Present Simple or Present Continuous

1. Identify the tense (Present Simple or Present Continuous).

Read the sentences and decide which tense is used.

• She is doing her homework now.                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

• My dad cooks dinner every evening.                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

• They are not playing football at the moment.                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

• Do you like chocolate?                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

• I don’t go to school on Saturdays.                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

• Are you listening to me?                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

• He always drinks tea in the morning.                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

• What is she watching?                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

• We are having lunch right now.                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

• Does your brother speak Spanish?                          [Present Simple Tense, Present Continuous Tense]

2. Choose the correct time marker.

Choose the best time marker to complete each sentence.

• He is playing the piano.            [now, on Mondays]

• We go to the gym.       [now, often]

•           [Look!, Sometimes] The cat is sleeping.

• I am writing an email.           [usually, right now]

• My friend calls me in the evening.               [never, at the moment]

• He does his homework.               [Look!, every evening]

• I        [always, now] eat lunch at 1 p.m.

• I’m wearing my school uniform.       [Often, Now]

• They are watching TV .                [every day, at this moment]

• She goes jogging.               [every morning, now]

3. Choose the correct verb.

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

1. She          [is doing, do, does] her homework now.

2. They           [go, goes, are going] to the park every Sunday.

3. What     [do, are, is] you       [do, doing, does] now?

4. He never           [eats, eat, is eating] breakfast.

5. I             [clean, cleans, am cleaning] my room at the moment.

6. We            [are having, have, has] lunch at school.

7.      [Do, Does, Is] she         [play, plays, playing] the piano every day?

8. He             [watch, watches, is watching] TV right now.

9. My friend          [go, goes, is going] to school on foot.

10. Look! The kids             [play, plays, are playing] in the yard.