Wednesday, March 21, 2012

These are exercises for you to practice...

Exercise on Simple Present - Present Progressive
Principio del formulario
Exercise 1
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).
  1. Look! He (leave) the house.
  2. Quiet please! I (write) a test.
  3. She usually (walk) to school.
  4. But look! Today she (go) by bike.
  5. Every Sunday we (go) to see my grandparents.
  6. He often (go) to the cinema.
  7. We (play) Monopoly at the moment.
  8. The child seldom (cry) .
  9. I (not / do) anything at the moment.
  10. (watch / he) the news regularly?

Exercise 7
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.
  1. I (be) very busy today.
  2. At noon I (visit) my friend Tanya.
  3. We (want) to have lunch together.
  4. In the afternoon I (play) squash with Emily.
  5. In the evening, I (meet) Rob.
  6. We (go) to the cinema.
  7. The film (start) at 8 pm.
Principio del formulario
Form
Write the verbs in Present Progressive.
  1. speak - I
  2. jump - you
  3. bake - she
  4. play - they
  5. run - we
Write the verbs in Simple Present, 3rd person singular.
  1. be - it
  2. have - he
  3. eat - she
  4. can - he
  5. wash - she
Use
When to use which tense? Write Simple Present or Present Continuous.
  1. For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use _________________
  2. For actions happening now, we use ________________________.
  3. The verbs 'be', 'have', 'like' and 'want' are normally only used in _______________.
  4. The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use _____________________.
  5. The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use ________________________.

Positive sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
  1. Look! They (leave) the house.
  2. Brian (cycle) 30 km every day.
  3. Samantha (do) her homework at the moment.
  4. My parents (shop) right now.
  5. He usually (get up) early in the morning.
Negative sentences
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
  1. You (see / not) her every day.
  2. The baby (sleep / not) at the moment.
  3. I (read / not) a book now.
  4. We (go / not) to school on Sundays.
  5. He (watch / not) the news every day.
questions
Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
  1. (you / go) on holiday by plane sometimes?
  2. (they / play) computer games every day?
  3. (she / eat) dinner at the moment?
  4. What (they / do) right now?
  5. (she / visit) her grandma very often?
Final del formulario
Final del formulario

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