Name: _________________________________ Date: _________________

QUIZ 3

1. Complete the following sentences with Present Simple:

a. My sister ___________ (not/ play) tennis every day.
b. I ___________ (study) English at school from Monday to Friday.
c. She always ___________ (wear) skirts.
d. ___________ they ___________ (travel) by bus?
e. ___________ your mum ___________ (cook) dinner at night?
f. Jim and Joe ___________ (not/ go) to the theater on Sundays.
g. I never ___________ (comb) my hair in the morning.
2. Complete the following sentences with Present Continuous:
a. What ___________ you ___________ (eat)?
b. Kat ________________ (open) the window because she’s hot.
c. My dog ________________ (not/ sleep) now.
d. The girls________________ (listen to) music now.
e. My brothers ________________ (not/ watch) TV now.
f. ___________ she ___________ (comb) her hair?
g. ___________ Mary ___________ (copy) from the blackboard?
h. We ________________ (practice) exercises in English.
3. Complete the following sentences with Present Simple or Present Continuous:
a. I ________________ (not/ study) French now.
b. We always ________________ (play) cards during break time.
c. What ________ your brother _________ (do) every morning?
d. She ________________ (always/ forget) her keys!
e. What _________ John _________ (write) now?
f. What’s that noise? Peter ________________ (play) the guitar.
g. We ________________ (usually/ travel) to England in summer.
h. This kind of animal ________________ (eat) meat.
i. Look! She ________________ (speak) to a stranger.
j. I’m looking at that girl. She ________________ (wear) a beautiful skirt.
k. I ________________ (never/ drink) wine at night.
l. She is a liar! I ____________________(not/believe) her.
Name: _________________________________ Date: _________________

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (Present Simple or Present
Continuous).

a. We usually ______________ (go) to Spain on holiday, but this year we

______________ (go) to Florida.
b. Sam: Why ______________ you ______________ (buy) so much food?

Susan: Because we ______________ (have) a party tonight.

c. My dad ______________ (live) in a house near the sea because he

______________ (like) sailing.
d. ______________ you ______________ (watch) the television? Can I turn it off?
e. Cindy: How often ______________ you ______________ (go) swimming?

Bank: About once a week.

f. What newspaper ______________ you usually ______________ (read)?

g. Anna: The telephone ________________________ (ring)!!

Bob: OK, I’ll answer it. Hello? No, Sally isn’t here at the moment. She
______________ (play) tennis. Can I take the message? OK. Bye!

5. Put the verbs in brackets in the “Present Simple” tense

My friend Yolanda _______________ (have) a horse. It____________ (be) a beautiful animal
with big eyes and a long tail. 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).
6. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
Hi Maggie. How are you? What (1) _________________(do) now? It’s really boring here at the
moment. Dad (2) _________________ (wash) the car and Mum isn’t here. She always (3)
__________ (go) to the gym on Saturday mornings. My brother (4) ______________ (sleep).
He never (5) _______________ (get up) early on the weekends. I’m bored so I (6)
_________________ (write) this message to you. Please reply! :-)
Name: _________________________________ Date: _________________

7. Write 4 sentences to describe the picture using Present Simple and Present
Continuous.

(Present Continuous):
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(Present Simple)
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