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Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

A – Choose the correct option: Present Simple or Present Continuous. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Mark usually goes / is going home on foot. Listen! Ted plays / is playing the piano. My mother is a good cook. Everything she cooks / is cooking is excellent. Now Stanley answers / is answering the phone. They often watch / are watching TV in the evening. Today Jessica goes / is going to school by car. The dog sleeps / is sleeping under the table right now. Water boils / is boiling at 100º Celsius.

B- Fill in the blanks with either the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Jason _______________(not / listen) to the radio very often. Turn off the TV. You ______________(not / watch) it. Where ______________ Sally usually ______________(spend) her summer holidays? Mr. Watson ______________(take) very good photos. Look! He ______________(take) a

photo of you right now. 5. It always ______________(rain) at the weekend. But today the sun ______________(shine). 6. My friends ______________(leave) for Budapest tomorrow. 7. Carol ______________ (phone) her grandmother every day. She ______________(phone) her now. 8. Bob and Tom’s parents usually ______________(drive) them to school, but today they ______________(go) by bus.

Answer key A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

goes is playing cooks is answering watch is going is sleeping boils

B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

doesn’t listen aren’t watching does…spend takes…is taking rains… is shining are living phones… is phoning drive… are going