A2
Present simple and present continuous – English Grammar Exercises for A2
6 bài tập
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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