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English Tenses Practice for ESL Students

The document discusses the differences between the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of verbs used with both tenses, asking the reader to identify the correct form. It also gives sentence completion exercises requiring choice of present simple or present continuous. The purpose is to illustrate when to use each tense and help the reader properly distinguish and use them.

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English Tenses Practice for ESL Students

The document discusses the differences between the present simple and present continuous tenses in English. It provides examples of verbs used with both tenses, asking the reader to identify the correct form. It also gives sentence completion exercises requiring choice of present simple or present continuous. The purpose is to illustrate when to use each tense and help the reader properly distinguish and use them.

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PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1. Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR present continuous)

1. The train always ____LEAVES____________ (leave) on time.


1. "What's the matter? Why ______ARE YOU CRYING__________ (cry/you)?"
2. That's strange. They_____AREN´T WATCHING___________ (not watch) TV.
3. He_______DOESN´T SPEAK_________ (not speak) very good English.
4. Please be quiet! I_______AM DOING_________ (do) my homework.
5. Where_____DO THEY LIVE___________ (live/they)?
6. Listen! John _____IS PLAYING___________ the piano! (play)
7. I never _______GO_________ (go) to the swimming pool in winter.
8. Harold Black's a famous musician. He______GIVES__________ (give) two or three
concerts every week.
9. He _______TRAVELS_________ (travel)a lot and this week he's in New York.

2. Choose the correct form for each verb.

1. Marie-Claude isn’t Canadian. I ________ she comes from France.


A. think B. am thinking
2. Look! Junko ________ into the water.
A. jumps B. is jumping
3. I ________ you're crazy!
A. think B. am thinking
4. Don' t give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!
A. hates B. is hating
5. I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?
A. go B. am going
6. Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.
A. go B. am going
7. I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.
A. have B. am having
8. Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.
A. drives B. is driving
9. You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.
A. studies B. is studying
10. It ________ quite hard — perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.
A. snows B. is snowing
3. Present Simple or Continuous? Underline the correct alternative.

1 Today she’s 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.

6 They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually they are going/go by boat.

7 Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the sunshine!

8 He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary to his English class.

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