PRESENT SIMPLE vs PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE:
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Examples:
1. Look at the pictures read the clues and write sentences with often and now.
( play football / skate) ( go out / study) ( listen music/ watch TV) ( run/ swim)
He often plays football, ________________ ____________________ ___________
but now he is skating ________________ ____________________ ___________
(Write /read) (bath / shower) (teach/ paint)
_________________ _____________________ ___________________
2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (present simple or present continuous).
Ginny is a swimmer. She ___________ (go) swimming four or five days a week. She usually __________ (get up) early and ___________ (practice) before school.
At weekend she often __________ (swim) in competitions. Her dad ____________ (take) her in the car, and she _________ (not get) home until late.
Today it’s Saturday, But Ginny _____________ (not swim). She’s at a party. Her friends ____________ (laugh). They ___________ (eat) sandwiches at the table. But Ginny _________ (not sit) with her friends. She ___________ (dance) with a new boy. It’s a good party.
3. Choose one of these verbs from the box to complete each sentence. Use the present simple or the present continuous.
Wear sleep make study develop watch think write boom not get on
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