Simple Present Tense
Present continuous tense
Simple/ Continuous choice
Simple/ Continuous Correct or Incorrect
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.

Correct
100
We _______ (read) the newspaper every morning.
read
200
Vegetables 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 at the moment.

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

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

Look! The boys are fighting!

Correct
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, my mother COMES/ IS COMING to town.
comes
400

He is loving his mother very much.

Incorrect (He loves his mother very much.)

400
Don't forget to take your umbrella. It _________ (rain).
is raining
500
John and I IS/ AM/ ARE/ BE excited because the football game is on TV.
are
500
Andy TAKING/ IS TAKE/ IS TAKEING/ IS TAKING a bath.
is taking
500
What DO YOU DO/ ARE YOU DOING now?
are you doing
500

Watch out! A car comes!

Incorrect (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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