1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box in the present simple or present continuous.
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1 I …’m tidying…… my room at the moment.
2 My brother usually ……………… dressed at 7.00 in the morning.
3 On Mondays we ……………… a bus to school.
4 They never ……………… TV in the evenings.
5 I can’t help you now. I ……………… my homework.
6 They sometimes ……………… breakfast at 8.30 on Wednesdays.
Answer
2 gets 3 catch 4 watch 5 ’m / am doing
6 have
2 Put the words in order to make sentences.
1 do / at / you / Mondays / school / athletics / Do / on
……Do you do athletics at school on Mondays?……
2 hair / you / often / brush / your / How / do
……………………………………………………….?
3 moment / the / aren’t / rugby / club / working / at / We / at / the
………………………………………………………. .
4 brother / your / leaving / Are / house / you / the / and / now
……………………………………………………….?
5 bags / now / and / our / sister / school / I / are / My / preparing
………………………………………………………. .
6 they / morning / usually / shower / have / Do / a / in / the
……………………………………………………….?
7 lunch / the / usually / eat / weekend / don’t / a / big / We / at
………………………………………………………. .
Answer
2 How often do you brush your hair?
3 We aren’t working at the rugby club at the moment.
4 Are you and your brother leaving the house now?
5 My sister and I are preparing our school bags now.
6 Do they usually have a shower in the morning?
7 We don’t usually eat a big lunch at the weekend.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct verb in the present simple or present continuous.
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1 I usually ……do…… my homework at 5.00 but now I ……’m doing…… it late.
2 We ………………… the house at the moment but we usually ………………… at 8.30.
3 I don’t usually ………………… spaghetti but I ………………… some now.
4 Today ………………… my teeth at 8.00 but I usually ………………… them at 7.00.
5 They ………………… to bed at 9.00 every day but today they ………………… to bed at 9.30.
6 Today my parents ………………… tennis but they usually ………………… badminton.
7 I always ………………… orange juice in the morning but today I ………………… coffee.
Answer
2 ’re / are leaving, leave
3 eat, ’m / am eating
4 ’m / am cleaning, clean
5 go, ’re / are going
6 are playing, play
7 drink, ’m / am drinking
4 Complete the conversation with the verbs in the box in the present simple or present continuous.
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Jeff: Hi Beatriz. What are you doing at the sports club today?
Beatriz: I 1……’m meeting…… my friends. They often 2………………. to baseball practice on Tuesdays. They 3………………. Dressed and they 4………………. on their shoes at the moment.
Jeff: Great. I play on the baseball team.
Beatriz: How often do you play?
Jeff: We 5………………. a game every Saturday. Today we 6………………. a match!
Beatriz: Yes! My friends are also on the team. Look! They’re coming now. They 7………………. the new baseball uniform!
Answer
2 go 3 ’re / are getting 4 ’re / are putting
5 play 6 ’re / are playing 7 ’re / are wearing
5 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1 Today I go to school at 9.00.
……Today I am going to school at 9.00. ……
2 At the moment I prepare my school bag.
…………………………………………………..
3 I usually am having breakfast at 7.15.
…………………………………………………..
4 I’m eat toast and jam at the moment.
…………………………………………………..
5 We never are wearing a school uniform at the weekends.
…………………………………………………..
6 What do you doing at the moment?
…………………………………………………..
7 My dad is working from Monday to Friday.
…………………………………………………..
8 My sister and I are going windsurfing at the weekends.
…………………………………………………..
Answer
2 I prepare, At the moment I’m preparing my school bag.
3 I usually am having, I usually have breakfast at 7.15.
4 I’m eat, I’m eating toast and jam at the moment.
5 are wearing, We never wear a school uniform at the weekends.
6 do you doing, What are you doing at the moment?
7 is working, My dad works from Monday to Friday.
8 are going, My sister and I go windsurfing at the weekends.
6 Complete Pablo’s diary entry with a verb in the present simple or present continuous, positive or negative.
Dear Diary,
Today is Tuesday but it’s a holiday! On Tuesdays I usually 1……get…… up at 6.45 and I have breakfast. I always go to school at 8.10. This morning it’s 9.00 and I 2……………. my breakfast. Now it’s 9.30 and I’m not at school! I 3……………. to my teachers. I’m watching TV and I 4……………. table tennis with my sister. Every Tuesday at 12.15 we 5……………. lunch at school. We usually eat sandwiches but today I 6……………. pasta and drinking orange juice. Now it’s 5.45 and I usually 7……………. homework but today we’re going skating!
Pablo
Answer
2 ’m / am having 3 ’m / am not listening
4 ’m / am playing 5 have
6 ’m / am eating / having 7 do