Grammar time! PRESENT SIMPLE and PRESENT CONTINUOUS!

You can practise what we've learned in class today.

But first, a quick revision!

Present Simple and Continuous .ppt

A – Choose the correct option: Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1.    Mark usually goes / is going home on foot.
2.    Listen! Ted plays / is playing the piano.
3.    My mother is a good cook. Everything she cooks / is cooking is excellent.
4.    Now Stanley answers / is answering the phone.
5.    They often watch / are watching TV in the evening.
6.    Today Jessica goes / is going to school by car.
7.    The dog sleeps / is sleeping under the table right now.
8.    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.    Jason _______________(not / listen) to the radio very often.

2.    Turn off the TV. You ______________(not / watch) it. 

3.    Where ______________ Sally usually ______________(spend) her summer holidays?

4.    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.    goes

2.    is playing

3.    cooks

4.    is answering

5.    watch

6.    is going

7.    is sleeping

8.    boils

B

1.    doesn’t listen

2.    aren’t watching

3.    does…spend

4.    takes…is taking

5.    rains… is shining

6.    are living

7.    phones… is phoning

8.    drive… are going