1. Underline the correct verb forms to complete the sentences.
1 She is loving / loves / love reading fashion magazines at the hairdresser’s.
2 We usually are going / goes / go to the café opposite the hotel.
3 I ’m reading / read / reading a great book in English at the moment.
4 He ’s wanting / does want / wants to phone his family in Tokyo. Can he use this phone?
5 Why are you waiting / do you wait / you waiting for the bus? Let’s walk home.
6 I hardly ever am visiting / visit / visits my cousins in Ireland.
7 She studies / studying / ’s studying French politics at university this term.
8 Yes, they’re here. They play / ’re playing / playing a computer game in the living room.
Answer
2 go 3 ‘m reading 4 wants 5 are you waiting 6 visit
7 ‘s studying 8 ‘re playing
2. Complete the conversation with the present simple or present continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.
ALICE What (1) …’s Sarah doing…… (Sarah, do) in that shop?
NAOMI She (2) ………………… (buy) some postcards to send to her family.
ALICE Really? I (3) ………………… generally (4) ………………… (not send) postcards. I usually (5) ………………… (write) a message on my Facebook wall. And sometimes I (6) ………………… (put) a few photos of my holiday on my wall.
NAOMI Yes, me too, but Sarah’s grandparents (7) ………………… (not have) a computer, so she (8) ………………… (send) them postcards instead.
ALICE Oh, and what (9) ………………… (Tom and Jack, do) this morning?
NAOMI They (10) ………………… (spend) the day at the beach.
ALICE But Tom (11) ………………… (not like) swimming in the sea. He says the water’s too cold.
NAOMI Yes, but it (12) ………………… (be) really hot today!
Answer
2 ‘s buying 3 don’t 4 send 5 write 6 put 7 don’t have 8 sends
9 are Tom and Jack doing 10 ‘re spending 11 doesn’t like 12 ‘s
3. Choose the best ending for each sentence from each pair.
1 a I work in a bank …
b I’m working in a café …
1 but I don’t enjoy it.
2 but it’s only a summer job.
2 a She drives to work every day …
b She’s driving right now …
1 so she can’t answer the phone.
2 so she spends a lot on petrol.
3 a I write to my parents …
b I’m writing to my parents …
1 because their phone’s broken.
2 once a month.
4 a We’re not eating there …
b We don’t eat there …
1 today because it’s full.
2 because the food is awful.
Answer
1 a1 b2 2 a2 b1 3 a2 b1 4 a1 b2
4. Choose the correct answer.
1 I eat / I’m eating my lunch at the moment. Can you wait?
2 Look at that man! He doesn’t wear / isn’t wearing any shoes.
3 She normally goes / She’s normally going to the cinema on Tuesday nights.
4 I study / I’m studying hard, because I’ve got an exam next week.
5 Some of my friends look / are looking at their phones every five minutes.
6 My grandparents hardly ever visit / are hardly ever visiting us because they live in Australia.
7 We want to finish the project tonight, so we work / we’re working late.
8 Is your brother liking / Does your brother like computer games?
Answer
1 I’m eating 2 isn’t wearing 3 She normally goes
4 I’m studying 5 look 6 hardly ever visit
7 we’re working 8 Does your brother like
5. Complete the conversation with the present simple or present continuous forms of the verbs.
JACKIE Hi Mum.
MUM Oh, hi Jackie. Nice of you to call. You (1) ……………… (not call) very often!
JACKIE Oh come on, Mum! I (2) ……………… (work) really hard at university at the moment. I never (3) ……………… (have) time to call! And I (4) ……………… (send) you emails all the time.
MUM I (5) ……………… (like) to speak to you and hear your voice, that’s all. Your sister (6) ……………… (call) me every weekend.
JACKIE Well, we (7) ……………… (speak) now. But the world (8) ……………… (change), Mum! Some of my friends never (9) ……………… (phone) home. They just (10) ……………… (email) or send a text.
MUM I preferred how things were in the past.
Answer
1 don’t call 2 ‘m working 3 have 4 send 5 like
6 calls 7 ‘re speaking 8 is changing 9 phone 10 email
6. Complete the conversation with the present simple or present continuous.
A What (1) …are you doing… (you / do)?
B (2) ………………… (I / check) Facebook.
A Really? But you checked it about 20 minutes ago. How often (3) ………………… (you / check) your account?
B Well, (4) ………………… (I / usually check) my account once a day. But today’s different. (5) ………………… (my sister / travel) around Africa at the moment, and I’m worried about her.
(6) ………………… (she / usually send) me a message on Facebook two or three times a day, but the last time she wrote was a week ago.
A Maybe (7) ………………… (she / travel) right now, and she can’t use the Internet.
(8) ………………… (she / go) on safari?
B No, I don’t think so. (9) ………………… (she / not like) the countryside. (10) ………………… (she / prefer) cities. Oh … look! Here’s a message from her. You were right! (11) ………………… (she / drive) through the Masai Mara National Park at the moment.
A Where’s that?
B (12) ………………… (it / be) in Kenya. (13) ………………… (there / be) lots of wild animals there.
A Cool … that’s amazing. So why (14) ………………… (she / spend) her time on Facebook?
Answer
1 are you doing? 2 I’m checking 3 do you check
4 I usually check 5 my sister is travelling
6 She usually sends 7 she’s travelling 8 Is she going?
9 She doesn’t like 10 She prefers 11 She’s driving
12 It’s in 13 There are 14 is she spending
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