Soluciones. Presente Simple Vs Presente Continuo

  EXERCISES

1. Decide whether the verbs in these sentences are right or wrong. Correct the ones that are wrong.

• I don’t know your telephone number.

• Please don’t make so much noise. I am studying.

• Look! Somebody is climbing that tree over there.

• Can you hear those people? What are they talking about?

• Do you believe in God?

• Look! That man is trying to open the door of your car.

• The moon goes around the earth.

• What are you thinking about my idea?

• The government is worried because the number of people without jobs is increasing.

• I usually go to work by car.

2. Put the verb in the correct form, present continuous or present simple:

• I don’t belong to a political party.

• Hurry! The bus is coming. I don’t want  to miss it.

• The Nile River flows into the Mediterranean.

• The river is flowing very fast today – much faster than usual.

• We usually grow vegetables in our garden, but this year we didn't grow any.

• Can you drive? No, but I am learning.

• You can borrow my umbrella.It is raining now.

• George says he’s 80 years old, but I don’t believe him.

• Ron is in San Francisco now. He stays at the Hilton Hotel. He usually stays at the Hilton Hotel when he’s in San Francisco.

• My parents live in Winnipeg. They were born there and have never lived anywhere else.

• She stays with her sister until she finds somewhere else to live.

3. Choose the correct answer.

• When he comes, I’ll go.

• They  are shopping at the moment.

• The earth is round, not flat.

• She talks to him on the phone every day.

• Do you know that I’m learning Chinese.

4. Choose the correct time expression:

• We are listening to music at the moment.

• An astronomer looks at the stars at night.

• I use my telescope once a week.

• The planets move around the sun all the time.

• We are reading about aliens now.

• John goes to an astronomy class every week.

5. Complete the sentences using the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

• Usually, Sally wears black clothes, but today she is wearing red.

• My parents never watch space adventure films.

• We read a Shakespeare play in English class this month.

• The stars shine very brightly tonight.

• Strange things happen at night.

• Help! A UFO is flying towards me!

6. Write questions with the words below. Use Present Simple or Present Continuous.

• Day/studies/Ingrid/every/English Does Ingrid study English every day?

• Project/working/is/Ben/on/space/his/in Is Ben working in his space Project?

• Now/you/are/watching/TV/? Are you watching TV now?

• Sky/astronomers/watch/night/the/at Do the astronomers watch sky at night?

• Moment/we/listening/are/music/to/the/at/  Are we listening to music at the moment?

• Films/he/often/watch/scary/does/? Does he often watch scary Films?

7. Make sentences with the words below. Write the verbs in the correct Present Simple or Present continuous.

The girls I The boy My friends Steve

Sometimes Never Often Always

Study See Watch Play Eat Dance

At a disco Pizza A film TV English football

Now Every week On Mondays At the moment Every day Right now

• The girls sometimes study English

• I never see a film On Mondays

• The boy is watching TV at the moment

• My friends eat pizza every week

• Steve is Dancing at the disco now

8. Write sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs.

• Rajit /not work/ today.  Rajit is not working today

• Rajit/  go/with Leila to see the models. Rajit goes with Leila to see the models.

• They / think / about the interview. They are thinking about the interview.

• Leila /not write/ for the magazine every week. Leila doesn’t write for the magazine every week.

• Rajit’s father /sell/ clothes. Rajit’s father is selling clothes

• They all / enjoy/ their jobs. They all enjoy their jobs

9. Circle the correct form of the verbs.

Rajit and Leila are young designers. They design clothes. On the weekends Rajit helps in his father's clothes shop. Leila also works for a magazine. She’s a reporter and she writes articles for the magazine. She  isn’t designing clothes today because she and Rajit are visiting two models. Leila is writing an article about them.

10/ Complete the sentences about Meg and Robert. Use the present simple or present continuous.

Buy     listen     play     read     tidy

• Diana reads a lot of books.

• She sometimes listens to romantic music.

• Robert is playing football at the moment.

• Meg is buying a CD.

• She is reading  magazines right now.

• She is tidying her room every day.