PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS TEST

Choose the correct form.

1. I ...... a letter now.
a) write b) am writing c) am writting

2. Susan ...... the garden at the moment.

a) is diging b) digs c) is digging

3. Jane ...... to bed at 10 o'clock on weekdays.

a) goes b) is going c) go

4. I am in London this summer. I ..... English.

a) learn b) am learning c) learning

5. We ...... our friends very often.

a) are seeing b) seeing c) see

Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets.

Example:
Mary ........................... in Germany. (work)
Mary works in Germany.

6. Look. He .......................................... to us. (listen)

7. We .............................. at a hotel this week. (stay)

8. I ............................. to bed early on Sundays. (go)

9. My mum is at the shop. She ..................................

a new dress. (buy)

10. Jill ...................................... a lot of money. (have)

Jumbled sentences - make sentences with words in brackets.

Example:
(live/here/I)
I live here.

11. (make/a phone call/Peter/now)

.....................................................................................................

12. (my car/I/on Saturdays/wash)

.....................................................................................................

13. (daily/practise/Joe and Bill)

.....................................................................................................

14. (I/at Oxford/study/this summer)

.....................................................................................................

15. (long hours/work/my brother)

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Make questions.
Example:
Where do you work?
I work in Leeds.

16. What time ...................................................... every day?

I start work at 7 every day.

17. ..................................................................... at weekends?

No, I don't work at weekends.

18. What ....................................................... at the moment?

Well, I am not doing anything at the moment.

19. ................. your wife ..................................................... ?

No, she does not go to work.

20. And what ................................................................ now?

She is doing some shopping, I think.

Make questions.
Example:
(where/work/you)
Where do you work?

21. (make/lunch/Joyce/at the moment)

......................................................................................................... ?

22. (travel/London/every week/they)

......................................................................................................... ?

23. (you/what/do/right now)

......................................................................................................... ?

24. (where/your brother/work)

......................................................................................................... ?

25. (want/you/some cake)

......................................................................................................... ?

Make these sentences negative.

Example:
I like chocolate.
I don't like chocolate.

26. Susan looks very good.

.................................................................................. very good.

27. Why do you read such magazines?

Why ................................................................ such magazines?

28. I'm doing housework at the moment.

......................................................... housework at the moment.

29. We go swimming on Tuesdays.

.............................................................................. on Tuesdays.

30. My Spanish penfriend sends me postcards.

............................................................................. me postcards.

Make negative answers.

Example:
Do you work at night?
I don't work at night.

31. Is your best friend sitting next to you?

.............................................................................................. next to me.

32. Does your father get up at 9 every day?

........................................................................................ at 9 every day.

33. Are you drinking milk right now?

....................................................................................... milk right now.

34. Are your parents still sleeping?

................................................................................................ anymore.

35. Does your neighbour love you?

......................................................................................................... me.

Choose the correct form in each pair.

36. a) Oh, no! Look! What is he doing?

b) Oh, no! Look! What does he do?

37. a) She wears a new jumper this week.

b) She is wearing a new jumper this week.

38. a) Does your father and mother speak Japanese?

b) Do your father and mother speak Japanese?

39. a) Don't give him this book. I am reading it.

b) Don't give him this book. I read it.

40. a) Who does want this ticket?

b) Who wants this ticket?

Complete these sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple
passive.
Most common internet activities

41. E-mails ............................... and received by most internet users. (send)

42. Information about goods and services ................................. . (find)

43. Goods and services ...................................... in e-shops. (buy)

44. Online newspapers and magazines .................................... , mostly by adult users. (read)

45. The internet ................................. for social networking, especially by young people. (use)

Use the passive voice to rewrite these sentences.

46. We use this room for our guests.

This room ....................................................................................................................................

47. They don't feed the lions at the zoo every day.
The lions at the zoo .....................................................................................................................

48. You can open the bottle with this opener.

......................................................................................................................................................

49. Too many emails stress people.

......................................................................................................................................................

50. My parents don't give me any pocket money.

......................................................................................................................................................

Use these words to make sentences in the passive voice.

Major environmental problems

51. produce | too much waste | in developed countries

......................................................................................................................................................

52. cars | big cities | block

......................................................................................................................................................

53. cover | plastic bags and bottles | beaches

......................................................................................................................................................

54. on roads | find | millions of dead animals | every year

......................................................................................................................................................

55. pollute | air | factories and vehicle exhausts

......................................................................................................................................................

Complete these sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present
continuous passive.

56. Look at that! A new supermarket ............................................. in this street. (build)

57. You car will be ready soon. It ............ just ......................................... . (wash)

58. You can't see the horses, they ............................................... now. (feed)
59. What's the problem? The film .................................................... today. (not- show)

60. Wait a minute please. The dinner ...................................................... for you. (prepare)

Use the present continuous passive to rewrite these sentences.

61. I am afraid that somebody else is using my laptop.

I am afraid that my ............................................................................................

62. They aren't feeding the lions at the moment.

The .............................................................................................. at the moment.

63. Someone is speaking Spanish in this classroom.

Spanish .......................................................................................... in this classroom.

64. The red light is on because doctors are operating a patient.

The red light is on because a ..........................................................................

65. They are putting books on shelves.

Books .................................................................................................... on shelves.

Use these words to make sentences in the present continuous passive.

66. make | at the moment | your coffee

......................................................................................................................................................

67. by cars | nowadays | big cities | block

......................................................................................................................................................

68. grow | in the garden | flowers | now

......................................................................................................................................................

69. right now | in prison | keep | the man

......................................................................................................................................................

70. much pollute | by smoke | air | at this time of the year

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