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Present simple & Present continuous

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A: ______ you _____ to me?

B: Yes, I am.

a)

am/listening

b)

can/listen

c)

are/listening

d)

is/ listening

2.

He _____ a sweatsuit because he ______ to work today. He can have a rest at home.

a)

is wearing/ isn't going

b)

isn't wearing/ is going

c)

are wearing/ aren't going

d)

aren't wearing/ are going

3.

A: Where _____ you _____ in the middle of the night?

B: I'm not going anywhere.

a)

can/ going

b)

are/ going

c)

am/ going

d)

is/ going

4.

Janice and I are at the mall now. We _____ some clothes for our children.

a)

isn't buying

b)

am buying

c)

is buying

d)

are buying

5.

A: ______ we ______ the right battery?

B: Yes, definitely

a)

is/use

b)

are/using

c)

am/using

d)

are/use

6.

Gerard _____ at the bus stop. He _____ for the bus.

a)

are/ can wait

b)

has got/ is waiting

c)

can/ waiting

d)

is/ is waiting

7.

______ aren't taking photographs of statues in the museum because it is forbidden.

a)

James wife

b)

Their guest

c)

Our tourist guide

d)

The tourists

8.

They _____ speak French well, but they _____ to the French shop owner right now.

a)

can/ have got

b)

have got/ can't talk

c)

can't/ are talking

d)

are/ can talk

9.

A: What ______ doing?

B: I don't know. Maybe _____. The light in his room are off.

a)

is she/ she is sleeping

b)

he is/ is he sleeping

c)

they are/ are they

d)

is he/ he is sleeping

10.

Michael and Daniel ______ a lot these days, but they _____ their goods.

a)

is travelling/ can sell

b)

can't travel/ is selling

c)

can travel/ selling

d)

are travelling/ can't sell

11.

Alan and Eric _____ in Spain now, but they ____ their holiday there because of the rain.

a)

have got/ are enjoying

b)

can/ can't enjoy

c)

are/ aren't enjoying

d)

aren't/ can enjoy

12.

A: Who _____ a shower in the bathroom?

B: Jason is in the bathroom. ______ the bath tube.

a)

can have/ is he cleaning

b)

is having/ he is cleaning

c)

has got/ he can clean

d)

are having/ he is cleaning

13.

A: ______ your vacuum cleaner? I ______ my bedroom.

B: Sure, you can.

a)

You aren't using/ can clean

b)

Have you got/ are cleaning

c)

Can I use/ am cleaning

d)

I am using/ can't clean

14.

Hilda and I ______ in the garden. We ______ the flowers.

a)

am/ are watering

b)

have got/ can water

c)

are/ are watering

d)

can/ can water

15.

A: ______?

B: You are mimicking Uncle Victor.

a)

What am I doing

b)

Where are you going

c)

Who am I talking to

d)

When are you leaving

16.

A: What _____ you _____ nowadays?

B: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. It is a very good book.

a)

can/ reading

b)

are/ reading

c)

are/ read

d)

is/ reading

17.

A: ______ the right notes, Mr Clark?

B: Yes, son. Just go on. _____ following you.

a)

Is he playing/ Am I

b)

Are you playing/ I can

c)

Can you play/ You are

d)

Am I playing / I am

18.

A: Where _____ spending their holiday this summer?

B: They ______ a summer house in Miami, so I think they will go there.

a)

are they/ have got

b)

they can/ are

c)

they are/ can

d)

are we/ aren't

19.

A: ______ the dog sleeping?

B: Yes, it is and _____ a lot these days.

a)

is/ is it sleeping

b)

are/ can sleep

c)

is/ it is sleeping

d)

can/ can't sleep

20.

Alex _____ some old wooden boxes, and he _____ them at the moment.

a)

is/ can paint

b)

has got/ is painting

c)

can/ can't paint

d)

are/ is painting