Present Continuous VS Present Simple

22. Add –ing to the verbs and put them in the correct boxes.

talk, dive, swim, shop, lie, study, mend, write, try, take, cook, stop, sleep, die, sit

23. Fill in the gaps with verbs in present continuous.

E. g. Listen to those people. What language ...are they speaking ...(they/speak)?

1. Please be quiet. I..................................................(try) to concentrate.

2. Look! It...........................................................(snow).

3. Why.............................................(you/look) at me like that? Have I said something wrong?

4. You...........................................(make) a lot of noise. Can you be a bit quieter?

5. Excuse me, I.....................................(look) for a phone box. Is there one near here?

6. {in the cinema) It's a good film, isn't it?...........................................(you/enjoy) it?

7. Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They........................................(shout) at each other again.

8. Why...............................................(you/wear) your coat today? It's very warm.

9. I.................................................................(not/work) this week. I'm on holiday.

10. I want to lose weight. I…….........................................(not/eat) anything today.

24. Put the verbs below into the correct present continuous form as in the example.

Mow, ride, have, not go, play, wash, not clean, water, stay, eat.

1. Gary is mowing the lawn.

2. Juan and Maria ……………………………………….. a sandwich.

3. I ……….………………... my room. I …………………..………..chess.

4. Kelly ………………………………………….. a horse.

5. I ………………….……….. to the party. I ………………………….. in.

6. She ……………………………..….. the flowers.

7. We ……………………………………… the car.

8. They ……………………………..……… a dinner party on Saturday.

25. Fill in the correct present simple form of the verbs in brackets.

This 1) ……………..(be) Ingrid and she 2) …………… (come) from Sweden. She 3) ……………(live) with her family in a flat in the city of Stockholm. In the winter it 4) …………… (get) dark very early in Sweden and it 5) …………… (snow) a lot. Most people there 6) …………… (love) skiing and children 7) …………….. (learn) to ski at a very young age. In the summer, they 8) …………… (ride) bicycles and 9) …………… (spend) most of the day outdoors. Sweden 10) …………… (be) a beautiful country. Ingrid really 11) ……………… (enjoy) living there!

26. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the present simple or present continuous.

1. I (to read) now. I (to read) every day.

2. He (to sleep) now. He (to sleep) every night.

3. We (to drink) tea now. We (to drink) tea every morn­ing.

4. They (to go) to school now. They (to go) to school every morning.

5. I (not to sleep) now. I (not to sleep) in the daytime.

6. She (not to drink) coffee now. She (not to drink) coffee after lunch.

7. We (not to watch) TV now. We (not to watch) TV in the morning.

8. They (not to eat) now. They (not to eat) at the lesson.

9. My mother (not to work) now. My mother (not to work) at an office.

10. You (to work) now? You (to work) every day?

11. He (to play) now? He (to play) in the afternoon?

12. They (to eat) now? They (to eat) at school?

13. Your sister (to rest) now? Your sister (to rest) after school?

14. What you (to do) now? What you (to do) every morning?

15. What you (to read) now? What you (to read) after dinner?

27. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of present simple or present continuous.

1. Jason ………………...…..(not/come) with us this evening.

2. What ………………………… (this sign/mean)?

3. We …………………………… (usually/meet) at the sports centre every Wednesday afternoon.

4. Greg ………………………………(train) for the next Olympic Games.

5. Michael Burns is very rich. He ……………………… (own) a department store.

6. John and Mary …………………………. (play) chess at the moment.

7. Peter ………………………. (not/usually/have) bacon and eggs for breakfast.

8. My father ………………… (buy) a newspaper every day.

9. Mr and Mrs Dean ……………………….. (not/go) to Mexico tomorrow.

10. “………………………… (Piere/speak) English?”

“No, but he ……………………. (speak) French.”