¡Descarga English Grammar: Present Simple and Present Continuous y más Ejercicios en PDF de Inglés solo en Docsity! PRESENT SIMPLE Subject Positive (+) Negative (-) Question (?) I play don’t play (do not play) Do I play? You play don’t play Do you play? He/She/It plays doesn’t play (does not play) Does he play? We play don’t play Do we play? They play don’t play Do they play? The verbs “to go”, “to do” and most verbs that end in : -ch, -ss, -sh, -x or -zz, e form their third-person singular by adding -es instead of -s. The same way, verbs that end in consonant + y form their third-person singular by adding - ies. For example: I wash my hair every day Maria washes her hair every day The bees buzz around the flower The bee buzzes around the flower I usually go swimming at the pool He usually goes swimming at the pool I try to do my best all the time He tries to do his best all the time The present simple is used: – To express habits and repeated actions: He drinks tea for breakfast every day. I read regularly. – To express general truths or unchanging situations: Water boils at one hundred degrees. I work in a bank. – To give instructions or directions: You read the questions first and then you write down your answers in the box. You take the train into the city center and then you take a number five bus. – To talk about the future when we are discussing a timetable or a fixed plan: The train leaves at 8 AM. School starts at 9 AM. – 1. Write sentences using the present continuous. a. (I / read a great book) _____________________________________________________________ b. (she / not / wash her hair) _____________________________________________________________ c. (the cat / chase mice?) _____________________________________________________________ d. (she / cry?) _____________________________________________________________ e. (he / not / study Latin) _____________________________________________________________ 2. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present continuous tense. a. Look at the girl in the blue pullover. She ____________ us. (watch) b. We ___________ at a hotel in Yosemite Valley this week. (stay) c. My sister is not here now. She ____________ the shopping in London. (doing) d. Please, stop screaming! You ________ so loudly! (sing) e. Mr. Jenkins, I hope you __________ comfortably now. (sit) 3. Make present continuous questions a. (you / eat / cake?) _______________________________________________________________ b. (what time / you / go to the cinema?) _______________________________________________________________ c. (why / you / study?) _______________________________________________________________ d. (when / you / leave?) _______________________________________________________________ PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS Make the present simple or present continuous: a. You (not / like) _________________________________ chocolate. b. She (not / study) _________________________________ at the moment. c. We often (go) _________________________________ to the cinema. d. He usually (not / do) _________________________________ his homework. e. (He / eat) _________________________________ now? f. How long (she / stay) _________________________________ in London? g. I often (read) _________________________________ at night. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Harold Black's a famous pianist. He________________(give) two or three concerts every week. He ________________(travel) a lot and this week he's in New York. He________________(stay) at an expensive hotel. He's at his hotel now. He________________(have) his breakfast in the dining−room. He________________(drink) a cup of coffee and he________________(read) a newspaper. Harold's always very busy. He________________(play) the piano regularly. He________________(practise) for four hours every day. He________________(go) to bed late and he always ________________(get up) early. But he sometimes________________(get) dressed too quickly, and this morning he________________(wear) one blue sock and one red one! Present Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct alternative(s) in the sentences 1-8 below. 1. Today she is 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.
