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grammar exercises present simple and continuous

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Unit 1 - Exercise 1 - Present simple and continuous

Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.

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Present Continuous or Present Simple Exercise 1

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grammar exercises present simple and continuous

Choose the present simple or the present continuous. Try another exercise about the present continuous and present simple here Try this exercise in video here Click here to review how to make the present continuous. Click here to review how to make the present simple. Click here to return to the list of grammar exercises. Download this exercise in PDF.

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Present simple and present continuous

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We can use the present simple to talk about things we do regularly. We can use the present continuous to talk about things we are doing now.

I play basketball every Sunday. I 'm playing hockey now. She eats fruit every day. She 's eating an apple now.

How to use them

For the present simple, add s or es for he , she and it . For the negative, use don't for I , you , we and they , and doesn't for he , she and it .

I watch cartoons every day. I don't watch the news. My dad makes dinner every evening. He doesn't make lunch.

For the present continuous, use am , is or are and ing . For the negative, use not .

I 'm going to the park now. I 'm not going to school. She 's studying English now. She isn't studying maths.

For present simple questions, use do for I , you , we and they and does for he , she and it . For present continuous questions, change the order of am , is or are and the person.

What time do you wake up every morning? Does she walk to school every day? Are you doing your homework now? What is he doing right now?
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  1. Unit 1

    Unit 1 - Exercise 1 - Present simple and continuous. Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.

  2. Present Simple or Present Continuous 1

    Perfect English Grammar. Choose the present simple or the present continuous. Click here to review how to make the present continuous. Click here to review how to make the present simple. Click here to return to the list of grammar exercises. Download this exercise in PDF.

  3. Present simple or present continuous

    Exercise 1. Choose the present simple or present continuous to complete the sentences below. 1 In Johannesburg most people at least five languages. 2 Languages very fast. Half of world's languages will disappear by 2100. 3 You can't see Tim now; he a bath. 4 Please keep quiet, I to the radio. You know I to the news in the mornings.

  4. Present continuous or present simple exercises

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  5. Present simple and present continuous

    Present simple and present continuous. We can use the present simple to talk about things we do regularly. We can use the present continuous to talk about things we are doing now. I play basketball every Sunday. I'm playing hockey now. She eats fruit every day. She's eating an apple now. How to use them. For the present simple, add s or es for ...