1 Underline the correct options.
1 I send / am sending emails every day.
2 She goes / is going to drama club on Fridays.
3 The waiter works / is working every night.
4 We never take / are taking pictures.
5 Today we write / are writing a news story.
6 She doesn’t play / isn’t playing her guitar now.
Answer
2 goes 3 works 4 take 5 are writing
6 isn’t playing
2 Complete the phone conversation with the verb in brackets in the present continuous or present simple.
Mario: I 1……’m cleaning…… (clean) the kitchen at the moment!
Julia: I never 2………………. (clean) the kitchen! Today 3………………. (study) for a test!
Mario: I often 4………………. (study) on Saturdays, but today I 5………………. (not study). My dad 6………………. (work) today so I’m helping my mum at home. He sometimes 7………………. (work) on Sundays, but not this weekend!
Answer
2 clean 3 I’m / I am studying 4 study
5 I’m / I am not studying 6 ’s / is working
7 works
3 Circle the correct options: A, B or C.
A = wanting permission to do something
B = asking for something
C = asking a person to do something
1 Can you help me, please? A B C
2 Can I have the salt, please? A B C
3 Can I go to the park now, Dad? A B C
4 Can you tidy your room, Edu? A B C
5 Can I use the computer, please? A B C
6 Can I see my friend today, Mum? A B C
Answer
2 B 3 A 4 C 5 A 6 A
4 Underline the correct options.
1 A: Can I have a pizza, please?
B: Yes, of course. / Yes, please.
2 A: Can you help her?
B: Yes, please. / Sure, no problem.
3 A: Can you tell me the time?
B: Yes, please. / Yes, of course.
4 A: Would you like to order?
B: Yes, please. / Sure, no problem.
5 A: Can you do the washing-up, please!
B: OK, Dad! / Yes, please.
6 A: Would you like sugar in your tea?
B: No, of course not! / No, thanks.
Answer
2 Sure, no problem. 3 Yes, of course.
4 Yes, please. 5 OK, Dad!
6 No, thanks.
5 Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.
1 Can we go home now? …A…
2 What’s he doing at the
3 Lorry drivers often
4 Can I have
5 What do your parents
6 Today I’m not
A Yes, of course.
B a spoon, please? Yes, sure.
C work and travel a lot.
D do? They’re doctors.
E moment? He’s having lunch.
F studying, I’m playing football!
Answer
2 E 3 C 4 B 5 D 6 F
6 Complete the phone conversation with the words in the box.
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aren’t making Can cooking doing help How it ’s |
John: Can you help me, Paula? I’m 1……doing…… my homework, but I don’t understand it.
Paula: Yes, of course. What subject are you studying?
John: English. 2……………… you explain the present continuous?
Paula: Sure, no problem. But my mum’s 3……………… and I usually 4……………… her. 5……………… much time have you got this evening? Can I phone you at seven thirty?
John: In the evenings, I sometimes prepare the dinner with my dad, but we 6……………… it today. It’s my brother 7……………… turn! He loves Chinese food so he always makes 8………………! At seven o’clock, I usually walk the dog with my mum in the park. Can you phone at quarter past eight?
Paula: OK!
Answer
2 Can 3 cooking 4 help 5 How
6 aren’t making 7 ’s 8 it