Name: _________________________________________________________________ Grade _____ Date: ___/ ___ /______

A. Look at the pictures. Read the sentences below and write them under the correct picture.

Tony and Cathy are singing.

Ted is fishing. Mario and Silvia are cooking. Anna is crying
Michael is playing with his plane. Tina is laughing. Samuel is running. Matt is playing football
B. Complete the following sentences with the Present Continuous (affirmative).
1. Richard _______________ (have) a shower now. He cant come to the phone.
2. Anna _________________ (watch) a film.
3. Look, Michael _________________ (play) football over there. Lets talk to him.
4. The baby _________________ (sleep) now. Dont make so much noise.
5. Look at all those people over there. I dont know what _________________ (happen).
6. They _________________ (run) around the park.
7. At the moment I ______________ (read) a book about vampires. Its fantastic!
8. Oh no! It _________________ (rain)!
9. Where are Paul and Kate? They are over there. They _________________ (wait) for the bus.
10. I cant go now. I ____________ (do) my homework.
C. Choose the best option: the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
1. I often _____________ tennis.
a) play
b) plays
c) am playing
2. Mary _____________ a computer game now.
a) play
b) plays
c) is playing
3. My brother never _____________ our mother with the dishes.
a) help
b) helps
c) is helping
4. Now I _____________ my homework.
a) do
b) am doing
c) is doing
5. I _____________ up early every day.
a) wake
b) wakes
c) am waking
C. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

1. Tom usually ___________ (play) football, but today he _____________ (play) basketball.
2. I usually _____________ (watch) TV, but today I ______________ (play) computer games.
3. They _____________ (swim) in the lake now, but usually they ________ (swim) in the swimming pool.
4. Sophie usually _______________ (walk) to school.
5. My mother usually ____________ (drink) coffee, but today she ______________ (drink) tea.
6. Ted ____________ (wash) the car now, but his father usually ________________ (wash) it.
7.I ________________ (listen) to music every day.
8.Look, Silvia _________________ (cry). Lets see whats wrong.
9.That Maths exercise that you ______________ (do) looks very difficult.
10.He usually _______________ (go) jogging on Sundays.
11. I _________________ (read) this fantastic book now.
12. Peter always _______________ (do) his homework before dinner.
13.They _______________ (clean) their bedroom every weekend.
14.My father _______________ (cook) really well.

E. Match in order to make complete sentences.

1. Michael is drinking water

a. because he has a test tomorrow.

2. Philip is studying

b. on the phone.

3. Annie is writing on her computer

c. because hes thirsty.

4. Paul is sleeping

d. because hes tired.

5. Rachel is talking to her mother

e. and sending emails to her friends.

6. While Im doing my homework

f.

my mother is cooking dinner.

F. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

1. Is Susie playing the guitar?

e.g. Are John and Julie writing?
No, they arent.
Theyre speaking.

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3. Is she eating an ice cream?

2. Are they playing tennis?

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4. Are you dancing?

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G. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Brad _____________ (visit) his grandmother last weekend.

Yesterday Mary _____________ (see) a great film at the cinema.
Paul _______________ (eat) Chinese food for the first time last night.
Jill _______________ (write) me an email today.
I _______________ (wash) my dads car last week.

H. Complete the text with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
Yesterday it (1)____________ (be) Lisas birthday. She (2)____________ (go) to a restaurant
with her parents and sister to celebrate. They all (3)___________ (drink) lemonade, and then
they (4)____________ (order) dinner. Lisa (5)____________ (want) vegetable soup, but her
sister (6)____________ (prefer) chicken soup. They all (7)____________ (have) grilled fish and
mashed potatoes.
For dessert, they (8)____________ (eat) Lisas birthday cake. It (9)____________ (be) made of chocolate. After dinner,
Lisas family (10)____________ (give) her presents. Lisa and her family (11)____________ (enjoy) their dinner very
much.