Colegio Santa Victoria

MM Escolapias
Crdoba

PRACTICE OF PRESENT SIMPLE / CONTINUOUS

1.- MARK THE TIME EXPRESSION AND DECIDE IF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS GO
IN PRESENT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS. THEN FILL IN THE GAPS:
1. He usually.. (write) poems when he.. (feel) sad.
2. My friends .. (watch) a football match at the moment.
3. Tom never.......................... (study). Thats why he always....................... (fail).
4. What time.................................................. (the doctor-visit) the patients?
He........................... (visit) them at 9.30 a.m.
5. She......................................... (not-study) right now. She..................................... ( have)
a rest. She is very tired because she............................. (get up) very early in the morning.
6. Why............................................. (she-do) that now? Because she always...........................
(do) what she...................................(want) when she............................................(want).
7. What............................................................. (your father-do)? He is a policeman.
8. What...................................................................... (your father-do) just now?
............................................ (he-work)? No, He........................................... (notwork) because on Saturdays he............................ (not-work), he........................
(play) paddle with his friends.
9. How often......................................................................... (your daughter-go) to a
Language school? She....................... (go) twice a week.
10. At the moment we................................. (do) some grammar practice.

IMPORTANT! AFTER CORRECTING THE SENTENCES, CHECK YOUR PROGRESS WITH

THE SELF ASSESSMENT SHEET

11. A lot of people.................................... (do) the same thing that we........................

(do) right now.
12. In the morning he.................... (work) in the laboratory and in the afternoon
he......................................... (give) the results to his patients.
13. When................................................. (he-work)? He.........................................
(not-work) in the morning. He.............................. (work) from 4 to 8 p.m.
14. I.......................................... (eat) a delicious ice-cream now ! ...............................
(you-want) a little?
15. On Saturdays I............................... (do) what I cant do in the week. In the
morning I........................ (go) shopping, at midday I..............................(have) a
Coke with my friends, then I.........................(go) home and in the evening
I...........................(meet) them again.
16. My friend Sally...................................... (come) home every week and
she....................................(tell) me incredible things.
17. I......................................................... (tell) you things five hundred times and you
never................................................. (remember) them.
18. The people..................................... (shout) in the stadium because just now one
of the players............................ (have) an argument with the referee.
19. Where.......................................................................................... (your brother-go)
at weekends? He usually................................................. (go) to a disco.
20.I sometimes............................. (speak) loudly but now I............................ (not-speak) loudly.

IMPORTANT! AFTER CORRECTING THE SENTENCES, CHECK YOUR PROGRESS WITH

THE SELF ASSESSMENT SHEET

IN THESE SENTENCES THERE ARE NOT TIME EXPRESSIONS. DECIDE IF THE

VERB GOES IN PRES.SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS:
1. Mum, look at me! I............................................ (jump) very high.
2. Hello Mark. Where.......................................... (you-go) ?
I................................... (go) to the cinema.
3. She.................................................... (not-like) dark colours.
4. What............................... (you-do) here? I.......................... (wait) for Amie.
5. I.................................... (not-think) Mike ............................... (come) to the party.
6. ..................................... (you-think) that he.................................... (love) me?
7. Newspapers......................................... (publish) the news as soon as
it...............................(appear).
8. Wait! I........................................................ (tell) you something important.
9. Look! That man................................... (do) very strange things.
................................(you-know) him?
10. I am not stupid! I........................................ (not-believe) you.
You................................. (tell) me a lie!
11. Listen to me. ............................................ (you-understand) what
I................................... (say) to you?
12. People........................................ (do) what they.....................................(think) that is right.
13. Shut up! I..................................................... (speak).
14. ................................................................. (you-have) a good time? Oh yes, thank you.
15. Everybody........................................... (wear) smart clothes when they............................(go)
to a wedding.

IMPORTANT! CHECK YOUR PROGRESS IN THE SELF ASSESSMENT SHEET