Test yourself The Simple Present and the Present Continuous I.

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.

Test yourself The Simple Present and the Present Continuous I. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense.

1. Hardly anyone (wear) a hat nowadays. 2. I'm afraid I've broken one of your coffee cups. -Don't worry. I (not like) that set anyway. 3 . I (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong. 4. Tom can't have the newspaper now because his aunt (read) it. 5. I'm busy at the moment. I (redecorate) the sitting room. 6. The kettle (boil) now. Shall I make the tea? 7. You (enjoy) yourself or would you like to leave now? -I (enjoy) myself very much. I (want) to stay to the end. 8. How you (get) to work as a rule? -I usually (go) by bus but sometimes I (walk). II. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Complete the sentences with am/is/are/do/does. I ________ a student. ________ she like music? Where _________ they go after lessons? _______ he your best friend? Why ________ do they want to help her? They _____ not Russian. What books ________ she like to read?

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 IV. Put the questions to the underlined words in the sentences. 1. We are doing a lot of interesting things after lessons. 2. She looks after her little sister every day. 3. The boy never goes to the swimming pool. He is afraid of water. 4. I am sitting at the table and doing my homework.