Present Continuous & Present Simple

Unit 3&4:
Present continuous and present simple

3.1 Are the underlined verbs OK? Correct them where necessary.

Multiple Choice

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

• boil

• is boiling

• OK

• is boils

Multiple Choice

How often are you going to the cinema?

• are you not going

• do you go

• OK

• does you go

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1.Martina ​

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her mother every day.

2.The moon ​

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round the earth in about 27 days.

3.Can you hear those people? What ​

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about?

Multiple Choice

Sarah is a vegetarian. She doesn’t eat meat.

• isn't eating

• OK

• eats

Multiple Choice

I must go now. It gets late.

• get

• is getting

• gettting

• OK

Multiple Choice

Paul is never late. He’s always starting work on time.

• He is always starting

• He always starts

• He always start

• He is always starts

3.2 Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present simple.

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a. '​​

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to the radio?' 'No. you can turn it off.'

b. '​

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to the radio a lot?' No, not very often.'

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a. The River Nile ​

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into the Mediterranean.

b. The river​

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very fast today - much faster than usual.

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flows

's flowing

are flowing

flow

flowes

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a. I'm not very active. ​

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any sport.

b. What ​

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at weekends?

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I don't do

do you usually do

I do

I am not doing

are you usually doing

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a. Rachel is in the New York right now. She​

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at the Park Hotel.

b. She always ​

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there when she's in New York.

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is staying

stays

stay

stayes

are staying

are stays

3.3 Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present simple.

Multiple Choice

Why are all these people here? (What / happen)?

• What does happen?

• What happens?

• What's happening?

• What are happening?

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It took me an hour to get to work this morning. Most days it ​

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so long.

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I ​

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to drive. My driving test is next month. My father​

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me.

3.4 Finish B’s sentences. Use always -ing.

Open Ended

A: The car has broken down again.

B: That car is useless. It _________

Open Ended

A: Look! You’ve made the same mistake again.

B: Oh no, not again! I __________

4.1 Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous or present simple.

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Are you hungry? (you/want) something to eat?

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1.Alan says he’s 90 years old, but nobody ​

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him.

2.She told me her name, but I ​

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it now.

3.Don't put the dictionary away. I​

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it.

4.Don't put the dictionary away. I ​

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it.

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believes

do not remember

'm using

need

believe

is believing

am remebering

uses

am needing

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5.Air ​

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mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.

6.Who is that man? What ​

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?

7.Who is that man? Why ​

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at us?

8.Who is that man? ​

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him?

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consists

does he want

is he looking

Do you recognise

consist

is he wanting

he is looking

Are you recognising 

he wants

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9.I ​

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of selling my car. Would you be interested in buying it?

10.I can’t make up my mind. What ​

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I should do?

11.Gary wasn’t well earlier, but he ​

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OK now.

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am thinking

do you think

seems

think

are you think

seem

is seeming

4.2
Use the words in brackets to make sentences.

Multiple Choice

(I/think)

• I think.

• I’m thinking.

• I'm think.

• I thinking.

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4.3
Are the underlined verbs OK? Correct them where necessary.

Multiple Choice

1. Nicky is thinking of giving up her job.

• thinks

• is think

• OK

• are thinking

Multiple Choice

2. It’s not true. I’m not believing it.

• I dont believe it.

• I don't believe it.

• I doen't believe it.

• OK

Multiple Choice

3. I’m feeling hungry. Is there anything to eat?

• I feels

• I'm feelling

• OK (I feel is incorrect)

• OK (I feel is also correct)

Multiple Choice

4. I’ve never eaten that fruit. What is it tasting like?

• it tasting

• does it taste

• does it tastes

• it tastes

Multiple Choice

5. I’m not sure what she does. I think she works in a shop.

• OK

• am thinking

• thinks

• thinking

Multiple Choice

6. Look over there. What are you seeing?

• OK

• do you seeing

• do you see

• seeing

Multiple Choice

7. You’re very quiet. What are you thinking about?

• do you think

• OK

• do you thinking

• you think

4.4
Complete the sentences. Use is/are being (continuous) or is/are (simple).

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I can’t understand why he​

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so selfish. He isn’t usually like that.

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You’ll like Sophie when you meet her. She ​

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very nice.

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Sarah ​

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very nice to me at the moment. I wonder why.

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They ​

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very happy. They’ve just got married.

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You’re normally very patient, so why ​

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so unreasonable about waiting ten more minutes?