PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR PRESENT SIMPLE?

Choose the correct form of the verb:

1- I have / I’m having a shower every morning.2- Look! It’s raining / It rains. We can’t go to the beach. 3- What are you doing / do you do tonight? Are you going / Do you go out?4- What are we having /do we have for dinner tonight?5- Where are you usually going / do you usually go on holiday?6- What are you doing / do you do under the table?7- I’m trying / I try to find my pen.

Complete the sentences with the verb in the Present Continuous or Present Simple:

1- RainOh no! It ………………………. We can’t play tennis.It always ……………………… a lot in April.

2- ReadI ……………………………. a very good book at the moment.I ……………………………. in bed every night.

3- DrinkWe ………………………….. champagne because it’s our wedding anniversary today.We always …………………………. champagne on special occasions.

4- WorkShe’s a doctor. She ……………………….. in St Mary’s Hospital.She ……………………………. hard because she has an exam tomorrow.

5- Not eatI ………………………….. that! It looks disgusting!Vegetarians ………………………………. meat .

6- SpeakLook! Peter ………………………… French to that man over there. How many languages …………………………….. he ……………………………?

7- DoWhy …………………. we always …………………… boring exercises?Why ………………… we …………………………. this exercise now?

Choose the correct form of the verb:

Sam Trafford is an American music journalist. Sam 1 likes / is liking most kinds of pop music. In the early morning he 2 listens to / is listening to WLIR, a New York radio station which 3 plays / is playing hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s. He usually knows the tunes so he sings along with them.

“I like world music too. At the moment 4 I play / ‘m playing a CD of African music. It’s great. I 5 don’t usually listen to / am not usually listening to classical music, but that’s because I 6 don’t have / am not having time”.

Every day at work he 7 writes / is writing about then new releases in the pop world. Right now he 8 does / is doing an article about an Irish group called Black Velvet who 9

move up / are moving up the charts.“Some of the music is absolute rubbish. I hate it. But that’s my job. I 10 listen / am

listening to everything”.

Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

Justin Thomas is 16 years old and he ……………………….. (go) to Maidstone High School. He normally ………………………. (leave) home at 8:30. He ……………………. (live) quite close to the school. So he always ……………………. (walk) to school with some of his friends. But this week he …………………. (get) the bus. He ………………………….. (not go) to school at all. This week he …………………….. (go) to work.

Every year, pupils aged 15-18 at British schools …………………………… (do) work experience. They ……………………… (work) in offices, shops and hotels for a week. This week Justin ………………………. (work) in a clothes shop.

It’s 11:00 now and he normally ……………………… (have) an English lesson. But today he ……………………. (serve) a customer in the clothes shop. He ……………………….. (enjoy) this experience! Justin says: “ It’s hard work but I ……………………… (learn) a lot this week, I ………………………. (get) the chance to see life in the real world”.