Put each verb in brackets into either the present simple or the present continuous.
a) There’s nobody here, and the door’s locked. What (we do) …………………………. now?
b) What (you look) ………………….. at? (I wear) ……………………… the wrong clothes?
c) I (look after) ……………………….. Jack’s dog this weekend. (you want) ………………………. to take it for a walk?
d) Who (drive) …………………….. the Mercedes that’s parked outside?
e) I (still have) ……………………… a pain in my leg but it (get) …………………… better.
f) Who (Sue dance) ………………………… with? That’s not her brother, is it?
g) Harry always (look) ……………….. untidy! He (wear) …………………. dirty jeans.
h) I (write) …………………….. in reply to your advertisement in the Daily News.
i) That plant I bought (not grow) …………………… very much. And I (water) ………….. it every day.
j) Which hotel (you stay) ……………….. in when you (come) …………… here?
3. Underline the correct verb form.
a) Sam is planning/plans the school show this year.
b) Stars are shining/shine at night.
c) What is Ben doing/does Ben do outside? I can’t see him.
d) The pupils are not writing/don’t write a test every week.
e) Do you need/Are you needing some information?
f) The boys are never making/never make their beds in the morning!
g) On Saturdays, Dad usually goes/is going shopping.
h) I understand/am understanding you have a problem.
Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense form – Present Simple – Present Continuous.
You ________ (know) who this watch ________ (belong) to?
Joan is downstairs in the kitchen. She _________ (have) breakfast.
A) What ______ your mother _________(do) now? B) The thing that she really ________ (hate) is ironing.
My husband’s sense of direction is not very good. Actually he __________(get) lost very easily.
Our old refrigerator has broken down completely and we ________ ( look) for a new one.
He has so much money that he ________( buy) a new car every year.
I am so excited! Lorna _________( come) round to see us tonight.
Who __________( make) the tea today?
Brenda is away this week. She _________ ( do) a course in Moscow.
My Indian friend Vishnu __________(think) it is wrong to eat meat.
This hat ________( not suit) the dress I have just bought.
My sister __________( like) English a lot but she___________( not enjoy) Maths.
Who ____________(drive) that Mercedes that’s parked outside?
I really ________(not think) that wall colour is the biggest problem now!
I am afraid you can’t see Rebecca now. She ________(have) lunch with her friends.
a light fro m the Sun _________ (take) about eight and a half minutes to reach the Earth.
This week we______(send) all the mail by couriers because the Post office is on strike.
Joan __________(not come) here tonight. He _________(work) all night.
Now you can be sure that summer is near. It ______(get) hotter and hotter every day.
My sister never __________( clean) her bedroom, in fact she hardly ______(do) any housework.
Exercise 3.Translate following sentences into English:
Exercise 4.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
Exercise 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
Exercise 6. Complete the text with the Present Continuous form of the verbs in the box.
