Exam Practice

Contrast Present Continuous / present simple

1. Add -ing to the words below. Watch the spelling!

A. stopping G. think
B. play H. run
C. eat I. shop
D. go J. fly
E. cross K. draw
F. fight L. write

2. Complete the sentences with the Present Continuous form of these verbs:

1. Sandy is writing a letter. (write)

2. Fred and Bob ____________________ a computer game. (play)
3. ______________ Linda _________________ television? (watch)
4. Tom and Clare ___________________. (not sing)
5. They _____________________ flamenco. (dance)
6. ______________ you _______________ a picture? (draw)
7. My parents ____________________ the car. (mend)
8. Julia ________________ her homework. (not do)

3. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple form of these verbs:

9. My sister ___________ (not/ play) tennis every day.

10. I ___________ (study) English at school from Monday to Friday.
11. Chimpanzees ___________ (not/ speak) any language.
12. She always ___________ (wear) skirts.
13. ___________ they ___________ (travel) by bus?
14. ___________ your mum ___________ (cook) dinner at night?
15. Jim and Joe ___________ (not/ go) to the theatre on Sundays.
16. I never ___________ (comb) my hair in the morning.
3. Write the time expressions in the correct column:

always / at the moment / every day / never / now / right now / often / sometimes / today
/ this morning / this afternoon / this evening / usually / annually / hardly ever /

Present Simple Present Continuous

Present Simple Present Continuous with always

4. Underline the time expressions in the sentences. Then choose the correct
answers:

a. We eat / are eating pasta now.

b. I do / am doing my homework at the moment.
c. Are you having / do you have a shower now?
d. My parents work / are working every day.
e. Does Jane work / is Jane working on Saturdays?
f. Tommy and Sue play / are playing computer games today.
g. Listen! She sings / is singing now.
h. I do / am doing my homework every afternoon.
5. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of
the verbs in brackets:

1. We are playing (play) a computer game right now.

2. They never _____________________ (listen) to rock music.
3. Mary and John usually _________________ (go) to bed late.
4. It’s 8.30 now, so he ___________________(go) to school.
5. What __________ you _______________? (do) – I’m a doctor.
6. What __________ your sister ______________? (do) – She’s sleeping.
7. ______________ you _____________ for the exam at this moment? (study)
8. I ___________________ (play) basketball now.
9. They always ___________________ (write) letters on Mondays.
10. Sally and Jim ______________________ (dance) to the music now.
11. I ________________ (not/ study) French now.
12. We always ________________ (play) cards during break time.
13. Where __________ your granny ___________ (live)?
14. Peter ________________ (not/ take) the children to school in the morning.
15. What ________ your brother _________ (do) every morning?
16. You ________________ (talk) a lot!!!
17. What _________ John _________ (write) now?
18. What’s that noise? Peter ________________ (play) the guitar.
19. We ________________ (usually/ travel) to England in summer.
20. This kind of animal ________________ (eat) meat.
21. Look! She ________________ (speak) to a stranger.
22. I’m looking at that girl. She ________________ (wear) a beautiful skirt.
23. I ________________ (never/ drink) wine at night.
24. What languages _________ you ____________ (speak)?
6. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous form of
the verbs in brackets. Watch out for the static verbs!

a. They are testing (test) a new game today.

b. I _________________ (have) a beautiful cat.

c. ______________ you _______________ (have) a shower now?

d. I __________________________ (not clean) my room right now.

e. He _______________ (not like) playing computer games.

f. I ________________ (tidy) the messy house now.

g. ________________ you ___________________ (love) me?

h. We _________________ (think) computer games are fun.

i. Maria never ________________ (watch) television.

j. My parents ____________________________ (watch) TV in the mornings.

k. _________________ Clare ________________ (do) her homework this week?

l. I ______________________ (not have) a dog. I __________________ (not

like) them, but I ______________________ (love) cats!

m. Mary ______________________ (go) to judo two days a week.

n. The students ________________ (study) in the classroom today.

7. Put the verbs in brackets in the “ Present Simple”

My friend Cathy ............................ (have) a horse. It.............................(be) a

beautiful animal with big eyes and a long tall. Its name is Bella and
it ............................ (love) people. It ........................ (not bite) or kick and it is
always friendly, It ...................... (eat) apples and hay but
it ......................................(not eat) meat. Horses ........................... (not like) meat.
Cathy usually ............................... (ride) her horse every day after school.
She ................................. (not go ) into the town because there is too much traffic.
There ...................... (not be ) many cars in the country so she .......................
(take) Bella there. It often ....................... (rain) in England so at night Bella and
the other horses ............................ (sleep).

8. Correct the mistakes.

1. Water is boiling at one hundred degrees.

2. We don't understand German very well.

3. My sister speak French very well.

4. Every day, I am waking up at 7 o'clock to go to work.

5. Sharon arrives at work before everyone else.

6. I prefer small towns. I don't like big cities.

7. Every year, it rain a lot here, especially in the mountains.

8. The plane landing at four thirty.