Prof.
Simpf Mădălina Terezia
5th grade
Present Simple and Present Continuous Tense
Worksheet
1. Write Present Simple (PS) or Continuous (PC) next to each verb.
sleep______ is playing ______ dances______
start ______ comes________ aren’t eating _____
is cutting ______ doesn’t go _____ eats_____ don’t swim______
2. Present Simple or Continuous? Choose the right answer:
a) It ________ quite hard! Let's stay inside tonight!
A. snows B. is snowing C. snow
b) I ________ to school by bike twice a week.
A. go B. am going D. goes
c) They ________ to London next week. Do you want to go?
A. travel B. am travelling C. are travelling
d) Look! Your baby________.
A. crawls B. is crawling C. crawl
e) We often ________ cereal for breakfast.
A. has B. have C. am having
f) I ________ a lot every evening!
A. learn B. am learning C. learns
g) They are rich. They ____________ a big house.
A. has B. are having C. have
h) Monica and Tom aren’t at home now. They ________ in the library.
A. studies B. is studying C. are studying
i) Our father______________ as a mechanic
A. is working B. works C. work
j) They usually_____________ their family in the summer.
A. visits B. are visiting C. visit
3. Form sentences in the Present Simple or Present Continuous tense.
a) The baby/ cry / at the moment.
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b) He/ usually / play / basketball/ in the afternoon.
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c) My parents/ travel/ by car / every day.
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d) Listen. The dog/ bark /.
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e) They/ not drink / alcohol.
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f) I/ not listen/ to the radio/ now.
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g) You/ like / sweets?
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h) We/ often/ go/ to school/ by bus.
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i) You/ watch TV/ or /can/ I / turn/ it/ off?
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j) Jim/ never / go / to the seaside.
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4. Fill in with the correct form of the verb (Present Simple or Present Continuous)
a) Our teacher always ____________ (give) us lots of homework.
b) People ___________ (speak) English in the USA.
c) Mark ______________ (not/use) his computer at the moment.
d) Sam ____________ (get up) at 7.00 o’clock every morning.
e) Jenny often _____________ (do) her homework in the evening, but she __________ (play)
football at the moment.
f) Look! They ____________ (come).
g) At weekends my father ___________ (wake up) late because he ___________ (not/work) on
Satudays and Sundays.
h) Listen! Sarah ___________ (sing) in the bathroom.