PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS EXERCISES
Here you have some exercises to practice grammar from Unit 1:
enjoy - prefer - play - produce -
work - seem - know - interview - wait - talk - finish
1. I always ________ tennis on Fridays.
2. He ________ his report. He will bring it into the
office when it is complete.
3. "My parents phoned me this morning. They
_________ themselves in the Seychelles. Champagne every night! In fact, they
don't want to leave."
4. We ________ to entertain our guests in a local
restaurant rather than the canteen. Although it is expensive, we can talk
freely there.
5. I ___________ the answer to your problem. Get a new
computer.
6. "Where is John?" "In his office
____________ for an important telephone call."
7. I can't make the meeting tomorrow. I _____________ the
applicants for the sales manager's job.
8. My brother _____________ for Shink Inc. which makes
bathroom fittings.
9. Who ___________ to Bill? Is it the new secretary?
10. The new contract ________________ fine to me. However,
could you just check it through once more?
B. Put the verb in brackets in
the correct form (present simple or present continuous).
Next week, my friends and I
_________ (go) camping in the woods. I ____________ (organize) the food,
because I _____________ (like) cooking. Dave ________________ (have) a big car
with a trailer, so he _____________ (plan) the transportation. Sam
______________ (bring) the tent — he ___________ (go) camping every year, so he
_________ (have) a great tent and lots of other equipment. My wife _______
(think) we're crazy. She (like) _______________ holidays in comfortable hotels,
so she ______________ (take) a trip to Paris instead.
C. Present Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct alternative(s) in
the sentences 1-8 below.
1. Today she ’s spending/spends time with her
grandmother.
2. They usually are going/go to the gym on Sundays.
3. We ’re having/have a barbecue later on. Do you want to
come?
4. No, she can’t answer the phone, she has/is having a
shower.
5. I always have/am having a coffee before I ’m leaving/leave
for work in the morning.
6. They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually
they are going/go by boat.
7. Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the
sunshine!
8. He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary
to his English class.
