PRESENTE SIMPLE, PRESENTE CONTINUO

1- Complete the sentences with the verbs in the list. Use the present simple.

Admire – argue – dress – get – have – want – watch

1. Melanie and Kate ___________________ together every weekend to go shopping.

2. My mum never _____________________ TV. She prefers reading.

3. The coat is really scruffy. I __________________ to get a new one.

4. My cousin really ____________________ Lionel Messi. He wants to be a footballer too.

5. Do you and Karen ________________ a lot in common?

6. Selena’s very stylish – she always _______________smartly.

7. She doesn’t get on very well with her sister – they __________________ a lot.

2- Write negative sentences (-) or questions (?).

1. Ben likes music (-) ____________________________________________________________

2. Your dad works for a software company (?) _______________________________________________

3. You’ve got an electric guitar (?)_______________________________________________

4. He’s very hard-working (-) _________________________________________________

5. They are related to each other (?) _____________________________________________________

6. She’s his ex-girlfriend (?)_______________________________________________

7. We can swim (-)_______________________________________________

3- Write affirmative (+) or negative (-) sentences, or questions (?). Use the present simple.

1. What / you / usually / watch / on TV (?) ____________________________________________________

2. These / be / your books (?) _______________________________________________

3. My flatmate and I / usually / argue (-)_______________________________________________

4. I / can / have / a biscuit (?) _________________________________________________

5. My sister / study / at university (+) _____________________________________________________

6. Martin / make / friends / easily (-)_______________________________________________

7. You / have got / noisy neighbours (?)_______________________________________________

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4- Complete the sentences with the verbs in the list. Use the present continuous.

lie – rain – send – study – travel – wash – work

1. _____________ your dad ________________ at the bank now?

2. I can’t go in the bathroom because Petra ___________________ her hair.

3. What _____________ you _______________ at university?

4. Carla __________________ on the sofa, reading a book.

5. Three of my classmates ____________________ across the USA at the moment.

6. ___________ it _______________ again?

7. Wait a minute. I ______________________ Gabriel a text message.

5- Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use present simple or continuous.

I really ___________________ (love) sports, so I ____________________ (want) to be a PE teacher one day. At

the moment, I ______________________ (do) a football coaching course in the USA. Every morning we

______________________ (study), and in the afternoon, we ___________________ (practise) our football skills.

I ____________________ (live) with an American family, who are really nice. I ___________________ (have) a

fantastic time!

6- Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or continuous

1. I ______________________ (study) now because I have an exam on Thursday.

2. ‘What ________________________ (you/listen) to now?’ - ‘The Kings of Leon. I love it’

3. It ___________________________ (snow)! Let’s go inside.

4. The restaurant __________________________ (never open) on Mondays.

5. ‘What ________________________ (you/do) to now?’ - ‘I’m trying to fix my computer’

6. I ______________________ (go) to the gym every day after school.

7. ‘Where are you?’ - ‘On the bus. I _____________________ (come) home now’.

7- Correct the errors in four sentences. Two sentences are correct.

1. Poor Sam. He’s believing everything his step-siter tells him.

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2. I don’t understand. Please can you repeat the question?

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3. I’m enjoying the maths course, but I’m preferring chemistry.

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4. Mike thinks about getting a motorbike.

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5. Do you remember me?

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6. Are you owning a computer at the moment?

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8- Complete the dialogue with the verbs in the list. Use the present simple or the present continuous.

enjoy – hate – not have – know – not know – own – think – understand – work – work

MAX: ___________ you _____________ what you want to do after college, Amber?

AMBER: Not really. I _____________________about taking a gap year.

MAX: That sounds great! I ___________________ enough money to go abroad yet.

AMBER: I ______________________ in a supermarket at the moment, but I really _________________ it.

It’s boring.

MAX: I _____________________. My dad _____________________ an Italian restaurant – I

________________________ there every weekend.

AMBER: Oh really? ____________ you __________________ he’d give a job for a month or two? I quite

_______________________ waitressing.

MAX: I _______________________, but I’ll ask him.

AMBER: Thanks Max.

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