Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. Mary and Joe are in a clothes shop at the moment.

2. They are looking at some jeans.
3. Joe only has one very old pair of jeans.
4. So he wants to buy a new pair of jeans now.
5. Right now, he is trying on a pair of blue jeans.
6. These jeans fit very well, he says .
7. But they do not suit you, Mary replies . Try on another pair.
8. What do you think? he asks Mary, when has tried on another pair.
9. Great! How much do they cost ?

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. Sue is a student from South Korea.

2. She lives in Seoul and studies medicine.
3. At the moment, however, Sue is living in London.
4. She is doing a six-months practical course in a London hospital.
5. In five days, Sue is going back to South Korea because the next term at
university starts in ten days.

Complete the story. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. Today is Betty's birthday.

2. Betty loves birthdays.
3. She is always very excited and wakes up very early.
4. At six o'clock in the morning, Betty hears a noise.
5. She gets up and goes into the sitting room.
6. What is going on ?
7. Look! Betty's cat Carlos is sitting on the table and he is playing with Betty's present.

Exercise 9
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. James lives in a little village.

2. He is in his last year at school.
3. After school, James wants to become a banker.
4. So this week, he is doing a practical course in a bank.
5. There is a bank in a nearby town, but James has to take the bus to get there.
6. The bus leaves at 5.30 in the morning and returns at 8.15 in the evening.
7. James does not like to spend so much time in town before and after work, waiting
for the bus.
8. Therefore, this week he is staying with his aunt, who lives in town.
9. James usually wears jeans and t-shirts, but while he is working for the bank now,
he is wearing a suit and a tie.

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. Look! Jenny is going to school.

2. She is wearing a raincoat and wellies and she is carrying an umbrella.
3. Jenny usually cycles to school, but today she is taking the bus because it is raining .
4. The bus leaves at 7.35 and arrives at Jenny's school at 7.45.
5. The first lesson begins at 8 o'clock.

Exercise 7
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. I am very busy today.

2. At noon I am visiting my friend Tanya.
3. We want to have lunch together.
4. In the afternoon I am playing squash with Emily.
5. In the evening, I am meeting Rob.
6. We are going to the cinema.
7. The film starts at 8 pm.
8. It is early in the morning.
9. Sally gets out of bed, opens the window and goes into the bathroom.
10. Then she has breakfast.
11. After breakfast, Sally usually cycles to school.
12. After school, she goes back home.
13. Sally usually eats her lunch at home.
 14. In the afternoons, she first does her homework and then she meets her
friends in the park.
15. What is she doing now?
16. She is playing the guitar.
17. Her friends are listening and some of them are singing along.
18. When Sally comes home in the evening, she has dinner and then she watches
TV.
19. She goes to bed at about 8 o'clock every day.

Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. We are helping in the canteen this week.

2. Martin usually drives to work.
3. But today, he is taking the bus.
4. Listen! She is practising the piano.
5. My friend plays the guitar every evening.

Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. He does not spend his holidays in Spain each year.

2. I am not meeting Francis tonight.
3. They are not flying to London tomorrow.
4. We are not working this week.
5. The film does not begin at 7 o'clock.

questionn
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. Are you leaving the party now?

2. Have you got any brothers or sisters?
3. Does she love him?
4. Who is cooking dinner tonight?
5. Does he send you an e-mail every day?
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Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. Maria wants to improve her English.

2. Therefore, she is doing a language course in London at the moment.
3. She is staying with a host family and must take the tube to get to her language school.
4. It is only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.
5. The tube leaves at half past eight.
6. The first lesson begins at 9 o'clock.
7. In the afternoons, the school offers sightseeing tours in and around London.
8. Tomorrow, the students of the language school are going to Windsor.