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Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense.
1 Cuckoos (not build) nests. They (use) the nests of other birds.
2 You can't see Tom now: he (have) a bath.
3 He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea.
4 What she (do) in the evenings?
~She usually (play) cards or (watch) TV.
5 I won't go out now as it (rain) and I (not have) an umbrella.
6 The last train (leave) the station at 11.30.
7 He usually (speak) so quickly that I (not understand) him.
5 Ann (make) a dress for herself at the moment. She (make) all her
own clothes.
II. Complete the sentences with am/is/are/do/does.
1. I __________ an accountant.
2. ___________ he like his job?
3. Where ___________ they live?
4. ________ New York exciting?
5. Why __________ you want to learn English?
6. We _________ Americans.
7. What ________ he do at weekends?
III.
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.
1. family/the/am/my/in//I/oldest
2. sister/me/my/than/younger/is
3. class/who/the/oldest/the/the/in/is?
4. passenger/plane/is/Concorde/world/fastest/the/in/the
IV.
Put the questions to the underlined words in the sentences.
1. She never plays tennis on Monday.
2. They are watching a very interesting film on TV now.
3. We like to read detective stories.
V. Complete the sentences with there + to be.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5. ___________ many people in your family? _ No, ___________ only my mum and dad and me.
6. ___________ any good programmes on TV? - Yes ___________ some nice films and shows.
Test yourself
The Simple Present and the Present Continuous
V-2
I.
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense.
III. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.
1. book/interesting/than/my/your/more/is/book
2. in/world/the/ what/ the/is/longest/river?
3. difficult/German/English/is/than/more/much
4. weather/better/today/than/much/is/yesterday/the