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Present simple and present continuous – English Grammar Exercises for A2

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1. Underline the correct verb forms to complete the sentences.

  • 1)
    She is loving / loves / love reading fashion magazines at the hairdresser’s.
  • 2)
    We usually are going / goes / go to the café opposite the hotel.
  • 3)
    I ’m reading / read / reading a great book in English at the moment.
  • 4)
    He ’s wanting / does want / wants to phone his family in Tokyo. Can he use this phone?
  • 5)
    Why are you waiting / do you wait / you waiting for the bus? Let’s walk home.
  • 6)
    I hardly ever am visiting / visit / visits my cousins in Ireland.
  • 7)
    She studies / studying / ’s studying French politics at university this term.
  • 8)
    Yes, they’re here. They play / ’re playing / playing a computer game in the living room.

2. Complete the conversation with the present simple or present continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.

  • ALICE What (1) ) ’s Sarah doing (Sarah, do) in that shop?
  • NAOMI She (2) ) (buy) some postcards to send to her family.
  • ALICE Really? I (3) ) generally (4) ) (not send) postcards. I usually (5) ) (write) a message on my Facebook wall. And sometimes I (6) ) (put) a few photos of my holiday on my wall.
  • NAOMI Yes, me too, but Sarah’s grandparents (7) ) (not have) a computer, so she (8) ) (send) them postcards instead.
  • ALICE Oh, and what (9) ) (Tom and Jack, do) this morning?
  • NAOMI They (10) ) (spend) the day at the beach.
  • ALICE But Tom (11) ) (not like) swimming in the sea. He says the water’s too cold.
  • NAOMI Yes, but it (12) ) (be) really hot today!

3. Choose the best ending for each sentence from each pair.

  • 1)
    a I work in a bank
  • b)
    I’m working in a café
  • 1)
    but I don’t enjoy it.
  • 2)
    but it’s only a summer job.
  • 2)
    a She drives to work every day
  • b)
    She’s driving right now
  • 1)
    so she can’t answer the phone.
  • 2)
    so she spends a lot on petrol.
  • 3)
    a I write to my parents
  • b)
    I’m writing to my parents
  • 1)
    because their phone’s broken.
  • 2)
    once a month.
  • 4)
    a We’re not eating there
  • b)
    We don’t eat there
  • 1)
    today because it’s full.
  • 2)
    because the food is awful.

4. Choose the correct answer.

  • 1)
    I eat / I’m eating my lunch at the moment. Can you wait?
  • 2)
    Look at that man! He doesn’t wear / isn’t wearing any shoes.
  • 3)
    She normally goes / She’s normally going to the cinema on Tuesday nights.
  • 4)
    I study / I’m studying hard, because I’ve got an exam next week.
  • 5)
    Some of my friends look / are looking at their phones every five minutes.
  • 6)
    My grandparents hardly ever visit / are hardly ever visiting us because they live in Australia.
  • 7)
    We want to finish the project tonight, so we work / we’re working late.
  • 8)
    Is your brother liking / Does your brother like computer games?

5. Complete the conversation with the present simple or present continuous forms of the verbs.

  • JACKIE Hi Mum.
  • MUM Oh, hi Jackie. Nice of you to call. You (1) ) (not call) very often!
  • JACKIE Oh come on, Mum! I (2) ) (work) really hard at university at the moment. I never (3) ) (have) time to call! And I (4) ) (send) you emails all the time.
  • MUM I (5) ) (like) to speak to you and hear your voice, that’s all. Your sister (6) ) (call) me every weekend.
  • JACKIE Well, we (7) ) (speak) now. But the world (8) ) (change), Mum! Some of my friends never (9) ) (phone) home. They just (10) ) (email) or send a text.
  • MUM I preferred how things were in the past.

6. Complete the conversation with the present simple or present continuous.

  • A What (1) ) are you doing(you / do)?
  • B (2) ) (I / check) Facebook.
  • A Really? But you checked it about 20 minutes ago. How often (3) ) (you / check) your account?
  • B Well, (4) ) (I / usually check) my account once a day. But today’s different. (5) ) (my sister / travel) around Africa at the moment, and I’m worried about her.
  • (6) ) (she / usually send) me a message on Facebook two or three times a day, but the last time she wrote was a week ago.
  • A Maybe (7) ) (she / travel) right now, and she can’t use the Internet.
  • (8) ) (she / go) on safari?
  • B No, I don’t think so. (9) ) (she / not like) the countryside. (10) ) (she / prefer) cities. Ohlook! Here’s a message from her. You were right! (11) ) (she / drive) through the Masai Mara National Park at the moment.
  • A Where’s that?
  • B (12) ) (it / be) in Kenya. (13) ) (there / be) lots of wild animals there.
  • A Coolthat’s amazing. So why (14) ) (she / spend) her time on Facebook?

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