COURSE: …………………………………………….……………………..………......................……… DATE: ….....…/…...……/…...….. NAME: …………………………………………………………….………………….………………………………….……........................……………………………………………..…… A. Complete sentences with the verbs in brackets using present continuous tense. Example: Listen. Little Gabriela .......................................................... again. (cry) Listen. Little Gabriela is crying again. 1. Don't talk to me. I ................................................. an email now. (write) 2. Susan is ill. She ..................................... in the bed at the moment. (lie) 3. I'm not at home. I ....................................... in London this month. (stay) 4. Peter ...................................... this week. He has a part-time job. (work) 5. Can you smell it? Mum and dad ............................... something. (cook) 6. Don't turn off the TV, please. I ......................................... a film. (watch) 7. I can hear Dominic. He .............................. from school. At last! (come) 8. I'm afraid my sister isn't here. She ........................... the shopping. (do) 9. Garry, please, stop. You .............................................. so loudly. (sing) 10. What am I doing? I ...................................... an interesting book. (read) 11. Where is Sam? - He ................................ TV. (watch) 12. What are you doing? - We ..................................... to start the car. (try) B. Present Continuous: Make the present continuous 1. (he / walk to school now) _______________________________________________________________ 2. (I / study at the moment) _______________________________________________________________ 3. (I / not / sleep) _______________________________________________________________ 4. (you / play badminton tonight) _______________________________________________________________ 5. (we / watch TV) _______________________________________________________________ 6. (she / not / work in Spain) _______________________________________________________________ 7. (he / not / wait for the bus) _______________________________________________________________ . 8. (they / read) _______________________________________________________________ 9. (we / not / go to the cinema tonight) _______________________________________________________________ 10. (you / not / read the newspaper) ________________________________________________________________ 11. (she / go home now) __________________________________________________________________ 12. (I / read a great book) __________________________________________________________________ 13. (she / not / wash her hair) __________________________________________________________________ 14. (the cat / chase mice?) __________________________________________________________________ 15. (she / cry?) __________________________________________________________________ 16. (he / not / study Latin) __________________________________________________________________ 17. (we / drive to London?) __________________________________________________________________ 18. (they / watch TV? ) __________________________________________________________________ 19. (where / she / go now? ) __________________________________________________________________ 20. (I / not / leave now) __________________________________________________________________ C. Present Simple or Present Continuous? Choose the present simple or present continuous: 1. (You / come) _________________________________ tonight? 2. (He / eat) _________________________________ rice every day? 3. I (work) _________________________________ at the moment. 4. (He / come) _________________________________ to London often? 5. He (play) _________________________________ tennis now. 6. (You / come) _________________________________ to the cinema later? 7. They (not / come) _________________________________ to the party tomorrow. 8. He (not / play) _________________________________ golf now. 9. (You / play) _________________________________ tennis this Sunday? 10. They (go) _________________________________ to a restaurant every Saturday. 11. She (not / go) _________________________________ to the cinema very often. 12. You usually (arrive) _________________________________ late. 13. He normally (eat) _________________________________ dinner at home. 14. (You / study) _________________________________ every night? 15. (They / work) _________________________________ late usually? 16. You (not / go) _________________________________ out later. 17. I (not / work) _________________________________ tonight. 18. (She / work) _________________________________ at the moment? 19. I (not / drink) _________________________________ coffee very often. 20. Julie (sleep) _________________________________ now. D. Answer the questions: What is special about each day? -Mother’s Day ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… -New Year’s Day ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… E. Write five sentences using was-were-past simple. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
