PRESENT SIMPLE vs.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1. WATCH THE VIDEO.
2. WATCH IT AGAIN. LISTEN AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE MISSING VERBS.
Hammy: Yuppie! Today is Friday!
Fluffy: Why are you so happy? What _______________ you _______________ on_Fridays?
Hammy: On Fridays we always _______________ to the cinema. We usually _______________ a comedy. Then we
_______________ pizza and we _______________ lemonade. I _______________ Fridays with Max and Anna.
Fluffy: Hmm, I like that.
Hammy: It’s Friday. I’m at the cinema with Max and Anna and Fluffy. We _______________ _______________ a comedy
at the moment. We’_______________ _______________ a cartoon with cats. Cartoons are for kids. We _______________
_______________ pizza now. They’_______________ _______________ burgers and I’_______________ _______________
chips. I _______________ _______________ burgers. And we’_______________ _______________ milk. You’re kidding me.
Milk? Where’s my lemonade? I _______________ Fridays with Fluffy.
3. DRAG AND DROP THE TIME EXPRESSIONS IN THE CORRECT COLUMN.
every Friday now on Fridays at the weekend usually at the moment in the morning today
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
4. Circle the correct answer.
1 He often __________ eggs for breakfast.
a has b is having c have
2 The baby __________ right now.
a sleep b sleeping c is sleeping
3 ___________ out on Fridays?
a You go b Do you go c Are you going
4 _________ a book at the moment?
a Are you reading b You read c Do you read
5 Alice _________ homework right now.
a isn’t doing b doesn’t do c aren’t doing
6 We ________ computer games every day.
a aren’t playing b doesn’t play c don’t play
5. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS FORM.
A) Lucy writes (write) her blog every day, but right now she __________________ (chat) online.
B) I usually ________________ (wear) jeans, but today I ___________________ (wear) a dress.
C) Mark always _______________ (stay) at home on Mondays, but tonight he ____________________ (have) dinner
at a restaurant.
D) John never _______________ (eat) meat on his pizza. Look! He _______________ (have) vegetarian pizza now.
E) Mum always _______________ (make) dad some tea after breakfast , but right now she _______________
(make) him some coffee.
F) The boys usually _______________ (play) football, but at the moment they _______________(run) in the park.
G) The girls _______________ (watch) sport on TV now, but on Saturdays they _______________ (go) to the
stadium.
6. TURN THE SENTENCES INTO NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE.
A) My mum cooks pizza on Saturday nights.
NEG: _______________________________________ INT: _______________________________________
B) We are studying for an exam these days.
NEG: _______________________________________ INT: _______________________________________
C) I get up at eleven o’clock at the weekend.
NEG: _______________________________________ INT: _______________________________________
D) She’s having a shower right now.
NEG: _______________________________________ INT: _______________________________________
