Present continuous and present simple

Exercises

Present simple or present continuous?

1. María ____________ (work) for a TV station.

2. At the moment she ____________ (travel) in the Sahara Desert.

3. Dan ____________ (love) wild animals.

4. He ____________ (not visit) Alaska at the moment.

5. Marta ____________ (not live) in Africa.

6. She ____________ (stay) in Africa at the moment.

7. Dad usually ____________ (cook) dinner.

8. My parents ____________ (go) to Italy every year.

9. My sister ____________ (walk) to school every day.

10. We ____________ (have) lunch now.

11. I never ____________ (stay in) on Saturday evening.

12. I ____________ (go) to the cinema now.

13. My mum ____________ (not work) today.

14. Peter ____________ (not like) rap music.

15. He ____________ (listen) to pop music at the moment.

16. Donna usually ____________ (go) shopping on Saturdays.

17. Let´s go out. It ____________ (not rain) now.

18. Hurry up! Everybody ____________ (wait) for you!

19. The sun ____________ (rise) in the east.

20. Water ____________ (boil) at 100 degrees.

21. The water ____________ (boil). Can you turn it off?

22. I must go now. It ____________ (get) late.

23. I usually ____________ (go) to work by car.

24. It ____________ (not rain) very much in the summer.

25. The moon ____________ (go) round the earth.

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS?

1. Where's John? He (listen) to a new CD in his room.

2. Don't forget to take your umbrella with you to London. You know it always (rain) in England.

3. Jean (work) hard all day but she (not work) at the moment.

4. Look! That boy (run) after the bus. He (want) to catch it.

5. He (speak) German so well because he (come) from Germany.

6. Shh! The boss (come). We (meet) him in an hour and nothing is ready!

7. you usually (go) away for Christmas or you (stay) at home?

8. She (hold) some roses. They (smell) lovely.

9. Oh no! Look! It (snow) again. It always (snow) in this country.

10. Mary (swim) very well, but she (not run) very fast.

11. you (enjoy) this party? Yes, I (have) a great time!

12. Sorry I can't help you. I (not know) where she keeps her files.

13. What you (do) next Saturday? Nothing special. I (stay) at home.

14. I (think) your new hat (look) nice on you.

15. I (live) with my parents but right now I (stay) with some friends for a few days.

16. I can't talk on the phone now. I (drive) home.

17. Where are the children? They (lie) on the beach over there.

18. You never (listen) to a word I say! You always (listen) to that mp3 player!

19. He (not understand) what you (talk) about. He's foreign.

20. How much your suitcase (weigh)? It (look) really heavy.