PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS : use the correct verb form

A

100

I . . . (write) a test now. 

AM WRITING 

200

You . . . (be) good at English.

ARE

300

James and Rose never . . . (buy) milk at the supermarket. 

BUY

400

What . . . you . . . this Saturday? (do)

 

ARE YOU DOING

500

Jack and Tony . . . (sit) at the café now. They . . . (talk) and . . . (drink) coffee. 

'What . . . (you, read) this week?', asks Tony.

'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince', says Jack. 

'Wow, me too!', says Tony, 'I really . . . (love) it. What . . . (you, read) next?'

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I really want to know how it ... (end).'

ARE SITTING

ARE TALKING; DRINKING

ARE YOU READING

LOVE; ARE YOU READING 

ENDS

B

100

We . . . (listen) to music at the moment.

ARE LISTENING 

200

He . . . (have) much money. 

HAS

300

Ted . . . (leave) for Toronto tomorrow morning. 

IS LEAVING

400

When . . . the concert . . .? (start)

WHEN DOES THE CONCERT START?

500

Nick . . . (like) basketball. He . . . (play) basketball for two hours every day because he . . . (want) to become a professional basketball player. Look! He . . . (be) on the basketball court now. He . . . (play) very well. Next week, Nick . . . (play) for his school team. The game . . . (be) on Friday evening. His friends can't come to see him play because they . . . (go) on a school trip to a different city. 

LIKES

PLAYS

WANTS

IS

IS PLAYING

IS PLAYING

IS

ARE GOING 

C

100

They . . . (play) basketball for two hours every day.

PLAY

200

Mr Black usually . . . (teach) English here. 

TEACHES

300

Dan . . . (visit) his grandparents these weekends. 

IS VISITING 

400

When . . . the school year . . . in England? (begin)

WHEN DOES THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGIN IN ENGLAND?

500

Lily is sad. Her train . . .  (leave) at 10 o'clock. It's 9.55 now. She . . . (ride) in a taxi to the train station. She . . . (be) always late. But she can't be late this time. Her friends . . . (go) to London. She wants to go with them. They . . . (go) to London every winter holidays. It . . . (be) their tradition. She . . . (like) this tradition. 

LEAVES

IS RIDING

IS

ARE GOING

GO

IS

LIKES

D

100

We . . . (have) English lessons twice a week.

HAVE

200

They . . . (learn) French this year.

ARE LEARNING 

300

The bus . . . (leave) at 8.15 tomorrow morning. 

LEAVES

400

Where . . . they . . . this summer? (go)

WHERE ARE THEY GOING THIS SUMMER?

500

Mandy . . . (have) a puppy. It's name . . . (be) Rick. Mandy . . . (love) Rick. He is family now. He . . . (sleep) at the moment. Mandy always . . . (play) with her puppy. She . . . (feed) Rick three times a day. She . . . (take) him for a walk four or five times a day. Rick . . . (like) watching movies with Mandy. They . . . (be) never bored. 

HAS

IS

LOVES

IS SLEEPING

PLAYS

FEEDS

TAKES

LIKES

ARE

F

100

You . . . (speak) Japanese well.

SPEAK

200

She . . . (stay) with her sister this week. 

IS STAYING

300

Tim's car is broken. He . . . (drive) his dad's car this week. 

IS DRIVING 

400

When . . . Dan . . . tomorrow? (leave)

WHEN IS DAN LEAVING TOMORROW?

500

Dylan : What . . . (be) your favourite subjects?

Brian : I really . . . (love) Maths and English. This year, we . . . (study) Chemistry. It's hard but I . . . (like) it. How about you?

Dylan: I . . . (hate) Chemistry. But I really . . . (love) English and Maths, too. We . . . (have) English lessons every day. We . . . (learn) irregular verbs and past tenses this month. What . . . (you, learn)?

Brian : We . . . (learn) how to ask for and give directions. And this Saturday we . . . (go) to the cinema to watch a new film in English. Do you want to come with us? 

Dylan : I would love to! When . . . the movie . . . ? (start)

Brian : It . . . (start) at 7 o'clock. 

Dylan : Thank you! See you there.

Brian  : See you!

ARE

LOVE; ARE STUDYING; LIKE

HATE; LOVE; HAVE; ARE LEARNING; WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING?

ARE LEARNING; ARE GOING 

WHEN DOES THE MOVIE START?

STARTS