / are you looking at me like that?
2. Put each verb in brackets into the present simple or present continuous to complete the
sentences.
a. I ___________ (hear) that you were promoted. Congratulations!
b. British people ___________ (drink) more and more wine.
c. Please be quiet, David. You ___________ (always / interrupt) your sister.
d. Hey, you! What ___________ (you / think) you’re doing?!
e. Could you come here, please? I ___________ (want) to talk to you know.
f. Jane is away on holiday so Linda ___________ (handle) her work.
g. To be honest, I ___________ (doubt) Jim will be here next week.
3. Put each verb in brackets into the present simple or continuous to complete the text.
I work in a large office with about thirty other people. I know most of them quite well. We (1)
___________ (spend) most of the day together, so we all became friends. In fact, most of my
colleagues are so interesting that I (2) ___________ (think) of writing a book about them!
Helen Watson, for example. Helen (3) ___________ (run) the accounting department. At the
moment, she (4) ___________ (go out) with Keith Ballantine, one of the sales representatives,
and they (5) ___________ (seem) very happy together. But everyone – except Helen, apparently
– (6) ___________ (know) that Keith (7) ___________ (fancy) Susan Porter. But I (8)
___________ (happen) to know that Susan (9) ___________ (dislike) Keith.
‘I can’t stand people who never (10) ___________ (stop) apologising all the time!’ she told me.
‘And besides, I know he (11) ___________ (deceive) poor Helen. He (12) ___________ (see)
Betty Wills from the overseas department.’
And plenty of other interesting things (13) ___________ (currently / go on). For instance, we (14)
___________ (experience) more and more problem with theft – personal belonging and even
money have been stolen. When you (15) ___________ (realise) that someone in your office is a
thief, it (16) ___________ (upset) you at first. But I (17) ___________ (also / try) to catch
whoever it is before the police are called in. I’m not going to tell you who I (18) ___________
(suspect). Let’s keep the mystery going.
Section 3: KEY
Activity 1:
A. I’m thinking
B. I hope
C. I visit
D. It’s getting
E. I recognise
F. It lasts
G. Are you doing
H. Doesn’t fit
I. Is happening
J. Are you looking
Activity 2:
A. I hear
B. Are drinking
C. Are always interrupting
D. Do you think
E. Want
F. Is handling
G. Doubt
Activity 3:
1. Spend
2. Am thinking
3. Runs
4. Is going out
5. Seem
6. Knows
7. Fancies
8. Happen
9. Dislikes
10. Stop
11. Is deceiving
12. Is seen
13. Are currently going on
14. Are experiencing
15. Realise
16. Upsets
17. Am also trying
18. Suspect

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These are your activities for this week.

First, you’ll find some on present simple, then some on

SECTION 1: PRESENT SIMPLE

2. Highlight the best option to complete the sentences.

3. Write the verb in brackets in the correct form.

SECTION 2: PRESENT CONTINUOUS

3. Highlight the correct sentence.

A. …sending a message to Billie.

c. Come on, the film…

A. …is knowing Alfie very well.

A. You going to Chinese classes?

A. …going to buy some milk.

g. The price of food…

A. …goes up at the moment.

A. What are you doing?

SECTION 3: MIXED EXERCISES

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