Present continuous contrasted with Present simple

1) Choose the correct answer.
Example Hey look! Joanna plays football now. a) plays b) is playing
1 She can't come now, she ................................. a shower. a) has b) is having
2 Sally is a secretary. She ................................. in an office. a) works b) is working
3 He ................................. by bus every morning. a) travels b) is travelling
4 They ................................. TV at the moment. a) watch b) are watching
5 Look at Matthew. He ................................. really fast. a) cycles b) is cycling
6 My aunt usually ................................. in the morning. a) runs b) is running
7 The children ................................. . Can you hear them? a) sing b) are singing
8 What time ................................. in the morning? a) do you get up b) are you getting up
9 Ali ................................. classical music. a) loves b) is loving
10 What ................................. there? Come here! a) do you do b) are you doing
11 My parents are in the kitchen. They ................................. dinner. a) have b) are having
12 Be quiet! The baby ................................. . a) sleeps b) is sleeping
13 Tom never ................................. to hard rock. a) listens b) is listening
14 Pat is a musician. She ................................. the guitar. a) plays b) is playing

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Nastepujące czasowniki zwykle nie wystepują w czasie Present continuous:
like, love, hate, want, know, understand, forget, agree, prefer
2) Complete the texts. Use Present simple or Present continuous.
A
(I / usually / watch) I usually watch television in the evening. At the moment, (I / watch) ....................................... (1) a music programme. (I / like) ....................................... (2) music programmes. (My sister /read) ............................................................ (3) in her room. (She / not / like)
....................................... (4) watching television much. (She / prefer) ....................................... (5) reading. (She / love) ....................................... (6) reading history books. (She / sometimes / go) ......................... (7)
to the library on Saturday and (stay) ....................................... (8) there for hours. (She / want) ....................................... (9) to study history at university. Which (you / prefer) ....................................... (10) - reading books or watching TV?
B
(It / be) It is 9.15 now and (I / stand) ....................................... (1) outside the classroom. I can't go into the class because (I / be) ................................... (2) late. (Miss Tomkins / get) .............……................ (3) angry with me when I'm late and when (I / forget) ............................................ (4) my book! I can see my friends through the window. (They / listen to)....................................... (5) Miss Tomkins. (What / happen)....................................... (6) now? (She / write)....................................... (7) something on the board. (She / give)....................................... (8) them a surprise test! There are tests every week and
(my friends / often / complain) ............................................................................ (9) about them. They say they're a waste of time. Miss Tomkins / not / agree) .......................................................... (10)!
3) Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous.
Justin Thomas is 16 years old and he goes (go) to Maidstone High School. He normally ..................(leave) home at 8.30. He ..............(live) quite close to the school. So he always .................. (walk) to school with some of his friends. But this week he .................. (get) the bus. He ........................ (not go) to school at all. This week he .................. (go) to work. Every year pupils aged 15-18 at British schools .................. (do) work experience. They.................. (work) in offices, shops, and hotels for a week. This week Justin .................. (work) in a clothes shop. It's 11 o'clock now and he normally .................. (have) an English lesson. But this week he .................. (serve) a customer in the clothes shop. He .................. (enjoy) the experience. Justin: “It's hard work, but I .................. (learn) a lot this week. I usually.................. (enjoy) going to school. But this week I.................. (get) the chance to see life in the real world.”

4) Write questions and answers which are true for you.
1. What / you / do / at the moment?
?


2. What /films / you / often / watch?
?

3. What /time / you / usually / get up?
?


4. What /time / you / get up / these days?

5. What / you / always / do / on Saturdays?

6. What / book / read / at school this week?

5) Write questions in Present continuous, use what, where, why.
Example your mother / do / ? What's your mother doing? She's cooking.
1 Judy / wear / ? ..............................................................................................
A new red dress.
2 the children / play / ? ......................................................................................
In the garden.
3 the baby /cry / ? .........................................
Because she's hungry.
4 Jim / work / at the moment / ? ........................................................................
At a bank in the city centre.
5 Jack and Jill / stay at home / ?..............................
Because it's raining.
6 they / shop / ? .......................................
At the new supermarket.
7 the students / do / ?...........................................................................................
A scientific experiment.
8 you/ eat / your sandwiches so early / ? ..........................
Because I'm hungry!
9 Tom /stay/ ? ....................................
At a hotel.
10 you / go / ? .....................................................................................................
To the corner shop.
12 she / take / to the party / ? ................................................................................
Her CD-player.

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