Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Present or Present Continuous).

1. Look! He (leave) _______________ the house. Quiet please! I (write) _______________ a test.

2. She usually (walk) ________________ to school.

3. But look! Today she (go) ______________ by bike.

4. Every Sunday we (go) _______________ to see my grandparents.

5. He often (go) _______________ to the cinema.

6. We (play) ________________ Monopoly at the moment.

7. The child seldom (cry) ________________.

8. I (not / do) ________________ anything at the moment.

9. _________(watch / he) _____________ the news regularly?

Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Continuous.

1. It (be) ______________ early in the morning.

2. Sally (get) _______________ out of bed, (open) ________________ the window and (go) _______________ into the bathroom.

3. Then she (have) ______________ breakfast.

4. After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle) ________________ to school.

5. After school, she (go) _______________ back home.

6. Sally usually (eat) ______________ her lunch at home.

7. In the afternoons, she first (do) ______________ her homework and then she (meet) ______________ her friends in the park.

8. What _________ (do / she) _____________ now?

9. She (play) _______________ the guitar.

10. Her friends (listen) _______________ and some of them (sing) ______________ along.

11. When Sally (come) ______________ home in the evening, she (have) _________________ dinner and then she (watch) ________________ TV.

12. She (go) ______________ to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.

Principio del formulario

Present Continuous

Write the ing-form of the following verbs.

1. fly - ____________________

2. book - ___________________

3. hit - _________________

4. take - ________________

5. lie - __________________

Simple Present

Write the 3rd person singular of the following verbs (in Simple Present).

1. do - he ______________

2. worry - she _____________

3. play - she ______________

4. watch - he _____________

5. make - she _____________

Use

When to use which tense?

1. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: Look!, now? ___________________

2. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: often, seldom, never? ___________________

3. For actions happening at the moment of speaking, we use _______________________

4. For actions set by a timetable or schedule, we use ________________________

5. In a story, for present actions happening one after another, we use _______________________

6. For arrangements for the near future, we use ________________________

Positive sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous.

1. We (help) _______________ in the canteen this week.

2. Martin usually (drive) _______________ to work.

3. But today, he (take) _______________ the bus.

4. Listen! She (practise) _______________ the piano.

5. My friend (play) _______________ the guitar every evening.

Negative sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous.

1. He (not / spend) _______________ his holidays in Spain each year.

2. I (not / meet) _______________ Francis tonight.

3. They (not / fly) _______________ to London tomorrow.

4. We (not / work) ________________ this week.

5. The film (not / begin) ________________ at 7 o'clock.

Question

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continous.

1. (leave / you) _________________________ the party now?

2. (have / you) __________________________ any brothers or sisters?

3. (love / she) _____________________________ him?

4. Who (cook) _______________________ dinner tonight?

5. (send / he) ________________________ you an e-mail every day?

Text

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Continuous.

1. Maria (want) __________________ to improve her English.

2. Therefore, she (do) __________________ a language course in London at the moment.

3. She (stay) ___________________ with a host family and (must) ___________________ take the tube to get to her language school.

4. It (be) __________________ only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.

5. The tube (leave) _________________ at half past eight.

6. The first lesson (begin) __________________ at 9 o'clock.

7. In the afternoons, the school (offer) __________________ sightseeing tours in and around London.

8. Tomorrow, the students of the language school (go) __________________ to Windsor.

Final del formulario

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