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WorksheetsGRAMMAR - Present Simple VS Present Continuous
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 20mins
We use DO, DOES, DON'T, DOESN'T
to form ...
PRESENT SIMPLE
affirmative sentences
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
sentences
PRESENT SIMPLE
negative and interrogative sentences
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
interrogative sentences
We use the verb
TO BE + a verb ending in -ING
to form ...
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
We use
PRESENT SIMPLE
to talk about ...
routines
frequently repeated actions
official timetables
past actions
We use
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
to talk about ...
daily actions
facts not necessarily happening
when we are talking
actions we are doing
at the moment of speaking
planned actions
in an immediate future
... he play basketball?
Does
Is
Don't
Have got
I ... speak good English.
don't
aren't
have got
does
I ... to music right now.
is listening
am listening
don't listen
listens
You ... dancing with your mother.
are
is
don't
does
Martina often ... paella at home.
eat
don't eat
is eating
eats
Raúl ... very well.
doesn't sings
aren't sing
doesn't sing
isn't singing
At the moment,
my sister ... in her bedrrom.
don't sleep
sleep
is sleeping
does sleep
We ... sometimes very lazy.
are
don't
is
being
My friends usually ... very fast.
are talking
talk
talks
doesn't talk
... you ... at me now?
Are you looking
Do you looking
Is you look
Do you look
Do you like my new jumper?
Yes, I do.
No, I doesn't.
Yes, I are.
No, I aren't.
Is your father working in Madrid today?
No, he is,
Yes, he is.
No, he aren't.
Yes, he do.
We sometimes ... books.
reads
read
doesn't read
are reading
I'm walking into the classroom ... .
I'll phone you later.
always
often
at the moment
every year
... , Joe has a big party on his birthday.
Now
Every year
Now
Tomorrow
My mum ... works late.
on Saturday
every year
never
tomorrow
I ... going to the cinema.
am liking
are like
liking
like
I ... he's nice.
am thinking
is thinking
think
thinking
We use this verb tense to talk about habits and routines.
Present Continuous
Present Simple
We use this verb tense to talk about actions happenning right now.
Present Continuous
Present Simple
We use this verb tense to talk about general facts.
Present Continuous
Present Simple
In affirmative sentences,
we add -S, -ES, -IES
with the pronouns he, she, it.
Present Continuous
Present Simple
We always add -ING to the verb.
Present Continuous
Present Simple
In negative sentences, we use
AM NOT, IS NOT, ARE NOT.
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Interrogative sentences start with the auxiliary verbs DO/DOES in ...
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Interrogative sentences start with the auxiliary verbs AM / IS / ARE in ...
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Identify the FORM of this sentence:
"He is sleeping on his bed"
Present continuous affirmative
Present continuous interrogative
Present continuous negative
Present simple affirmative
Identify the FORM of this sentence:
"Do you like pizza?"
Present simple negative
Present simple affirmative
Present simple interrogative
Present continuous interrogative
Identify the FORM of this sentence:
"Is Gabriel speaking in class?"
Present continuous interrogative
Present continuous negative
Present continuos affirmative
Present simple affirmative
Identify the FORM of this sentence:
"The girls are not closing the windows"
Present simple affirmative
Present simple negative
Present continuous negative
Present simple interrogative
Identify the FORM of this sentence:
"He sends flowers to his mother
every Mother's Day"
Present simple negative
Present simple affimative
Present simple interrogative
Present continuous negative
I get up at 7:00 am.
It describes a habit, a routine.
It describes an action happening
at the moment of speaking.
Choose TWO
presente simple USES
Actions happening right now
Actions done regularly
Actions to be done in the future (plans)
Official events and schedules
Choose TWO
presente continuous USES
Actions we do regularly
Actions we do at the moment
Actions we do later (plans)
Official events and schedules
Complete by using PRESENT SIMPLE:
She ... (talk) to her mother every days.
(a)
Complete by using PRESENT SIMPLE:
We ... (not eat) vegetables.
(a)
Complete by using PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
They ... (learn) English.
(a)
Order the words correctly:
after / do / does / he / school / homework / his / ?
(a)
Order the words correctly:
the / ? / game / going / you / are / to
(a)
Every Sunday, we ... to see my grandparents.
goes
go
are going
going
... Linda watching TV rigth now?
Do
Does
Is
Are
Complete the sentence:
Where ... they usually go on holidays?
(a)
I ... orange juice now.
are drink
does drink
am drinking
drink
How many times a week ... you ... your bike?
does you ride
do you ride
are you riding
is you reading
Rigth now, they ... on the internet.
aren't surfing
is surfing
don't surf
surfs
It´s Saturday
but my mum ... at the office today.
(a)
How ... does your sister go dancing?
always
often
sometimes
usually
Choose ALL the words needed
to complete the sentence:
... your dad ... at the moment?
Is
Are
cook
cooking
Does
Complete the sentence:
When ... Peter go swimming ?
(a)
Do you ... ride your bike to school?
never
every year
now
usually
We're setting off at noon ... .
tomorrow
never
often
sometimes
... cereal for breakfast every day?
Are you eating
Do you eat
Does you eat
Do you eating
I ... a very funny book at the moment.
is reading
do read
am reading
read
David ... late.
is always arriving
always is arriving
always arrive
arrive always
I'm vegetarian. I ... meat.
do eat not
not eat
don't eat
am not eating
Shhh! Don't shout, the baby ... .
sleeps
sleep
is sleeping
sleeping
