Present simple and present continuous 1
You can’t see Jimmy. He ____________________ a bath. (HAVE)
You can’t see Jimmy. He is having a bath.
I ______________ this weekend near the coast. I _____________ there every weekend. (SPEND,
GO)
I’m spending this weekend near the coast. I go there every weekend.
In Britain women normally ________ hats. (NOT WEAR)
In Britain women normally don’t wear hats.
CORRECT OR INCORRECT?
He pays always his bills on time.
INCORRECT!
He always pays his bills on time.
He ____________________ to the theatre. (NEVER GO)
He never goes to the theatre.
We ____________ breakfast together every Sunday morning. (HAVE)
We have breakfast together every Sunday morning.
The sun _______ in the east and _______ in the west (RISE, SET)
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
CORRECT OR INCORRECT?
Does he often come to London?
CORRECT!
Anne ____________________ all her clothes herself. At the moment she ____________________ a dress for a fancy dress party. (MAKE, MAKE)
Anne makes all her clothes herself. At the moment she is making a dress for a fancy dress party.
A: What’s that smell?
B: It’s in the kitchen. Something ______________ (BURN).
A: What’s that smell?
B: It’s in the kitchen. Something is burning.
She _________ thirty cigarettes a day but at the moment she ____________ to stop.
(SMOKE, TRY)
She smokes thirty cigarettes a day but at the moment she is trying to stop.
They go every Saturday to a restaurant.
INCORRECT!
They go to a restaurant every Saturday.
He usually ________________ coffee for breakfast, but today he ____________________ tea (HAVE, HAVE).
He usually has coffee for breakfast, but today he’s having tea.
I ______________ overtime this month because I________________ up some money to buy a new car. (WORK, SAVE)
I am working overtime this month because I’m saving up some money to buy a
new car.
The moon ______ around the earth (GO).
The moon goes around the earth.
CORRECT OR INCORRECT?
He normally eats dinner at home.
CORRECT!
Who ___________ that terrible noise outside? – It’s Dad. He ______________ the lawn. (MAKE,
MOW)
Who is making that terrible noise outside? – It’s Dad. He’s mowing the lawn.
A: Who _____ you _______ to on the phone? (SPEAK)
B: It’s my friend Carry.
A: Who are you speaking to on the phone?
B: It’s my friend Carry.
You ________________ shopping every Saturday. (GO) Why __________________ that? (YOU
DO)
You go shopping every Saturday. Why do you do that?
CORRECT OR INCORRECT?
He hardly never goes to the cinema.
He hardly EVER goes to the cinema.