REVIEW THE PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT PROGRESSExercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets: simple present or present continuous.. German so well because he come ………... Exercise 2: Put the verb
Trang 13 REVIEW THE PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT PROGRESS
Exercise 1: Put the verbs in brackets: simple present or present continuous.
1 Where's John? He (listen) ……… to a new CD in his room
2 Don't forget to take your umbrella with you to London You know it always (rain) ……… in England
3 Jean (work) ……… hard all day but she (not work)
……… at the moment
4 Look! That boy (run) ……… after the bus He (want)
……… to catch it
5 He (speak) ……… German so well because he (come)
……… from Germany
6 Shh! The boss (come) ……… We (meet)
……… him in an hour and nothing is ready!
7 Oh no! Look! It (snow) ……… again It always (snow)
……… in this country
8 Mary (swim) ……… very well, but she (not run)
……… very fast
9 Sorry I can't help you I (not know) ……… where she keeps her files
10 I (think) ……… your new hat (look) ……… nice on you
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets: simple present or present continuous.
1 I (live) ……… with my parents but right now I (stay)
……… with some friends for a few days
2 I can't talk on the phone now I (drive) ……… home
3 Where are the children? They (lie) ……… on the beach over there
4 He (not understand) ……… what you (talk)
……… about He's foreign
5 How much your suitcase (weigh) ……… ?
Trang 2It (look) ……… really heavy.
6 Normally I (start) ……… work at eight o'clock but I (start)
……… at 7 this week We are busy just now.
7 What's that smell? Something (burn) ……… in the kitchen
8 I (work) ……… overtime this month because I (save up)
……… to buy a car
9 He (smoke) ……… thirty cigarettes a day but at the moment he (try) ……… very hard to cut down
10 We usually (read) ……… books, (listen) ……… to music or (watch) ……… TV
Exercise 3: Put the verbs in brackets: simple present or present continuous.
1 What (you/ do) ……… now?
2 He (water) ……… flowers in the garden
3 At the moment, my sisters (play) ……… volleyball and my
brother (play)……… soccer
4 It is 9.00; my family (watch) ……… TV
5 In the summer, I usually (go) ……… to the park with my friends, and in the spring, we (have) ……… Tet Holiday; I (be)
……… happy because I always (visit) ……… my grandparents
6 Her favourite subject (be) ……… English
7 Keep silent! I (listen) ……… to the radio
8 Every morning, I (watch) ……… TV at 10.00, but today I (listen)
……… to music at 10.00
9 At the moment, I (read) ……… a book and my brother (watch)
……… TV
10 They usually (get up) ……… at 6.00 in the morning
Exercise 4: Choose the present simple or the present continuous
1) ……… (you/come) tonight?
Trang 32) ……… (he/eat) rice every day?
3) I ……… (work) at the moment
4) ……… (he/come) to London often?
5) He ……… (play) tennis now
6) ……… (you/come) to the cinema later?
7) They ……… (not/come) to the party tomorrow
8) He ……… (not/play) golf now
9) ……… (you/play) tennis this Sunday?
10) They ……… (go) to a restaurant every Saturday
11) She ……… (not/go) to the cinema very often
12) You usually ……… (arrive) late
13) He normally ……… (eat) dinner at home
14) ……… (you/study) every night?
15) ……… (they/work) late usually?
16) You ……… (not/go) out later
17) I ……… (not/work) tonight
18) ……… (she/work) at the moment?
19) I ……… (not/drink) coffee very often
20) Julie ……… (sleep) now
Exercise 4: Complete the story Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.
1 It (be) ……… early in the morning
2 Sally (get) ……… out of bed, (open) ……… the window and (go) ……… into the bathroom
3 Then she (have) ……… breakfast
4 After breakfast, Sally usually (cycle) ……… to school
5 After school, she (go) ……… back home
6 Sally usually (eat) ……… her lunch at home
7 In the afternoons, she first (do) ……… her homework and then she (meet) ……… her friends in the park
8 What (do / she) ……… now?
Trang 49 She (play) ……… the guitar.
10 Her friends (listen) ……… and some of them (sing)
……… along.
11 When Sally (come) ……… home in the evening, she (have)
……… dinner and then she (watch) ……… TV
12 She (go) ……… to bed at about 8 o'clock every day
Exercise 5: Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous
1 She ……… (run) because she's late for her lesson
2 Our teacher always ……… (give) us lots of homework
3 We ……… (not want) to go to the concert
4 What time……… (you / meet) Pete tomorrow?
5 I ……… (not work) today I'm on holiday
6 People ……… (speak) English in Jamaica
7 Archie ……… (not use) his computer at the moment
8 ……… (Tony / live) near the park?
9 Andy sometimes ……… comics (to read)
10 We never ……… TV in the morning (to watch)
11 Listen! Sandy ……… in the bathroom (to sing)
12 My sister usually ……… in the kitchen (to help)
13 My mother ……… breakfast now (to make)
14 They often ……… the bathroom (to clean)
15 Look! The boys ……… home (to come)
16 Every day his grandfather ……… for a walk (to go)
17 I ……… with my friend at the moment (to chat)
18 Cats ……… mice (to eat)
19 What is he doing? He ……… at his desk (sit)
20 Listen, someone ……… at the door (knock)
21 On my way home I usually ……… to drink a cup of coffee (stop)
22 Architects ……… plans of the buildings (make)
23 Look at Betty: she ……… the piano (play)
Trang 524 At this moment I ……… my pupils' exercises (correct)