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Present Simple or Present Continuous - Choose the Form

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Choose the correct forms of present simple or present continuous for the gaps below

  1. Jane usually
    salad for lunch
    1. are eating
    2. eat
    3. eats
    4. is eating
  2. I always
    my teeth after breakfast
    1. brush
    2. brushes
    3. is brushing
    4. am brushing
  3. Jim
    to the supermarket every morning
    1. are going
    2. go
    3. is going
    4. goes
  4. We
    turkey at the moment
    1. eat
    2. are eating
    3. eats
    4. is eating
  5. She
    , look!
    1. am coming
    2. come
    3. is coming
    4. comes
  6. I
    a cake today
    1. makes
    2. is making
    3. make
    4. am making
  7. The children
    candies now
    1. are eating
    2. eat
    3. eats
    4. is eating
  8. Listen! They
    a nice song
    1. sings
    2. are singing
    3. is singing
    4. sing
  9. The dog
    right now
    1. sleep
    2. are sleeping
    3. is sleeping
    4. sleeps
  10. The cat
    now
    1. are running
    2. is running
    3. runs
    4. run
  11. He
    coffee at the moment
    1. drinks
    2. is drinking
    3. are drinking
    4. drink
  12. He
    jeans today
    1. is wearing
    2. are wearing
    3. wear
    4. wears
  13. You
    dinner now
    1. are cooking
    2. cooks
    3. is cooking
    4. cook
  14. It
    today
    1. snow
    2. am snowing
    3. is snowing
    4. snows
  15. They
    in the park right now
    1. plays
    2. play
    3. are playing
    4. is playing
  16. He
    to music at the moment
    1. are listening
    2. listens
    3. is listening
    4. listen
  17. Gary
    the lawn today
    1. is mowing
    2. mows
    3. are mowing
    4. mow
  18. Juan and Maria
    a sandwich now
    1. eats
    2. is eating
    3. are eating
    4. eat
  19. I
    the guitar at the moment
    1. am playing
    2. plays
    3. is playing
    4. play
  20. He
    to work by bus today
    1. are going
    2. goes
    3. is going
    4. go
  21. She
    on the phone now
    1. is talking
    2. talk
    3. are talking
    4. talks
  22. Be quiet! The baby
    1. sleeps
    2. is sleeping
    3. are sleeping
    4. sleep
  23. She
    a turkey for dinner today
    1. cook
    2. cooks
    3. is cooking
    4. are cooking
  24. He
    the table at the moment
    1. set
    2. sets
    3. are setting
    4. is setting
  25. Sam
    coffee now
    1. makes
    2. is making
    3. make
    4. are making
  26. The children
    their Mum today
    1. helps
    2. are helping
    3. help
    4. am helping
  27. Kate often
    dinner
    1. cook
    2. cooks
    3. is cooking
    4. are cooking
  28. They
    us every day
    1. is visiting
    2. are visiting
    3. visit
    4. visits
  29. We seldom
    sweets
    1. eat
    2. is eating
    3. are eating
    4. eats
  30. She never
    in the sea!
    1. swim
    2. is swimming
    3. are swimming
    4. swims
  31. I sometimes
    cakes
    1. make
    2. is making
    3. am making
    4. makes
  32. The children always
    in the park
    1. are playing
    2. plays
    3. is playing
    4. play
  33. They usually
    nice songs
    1. sings
    2. is singing
    3. are singing
    4. sing
  34. The dog
    in the park every day
    1. is running
    2. runs
    3. are running
    4. run
  35. The cat often
    fish
    1. is eating
    2. are eating
    3. eats
    4. eat
  36. He always
    books
    1. read
    2. are reading
    3. reads
    4. is reading
  37. She
    basketball every Sunday
    1. are playing
    2. plays
    3. play
    4. is playing
  38. She often
    TV in the evening
    1. is watching
    2. are watching
    3. watch
    4. watches
  39. We always
    dinner at 6
    1. are having
    2. has
    3. have
    4. is having
  40. She
    at six o'clock every morning
    1. are getting up
    2. get up
    3. gets up
    4. is getting up
  41. They sometimes
    to school by car
    1. goes
    2. go
    3. are going
    4. is going
  42. It often
    in autumn
    1. rain
    2. are raining
    3. rains
    4. is raining
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