PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR present continuous)
1. The train always ______LEAVE____ (leave) on time.
1. "What's the matter? Why __ARE_YOU_CRYING___ (cry/you)?"
2. That's strange. They____AREN’T_WATCHING____ (not watch)TV.
3. He______DOESN’T___SPEAK___ (not speak) very good English.
4. Please be quiet! I____AM_DOING____ (do) my homework.
5. Where___DO_THEY_LIVE___ (live/they)?
6. Listen! John ____IS_PLAYING____ the piano! (play)
7. I never ___GO___ (go) to the swimming pool in winter.
8. Harold Black's a famous musician. He____GIVES___ (give) two or three concerts
every week.
9. He ___TRAVELS____ (travel) a lot and this week he's in New York.
2. Choose the correct form for each verb.
1. Marie-Claude isn’t Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.
A. think B. am thinking
2. Look! Junko ________ into the water.
A. jumps B. is jumping
3. I ________ you're crazy!
A. think B. am thinking
4. Don' t give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!
A. hates B. is hating
5. I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?
A. go B. am going
6. Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.
A. go B. am going
7. I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.
A. have B. am having
8. Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.
A. drives B. is driving
9. You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.
A. studies B. is studying
10. It ________ quite hard — perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.
A. snows B. is snowing
