Grammar Focus 3.5 Present Simple or Present Continuous

Write the ing-form of the following verbs.

a) fly -       

b) book -        

c) hit -        

d) take -       

e) teach -         

f) go -      

Write the 3rd person singular of the following verbs (in Present Simple).

a) watch -        

b) worry -        

c) play -      

d) do -     

e) relax -        

f) have -    

When to use which tense?

1. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: Look!, ... now?                    [Present Simple, Present Continuous]

2. Which tense do you have to use with the following signal words: often, seldom, never?                    [Present Simple, Present Continuous]

3. For actions happening at the moment of speaking, we use                    [Present Simple, Present Continuous]

4. For actions set by a timetable or schedule, we use                    [Present Simple, Present Continuous]

5. We use                    [Present Simple, Present Continuous]to talk about preferences, with verbs like love, like, hate, prefer.

6. We use                    [Present Simple, Present Continuous]to talk about temporary situations.