Simple Present / Present Continuous

Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click
the "Check" button to check your answers.
1. Every Monday, Sally (drive)

2. Usually, I (work)

her kids to football practice.

as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study)

French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

3. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)

4. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It (rain)

5. I hate living in Seattle because it (rain, always)

6. I'm sorry I can't hear what you (say)

because everybody (talk)

so

loudly.

7. Justin (write, currently)

a book about his adventures in Tibet. I hope he can

find a good publisher when he is finished.

8. Jim: Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?

Denise: Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. I (go)

9. The business cards (be, normally )

prices (be)

to a movie tonight with some friends.

printed by a company in New York. Their

inexpensive, yet the quality of their work is quite good.

10. This delicious chocolate (be)

made by a small chocolatier in Zurich, Switzerland.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).

1.

Look! He (leave)

2.

Quiet please! I (write)

3.

She usually (walk)

4.

But look! Today she (go)

5.

Every Sunday we (go)

6.

He often (go)

7.

We (play)

8.

The child seldom (cry)

9.

I (not / do)

10.

(watch / he)

11.This (be)
12.Caroline (have)
13.She usually (wear)
lenses.
14.Caroline (like)
15.She (play)

is leaving

the house.
a test.
to school.
by bike.
to see my grandparents.

to the cinema.
Monopoly at the moment.
.

anything at the moment.

the news regularly?
Caroline.
long blond hair.
glasses, but now she (wear)

sports.
handball every Monday and Thursday.

contact

16.Joe and Dennis (be)

best friends.

17.They often (meet)

18.What (do / they)

in the afternoon.
at the moment?

19.They (play)

football.

20.They (love)

football.

21.Joe (practise)
play)

with his father every weekend, but Dennis (not /

football very often.

22.These (be)

Linda and Jeff.

23.Linda (be)

Jeff's little sister.

24.At the moment, the two kids (sit)

25.Jeff (hold)

a book right now, he (read)

26.Look! Linda (listen)

beautiful pictures.
27.Linda (love)
28.He (read)

carefully and she (look)

Jeff's stories.
a story to her every day.

29.Jeff sometimes even (write)

30.It (be)

on the floor.

early in the morning.

his own stories.

a story to Linda.
at the

31.Sally (get)

out of bed, (open)

and (go)

the window

into the bathroom.

32.Then she (have)

breakfast.

33.After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle)

34.After school, she (go)
35.Sally usually (eat)

to school.

back home.
her lunch at home.

36.In the afternoons, she first (do)

she (meet)

her homework and then

her friends in the park.

37.What (do / she)

now?

38.She (play)

the guitar.

39.Her friends (listen)

and some of them (sing)

40.When Sally (come)

home in the evening, she (have)

and then she (watch)

41.She (go)
42.I (be)
43.At noon I (visit)
44.We (want)

TV.

to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.

very busy today.
my friend Tanya.
to have lunch together.

along.
dinner

45.In the afternoon I (play)

squash with Emily.

46.In the evening, I (meet)

Rob.

47.We (go)

to the cinema.

48.The film (start)

at 8 pm.

49.Look! Jenny (go)

to school.

50.She (wear)

a raincoat and wellies and she (carry)

umbrella.
51.Jenny usually (cycle)

to school, but today she (take)

because it (rain)

at 7.35 and (arrive)

7.45.
53.The first lesson (begin)
54.ames (live)

at Jenny's school at

at 8 o'clock.

in a little village.
in his last year at school.

56.After school, James (want)

57.So this week, he (do)
58.There (be)

the bus

52.The bus (leave)

55.He (be)

an

to become a banker.
a practical course in a bank.

a bank in a nearby town, but James (have)

take the bus to get there.

to

59.The bus (leave)

at 5.30 in the morning and (return)

in the evening.
60.James (not / like)

to spend so much time in town before and after

work, waiting for the bus.

61.Therefore, this week he (stay)
town.
62.James usually (wear)

with his aunt, who (live)

jeans and t-shirts, but while he (work)

for the bank now, he (wear)

63.Today (be)
64.Betty (love)
65.She (be)

a suit and a tie.

Betty's birthday.
birthdays.
always very excited and (wake up)

66.At six o'clock in the morning, Betty (hear)

67.She (get up)

and (go)

68.What (go on)

69.Look! Betty's cat Carlos (sit)

into the sitting room.

on the table and he (play)

in Seoul and (study)

72.At the moment, however, Sue (live)

very early.

a noise.

with Betty's present.

70.Sue (be)
a student from South Korea.
71.She (live)

at 8.15

medicine.
in London.

in

73.She (do)

a six-months practical course in a London hospital.

74.In five days, Sue (go)

university (start)

back to South Korea because the next term at

in ten days.

75.Mary and Joe (be)

in a clothes shop at the moment.

76.They (look)

at some jeans.

77.Joe only (have)

one very old pair of jeans.

78.So he (want)

to buy a new pair of jeans now.

79.Right now, he (try on)

80.These jeans (fit)

a pair of blue jeans.

very well,he (say)

81.But they (not suit)

you, Mary (reply)

pair.
82.What (think / you)

? he (ask)

another pair.
83.Great! How much (cost / they)
84.The lesson (start)
85.He often (wear)
86.I (meet)
87.My friend (move)

.
. Try on another

Mary, when has tried on

at 9 o'clock.
a black cap.
my friends in the youth club tonight.
house tomorrow.

88.My birthday (be)

89.I (live)

in September.
in London.

90.This weekend, I (visit)

my friends in Brighton.

91.The train to Brighton (leave)

London at 6.45 in the morning.

92.In the early afternoon, we (want)

93.In the evening, we (go)

to a concert.

94.The concert (start)

95.I (come)

to go on a sightseeing tour.

at 8 o'clock.
back to London on Sunday.

96.My train (arrive)

97.Maria (want)

in London at 7.50 in the evening.

to improve her English.

98.Therefore, she (do)

99.She (stay)

a language course in London at the moment.

with a host family and (must)

take the tube to get

to her language school.

100. It (be)
only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.
101. The tube (leave)
102. The first lesson (begin)

at half past eight.

at 9 o'clock.

103. In the afternoons, the school (offer)

around London.

sightseeing tours in and

104. Tomorrow, the students of the language school (go)

to Windsor.