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Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Authored by Dave Strotman

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Present Simple vs Present Continuous
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is in the Present Simple?

She is cooking dinner right now.

She cooks dinner every evening.

She was cooking dinner yesterday.

She has cooked dinner.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is in the Present Progressive?

She cooks dinner every evening.

She is cooking dinner right now.

She was cooking dinner yesterday.

She has cooked dinner already.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When do we use the Present Continuous tense?

To talk about routines

To express facts

To describe past events

To describe an action happening right now

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

4.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Present Continuous

​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​​ (c)  

Present Simple​ (d)   ​ (e)  

right now
at the moment
still
always
every day

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main use of the Present Simple tense?

To express completed actions

To describe future plans

To talk about routines and habits

To describe actions happening right now

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is in the Present Continuous tense?

He has played football before.

He is playing football right now.

He played football yesterday.

He plays football every weekend.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the sentence in the Present Simple tense.

They have watched that movie already.

They watched a movie last night.

They watch movies on Fridays.

They are watching a movie.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

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