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Present simple, present continuous exercises

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A. The present simple or continuous?

Example:
Mary ............................................................ in Germany. (work)
Mary works in Germany.
1. Look. He ............................................................ to us. (listen)
2. We ............................................... at a hotel this week. (stay)
3. I .............................................. to bed early on Sundays. (go)
4. My mother is at the shop. She .................. new dress. (buy)
5. Jill ........................................................ a lot of money. (have)
6. The bus .......................................... on Sunday night. (leave)
7. Please, stop! You .......................................... so fast! (drive)
8. We .............................................. in Berlin each year. (meet)
9. We ............................................. to the disco on Friday. (go)
10. He usually ................................................... on time. (come)


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B. Make statements or questions in the present tense.

Example: (live/here/I) - I live here.
1. (make/lunch/Joyce/now) ......................................................................................... ?
2. (my car/I/on Saturdays/wash) ....................................................................................
3. (travel/London/every week/they) ............................................................................ ?
4. (I/at Oxford/study/this summer) ..................................................................................
5. (eat/at Christmas/fish/we) ..........................................................................................
6. (you/what/do/tonight) ................................................................................................ ?
7. (where/your brother/work) ........................................................................................ ?
8. (want/who/this book) ................................................................................................. ?
9. (we/next week/move) ....................................................................................................
10. (at the moment/Jim and Susan/watch TV) ..............................................................
11. (teach/she/in New York/these days) .........................................................................
12. (land/the ship/at 10 o´clock) ......................................................................................


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C. Make these sentences negative.

1. Susan looks very good. ....................................................................................................
2. Why do you read such magazines? ...............................................................................
3. I am doing the housework at the moment. ....................................................................
4. We go swimming on Tuesdays. .......................................................................................
5. My Spanish penfriend sends me postcards. .................................................................
6. Why are you listening to us? .............................................................................................


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Answers

A. The present simple or continuous?
1.is listening, 2. leaves, 3. are staying, 4. are driving, 5. go, 6. meet,
7. is buying, 8. are going, 9. has/has got, 10. comes
B. Make statements or questions in the present tense.
1. Is Joyce making lunch now?
2. I wash my car on Saturdays.
3. Do they travel to London every week?
4. I am studying at Oxford this summer.
5. We eat fish at Christmas.
6. What are you doing tonight?
7. Where does your brother work?
8. Who wants this book?
9. We are moving next week.
10. Jim and Susan are watching TV at the moment.
11. She is teaching in New York these days.
12. The ship lands at 10 o'clock.
C. Make these sentences negative.
1. Susan does not/doesn't look
2. Why do you not/Why don't you read
3. I am not/I'm not doing
4. We do not/don't go swimming
5. He does not/doesn't send
6. Why are you not/aren't you listening

For more exercises and grammar rules for all the English tenses see www.e-grammar.org

Present simple, present continuous tense exercises and printable rules

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