Simple Present Tense
Present continuous tense
Simple/ Continuous choice
Simple/ Continuous RIGHT or WRONG
Fill in the blanks (verb)
100
Jenny VISIT/ VISITS the church every Sunday.
visits
100
Joe, Rose and I AM SHOUTING/ IS SHOUTING/ ARE SHOUTING now.
are shouting
100
Students often USE / ARE USING pencils.
use
100

Every day his grandfather goes for a walk.

RIGHT

100
We _______ (read) the newspaper every morning.
read
200
Fruits IS/ ARE good for our health.
are
200
Louis IS PLAING/ IS PLAYING/ ARE PLAYING football at the moment.
is playing
200
Judy TAKES / IS TAKING a test at school now.
is taking
200

Thomas reading the newspaper in the living room right at the moment.

WRONG (Thomas is reading the newspaper in the living room right at the moment.)

200
My uncle _______ (live) in France.
lives
300
Usually, I WORK/ WORKS / AM WORK at the office.
work
300
Right now, Ken IS COOKS/ IS COOKING/ ARE COOKING and Vincent IS CLEAN/ IS CLEANING/ ARE CLEANING the kitchen.
is cooking, is cleaning
300

Sandy and Tom RUN / ARE RUNNING in the afternoon all the week.

run

300

Look! The boys are fighting!

RIGHT

300
Listen! Sandy _________ (sing) in the bathroom.
is singing
400
This chocolate TASTE/ TASTS/ TASTES / IS TASTES good!
tastes
400
I CHATTING/ AM CHATING/ AM CHATTING with my friend at the moment.
am chatting
400
Every year, Santa Claus COMES/ IS COMING to town.
comes
400

He is loving his mother very much.

WRONG (He loves his mother very much.)

400

Don't forget to take your umbrella. It _________ (rain) right now in the city.

is raining

500
John IS/ AM/ ARE/ BE excited because his favourite TV show is on.
is
500
Andy TAKING/ TAKEING/ IS TAKE/ IS TAKEING/ IS TAKING a bath.
is taking
500
What YOU DO/ ARE YOU DOING now?
are you doing
500

Watch out! A car comes!

WRONG (Watch out! A car is coming!)

500

Rickie _______ (be) my friend. We _______ (like) to talk together. Right now we _______ (talk) about school.

is, like, are talking

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