Present Simple/ Present Continuous
Present simple /Present Continuous
Present Continuous or Present Simple?
100

I ______ (leave) home at 7 o'clock every morning.

leave

100

At the moment she ___ ______ (do) a new dress for her daughter.

is doing

100

He is in a meeting. He _____ (talk) to his boss.

1. talks

2. is talking

3. talk

2. is talking

200

It usually _____ (to rain) here a lot in the spring.


rains

200

He ___ _______ (try) very hard to beat the other team, but the other team _______(win).

is trying, is winning

200

It __________ (snow) outside. It ______ ( fall) quite hard, look.


2. is snowing, is falling

300

He _____ (to be) from Zimbabwe. He (to live)______ in Texas now.



is, lives / is living

300

Excuse me, I think you ____ ______ (sit) on my seat. 

are sitting

300

I am sorry, I can't help you right now, I ________ (prepare) dinner. I _______ (promise) I will help you later.


am preparing, promise

400

We _______ (not work) today. We _____ (have) a barbecue.

1. don't work, have

2. don't work, are having

3. aren't working, are having


3. aren't working,  are having

400

Don't talk to me now. I _________ (write) a very important letter. I ______ (need) a quiet place.


am writing, need

400

I ______ (write) to my parents right now. I ______ (write) to them every weekend.


am writing, write

500

She ______ (try) very hard in every game that she ______(play). She ______ (play) a game today actually. 


 tries, plays, is playing

500

- What are you doing? I ___   _______ (bake) a cake. - Wow! I ______ (want) to it a little bit.

am baking, want

500

She usually _____ (work) as a waitress in a restaurant, but right now she  ________(study) to become a nurse. She is _______ (work) very hard.


works, is studying, working

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