present simple

1. Write the correct verb form:

a. I like – She likes
b. We watch – He
c. Do I write? – she ?
d. He has – We
e. He is – They
f. She doesn’t eat – I eat
g. We go – It
h. Do they sit? – we ?
2. Put these words in order to make sentences:
a. plays / father / sometimes / tennis / my
My father sometimes plays tennis.

b. music / my / sister / never / to /listen

c. walking / ever / do / go / you?

d. swimming / often / go/ you /how / do

e. football / twice /they / a / play / week

3. Complete the table.

Affirmative Negative Question
I watch TV. Do I watch TV?
She reads books.
They don’t like cheese.
Does he play tennis?

4. Complete the text with the words in the box.

common together both photo interested good

This is a photo of me with my friend, Pablo. We sit at school. We’ve

got a lot in . We like sports and movies. We’re both
at football. But we’re different in other things. He’s in animals, but
I’m interested in computers.

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 present continuous

1. Form sentences in the present continuous using the following words:

Example: She / buy / some flowers /
She is buying some flowers.
a. My father / work / now.

b. Tom and Mary / play / tennis.

c. Sheila / swim / in the sea.

d. They / drive / very fast.

e. The dogs / bark / at the moment.

f. Peter / do / his homework / right now.

2. Make questions to the sentences in exercise 1 starting by Why…? as in the example:

Example: Why is she buying some flowers?
a. ?
b. ?
c. ?
d. ?
e. ?
f. ?
3. Put these sentences into interrogative and negative:
Example: Sam is travelling to the USA this week.
Int.: Is Sam travelling to the USA this week?
Neg.: Sam isn’t travelling to the USA this week.
a. Susan is eating a sandwich now.

b. My friends are learning French.

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 c. I am listening to music now.

d. You are writing a letter.

e. Those people are fighting.

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 present simple & present continuous

1. Two people are talking about their next holidays. Use these words to help you write out their
conversation.
Example: What / you / do / next month?
What are you doing next month?
A: Where / you / spend / your holiday?
________________________________________
B: I / go / Italy
________________________________________
A: Who / go / with?
________________________________________
B: My parents.
A: your brother / go / too?
________________________________________
B: Yes, of course. What / you / do?
________________________________________
A: We / not have / a holiday
________________________________________
B: Why not?
A: Because / my parents / buy / a boat / next year
________________________________________
B: Great!
A: So next year we / go on / a sailing holiday
________________________________________
B: Fantastic! Where / you / go?
________________________________________
A: Probably to France.
B: How many / people / go / with you?
_______________________________________
A: All the family.
B: How nice! Can I come too?
2. Complete the sentences with the right form of the present simple or present continuous of the
verbs in brackets.
a. What time do you go (go) to bed every night?
b. My sister is always happy. She always _________________ (smile) a lot.
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 c. They _____________________ (watch) a film tonight.
d. My sister __________________________ (not get up) early at the weekends.
e. It __________________________ (snow) at the moment?
f. I usually ______________________ (ride) my bicycle when I go to meet my friends.
g. I ____________________ (not go) to Bill’s house because I have to clean my car.
h. I’m tired, I _____________________ (go) home now.
i. I _________________ (play) tennis tomorrow.
j. I __________________ (use) my mobile phone a lot.
k. I _________________ (study) now.
l. The sun ______________________ (rise) in the east.
m. The sun _____________________ (not shine) today.
n. People from Rome ___________________ (speak) Italian.
o. I ___________________ (do) this test in English.
p. My mother never _________________ (wear) jeans.
q. Most businessmen __________________ (wear) suits.
r. The shops ___________________ (open) at 9.00 a.m. every day.
s. We _________________ (not go) to school on Sundays.
t. Today my father _____________________ (travel) to Italy.
u. We _____________________ (do) this test in silence.
v. Excuse me, ______________ (you/speak) English?
w. Listen! Somebody is ______________ (sing).
x. She's tired. She ________________ (want) to go home now.
y. How often _______________( you/read) a newspaper?
z. You can turn off the radio. I __________________________ (not listen) to it.

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 present simple, present continuous

1. Write the verb in present continuous ( I am doing) or present simple (I do):

a. Where’s Nigel? He’s having (he/have) a bath.
b. I don’t listen to (I/not/listen) the radio very often.
c. Listen! Somebody (sing).
d. How often (you / watch) TV?
e. Lisa is very tired (she / want) to go home now.
f. I’m sorry, (I / not / understand). Can you repeat it,
please?
g. It’s really late. (I / go) home now.
(you / come) with me?
h. What time (your father / finish) work in the evenings?
i. You can turn off the CD player. (I / not / listen) to it.
j. Martin (not / like) meat (he / prefer) fish.
k. The girl in the painting (play) the piano.
l. My dog’s not dangerous. He (not / bite)
m. Why (you / wear) sunglasses? It’s
!(rain)
n. Be careful! The baby (put) that pencil in his mouth!
2. Write sentences. Use the present simple or the present continuous.
a. Usually she / work /at the office, but this week she / work / at home.
Usually she works at the office, but this week she’s working at home.
b. The sun / shine/. It’s a beautiful day!

c. You / not / eat / very much at the moment. Are you ill?

d. I / not / remember / the name of the hotel.

e. I / study / Chinese this year. It’s very difficult.

f. you / watch / television at the moment?

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3. Translate into English:
a. Pedro está tocando la guitarra.
Pedro is playing the guitar.
b. Normalmente bebo té, pero ahora estoy bebiendo café.

c. ¿Qué haces? Estoy leyendo el periódico.

d. ¿Entiendes lo que quiero decir?

e. ¿Qué hacen Julio y Elena? Están viendo la televisión.

f. ¿Qué hacen Julio y Elena? Son arquitectos.

g. Me gusta esa canción. ¿Quién canta?

4. Put the correct tense (present simple or present continuous).

a. I (think) he’s away.
I think he’s away.
b. You (know) what I (mean).

c. She (always complain).

d. We (always start) at nine.

e. Scientists (believe) the weather (change).

f. I (not see) what the problem is.

g. Why (you look) at me like that?

h. Now I (understand) what she wants.