I. Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR present continuous)
1. The train always _______________________ (leave) on time.
2. "What's the matter? Why __________________________________ (cry/you)?
3. “That’s strange. They _________________________ (not to watch) TV.
4. He ____________________________ (not to speak) very good English.
5. Please be quiet! I ______________________ (do) my homework.
6. Where ___________________________________________________ (live/they)?
7. Listen! John ________________________________________ music! (play)
8. I never __________________________________________(go) to the swimming pool.
9. Harold Black's a famous pianist. He ____________________________ (give) two or three concerts
every week. He ________________________________________ (travel) a lot and this week he's in New York.
10. He ________________________ (stay) at an expensive hotel. He's at his hotel now.
11. He __________________________________ (have) his breakfast in the dining−room.
12. He ___________________________________________ (drink) a cup of coffee and he __________ (read) a newspaper.
13. Harold’s always very busy. He _______________________________ (play) the piano regularly.
14. He __________________________________________ ( practice) for four hours every day.
15. He _________________________ (go) to bed late and he always ___________________ (get up) early. But he sometimes ______________________________ (get) dressed too quickly, and this morning he ___________________________________ (wear) one blue sock and one red one!
II. Choose the correct form for each verb.
1. Marie-­‐Claude isn't a Canadian. I ____ she comes from France.

a. believe
b. am believing

2. Look! Junko ___ into the water.

a. jumps
is jumping

3. I ___ you're crazy!

a. think
b. am thinking

4. Don't give Jan any cheese. She ____ it!

a. hates
b. is hating

5. I to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?

a. go
b. am going

III. Put the verb in brackets in the correct form (present simple or present continuous)
Next week, my friends and I 1. _______________ (go) camping in the woods. I 2. ________________________
(organize) the food, because I 3. _________________ (like) cooking. Dave 4. _____________ (have) a big car with a
trailer, so he 5. _________________ (plan) the transportation. Sam 6. ____________________ (bring) the tent — he 7
______________ (go) camping every year, so he 8. _____________________ (have) a great tent and lots of other
equipment. My wife 9. _______________________________ (think) we're crazy. She 10. ___________________ (like)
holidays in comfortable hotels, so she 11. ________________ (take) a trip to Paris instead.
IV. Present Simple or Continuous? Circle the correct alternative(s) in the sentences 1-­‐8 below.
1. Today she’s spending/spends time with her grandmother.
2. They usually are going/go to the gym on Sundays.
3. We’re having/have a barbecue later on. Do you want to come?
4. No, she can’t answer the phone; she has/is having a shower.
5. I always have/am having a coffee before I ’m leaving/leave for work in the morning.
6. They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually they are going/go by boat.
7. Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the sunshine!
8. He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary to his English class.

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