SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Definition

Repeated actions

Actions happening at the moment of

speaking or around the moment of speaking

Adverbs

always, often, usually, sometimes, seldom,

never, every day, every week, every year, on

Mondays

now, at the moment, Look!, Listen!

Forms

Infinitive 3rd person singular (he, she, it) infinitive +

(s) (es) (i+es)

to be (am, are, is) + infinitive + ing

Affirmative I work here. / He works here.

I am working now. / He is working now.

Negative I don't (do not) work here work.

He doesn't (does not) work here.

Im not working now. She isnt working now.

Interrogative

Do you work here? Does he work here?

Am I working now? Is she working now?

1. Put the verbs into the correct tense.

a) Listen! Someone ________________

you. (call)

b) Be quit, please. The baby _________

____________ at the moment. (sleep)

c) He often __________ to the movies

with his girlfriend. (go)

d) Every weekend, the boys _________

their father. (visit)

e) We ___________________volleyball

at the club on Sundays. (play)

f) She ___________________ Italian on

Mondays and Sundays. (study)

g) Look! That woman ______________ candies. (give)

h) I ______________my homework now. (do)

i) Look! Mary ____________________ the piano. (play)

j) Every morning, I ________________ my breakfast at the snack bar. (have)

k) The kids _______________________

Woodpecker cartoon on TV right now.

(watch)

l) Look! It _____________

__________. Lets do our

snowman. (snow)

my mother party (have)

m) You have to go now.

It ____________ dark. (get)

n) Bob ____________ old movies on

DVD every night. (watch)

o) My sister and I ____________ at the

club on weekends. (swim)

p) My father ______________ at home at

11:00 p. m. every day. (arrive)

q) Dont get without now!

It __________________ outside. (rain)

r) Shut up! I still __________________ to you. (talk)

s) Listen! The band ________________ a beautiful song now. (play)

t) She ______________ vegetables every day. (eat)

u) They _______________ writing an e- mail at the moment. (write)

v) Richard never____________ his

computer by himself. (fix)

w) Martha _______________ a bath right

now. (take)

x) Martin ___________________ to

Marlin on the phone now. (talk)

y) Joanne _____________her car to work

everyday. (drive)

z) You _______________English at the

moment. (study)