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GRAMMAR - Present Simple VS Present Continuous

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We use DO, DOES, DON'T, DOESN'T

to form ...

a)

PRESENT SIMPLE

affirmative sentences

b)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

sentences

c)

PRESENT SIMPLE

negative and interrogative sentences

d)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

interrogative sentences

2.

We use the verb

TO BE + a verb ending in -ING

to form ...

a)

PRESENT SIMPLE

b)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

c)

PAST SIMPLE

3.

We use

PRESENT SIMPLE

to talk about ...

a)

routines

b)

frequently repeated actions

c)

official timetables

d)

past actions

4.

We use

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

to talk about ...

a)

daily actions

b)

facts not necessarily happening

when we are talking

c)

actions we are doing

at the moment of speaking

d)

planned actions

in an immediate future

5.

... he play basketball?

a)

Does

b)

Is

c)

Don't

d)

Have got

6.

I ... speak good English.

a)

don't

b)

aren't

c)

have got

d)

does

7.

I ... to music right now.

a)

is listening

b)

am listening

c)

don't listen

d)

listens

8.

You ... dancing with your mother.

a)

are

b)

is

c)

don't

d)

does

9.

Martina often ... paella at home.

a)

eat

b)

don't eat

c)

is eating

d)

eats

10.

Raúl ... very well.

a)

doesn't sings

b)

aren't sing

c)

doesn't sing

d)

isn't singing

11.

At the moment,

my sister ... in her bedrrom.

a)

don't sleep

b)

sleep

c)

is sleeping

d)

does sleep

12.

We ... sometimes very lazy.

a)

are

b)

don't

c)

is

d)

being

13.

My friends usually ... very fast.

a)

are talking

b)

talk

c)

talks

d)

doesn't talk

14.

... you ... at me now?

a)

Are you looking

b)

Do you looking

c)

Is you look

d)

Do you look

15.

Do you like my new jumper?

a)

Yes, I do.

b)

No, I doesn't.

c)

Yes, I are.

d)

No, I aren't.

16.

Is your father working in Madrid today?

a)

No, he is,

b)

Yes, he is.

c)

No, he aren't.

d)

Yes, he do.

17.

We sometimes ... books.

a)

reads

b)

read

c)

doesn't read

d)

are reading

18.

I'm walking into the classroom ... .

I'll phone you later.

a)

always

b)

often

c)

at the moment

d)

every year

19.

... , Joe has a big party on his birthday.

a)

Now

b)

Every year

c)

Now

d)

Tomorrow

20.

My mum ... works late.

a)

on Saturday

b)

every year

c)

never

d)

tomorrow

21.

I ... going to the cinema.

a)

am liking

b)

are like

c)

liking

d)

like

22.

I ... he's nice.

a)

am thinking

b)

is thinking

c)

think

d)

thinking

23.

We use this verb tense to talk about habits and routines.

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

24.

We use this verb tense to talk about actions happenning right now.

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

25.

We use this verb tense to talk about general facts.

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

26.

In affirmative sentences,

we add -S, -ES, -IES

with the pronouns he, she, it.

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

27.

We always add -ING to the verb.

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

28.

In negative sentences, we use

AM NOT, IS NOT, ARE NOT.

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

29.

Interrogative sentences start with the auxiliary verbs DO/DOES in ...

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

30.

Interrogative sentences start with the auxiliary verbs AM / IS / ARE in ...

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Present Simple

31.

Identify the FORM of this sentence:

"He is sleeping on his bed"

a)

Present continuous affirmative

b)

Present continuous interrogative

c)

Present continuous negative

d)

Present simple affirmative

32.

Identify the FORM of this sentence:

"Do you like pizza?"

a)

Present simple negative

b)

Present simple affirmative

c)

Present simple interrogative

d)

Present continuous interrogative

33.

Identify the FORM of this sentence:

"Is Gabriel speaking in class?"

a)

Present continuous interrogative

b)

Present continuous negative

c)

Present continuos affirmative

d)

Present simple affirmative

34.

Identify the FORM of this sentence:

"The girls are not closing the windows"

a)

Present simple affirmative

b)

Present simple negative

c)

Present continuous negative

d)

Present simple interrogative

35.

Identify the FORM of this sentence:

"He sends flowers to his mother

every Mother's Day"

a)

Present simple negative

b)

Present simple affimative

c)

Present simple interrogative

d)

Present continuous negative

36.

I get up at 7:00 am.

a)

It describes a habit, a routine.

b)

It describes an action happening

at the moment of speaking.

37.

Choose TWO

presente simple USES

a)

Actions happening right now

b)

Actions done regularly

c)

Actions to be done in the future (plans)

d)

Official events and schedules

38.

Choose TWO

presente continuous USES

a)

Actions we do regularly

b)

Actions we do at the moment

c)

Actions we do later (plans)

d)

Official events and schedules

39.

Complete by using PRESENT SIMPLE:


She ... (talk) to her mother every days.

(a)  

40.

Complete by using PRESENT SIMPLE:


We ... (not eat) vegetables.

(a)  

41.

Complete by using PRESENT CONTINUOUS:


They ... (learn) English.

(a)  

42.

Order the words correctly:


after / do / does / he / school / homework / his / ?

(a)  

43.

Order the words correctly:


the / ? / game / going / you / are / to

(a)  

44.

Every Sunday, we ... to see my grandparents.

a)

goes

b)

go

c)

are going

d)

going

45.

... Linda watching TV rigth now?

a)

Do

b)

Does

c)

Is

d)

Are

46.

Complete the sentence:


Where ... they usually go on holidays?

(a)  

47.

I ... orange juice now.

a)

are drink

b)

does drink

c)

am drinking

d)

drink

48.

How many times a week ... you ... your bike?

a)

does you ride

b)

do you ride

c)

are you riding

d)

is you reading

49.

Rigth now, they ... on the internet.

a)

aren't surfing

b)

is surfing

c)

don't surf

d)

surfs

50.

It´s Saturday

but my mum ... at the office today.

(a)  

51.

How ... does your sister go dancing?

a)

always

b)

often

c)

sometimes

d)

usually

52.

Choose ALL the words needed

to complete the sentence:


... your dad ... at the moment?

a)

Is

b)

Are

c)

cook

d)

cooking

e)

Does

53.

Complete the sentence:


When ... Peter go swimming ?

(a)  

54.

Do you ... ride your bike to school?

a)

never

b)

every year

c)

now

d)

usually

55.

We're setting off at noon ... .

a)

tomorrow

b)

never

c)

often

d)

sometimes

56.

... cereal for breakfast every day?

a)

Are you eating

b)

Do you eat

c)

Does you eat

d)

Do you eating

57.

I ... a very funny book at the moment.

a)

is reading

b)

do read

c)

am reading

d)

read

58.

David ... late.

a)

is always arriving

b)

always is arriving

c)

always arrive

d)

arrive always

59.

I'm vegetarian. I ... meat.

a)

do eat not

b)

not eat

c)

don't eat

d)

am not eating

60.

Shhh! Don't shout, the baby ... .

a)

sleeps

b)

sleep

c)

is sleeping

d)

sleeping