Present Simple & Present
Continuous
Continuous
I am going / go running every Saturday morning.
go
She won / was winning the gold medal at the last olympics.
won
The exam was much easier / easiest than I thought it would be.
easier
Someone who’s trying to do better than you.
competitor
I quite like the food in the school _ _n_ _ _ _ – it’s healthy and varied.
canteen
A: What are your plans for this evening?
B: I meet / am meeting my sister.
am meeting
A: Where did you both first meet?
B: We met / Did we meet at university.
We met
The restaurant was not busier as / not as busy as it was the last time we went there.
not as busy as
A strong feeling that you want to be successful.
ambition
Lucy says that my _r_ _ _ _ _ _ don’t go with this skirt – but these are the only pair of shoes I have.
trainers
Do you play / Are you playing football every Sunday morning?
Do you play
During the presentation, some students at the back __________ (listen) to music on their phones.
were listening
This is the best / better pizza I have ever tasted!
best
In some schools, it is compulsory.
uniform
You must always have a positive
_ _ _ _ _u_ _, even when something goes wrong.
attitude
The school bus leaves / is leaving from this stop at 8.00 am every day.
leaves
Our guests arrived while we watched / were watching the basketball on TV.
were watching
The train station was as far as / further from the town centre than I thought.
further
A place at school where they hold technology classes.
IT room
It doesn’t look like leather – what _ _ _ _ _ _ _l is your jacket made of?
material
The film gets / is getting very exciting now.
is getting
Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use between two and five words, including the word given.
I had lunch with some friends yesterday at around 1pm. Katie wasn’t with us.
Katie __________ (having) with us at 1pm yesterday. I don’t know where she was.
wasn't having lunch
Complete the second sentence with the correct form of the word in brackets.
Diana is ten. Jake is eight.
Diana __________ (old) Jake.
is older than
You wear them without socks when it’s very hot.
sandals
Sandra says she gets too much homework so she hasn’t got the time for after-school _l_ _ _ .
clubs