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This document contains a grammar exercise about the present simple and present continuous tenses. It provides sentences to complete with the correct verb form, questions to answer using the present tenses, and a paragraph to fill in with verbs. The goal is to practice using the present simple for regular or habitual actions and the present continuous for temporary actions happening now or near future arrangements.

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01 - Present Simple-Continuous-1

This document contains a grammar exercise about the present simple and present continuous tenses. It provides sentences to complete with the correct verb form, questions to answer using the present tenses, and a paragraph to fill in with verbs. The goal is to practice using the present simple for regular or habitual actions and the present continuous for temporary actions happening now or near future arrangements.

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REVISION 1

GRAMMAR
(Bloque 3 Comprensión escrita: 1. Comprender instrucciones)

Present Simple and Present Continuous

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple
or Present Continuous.
1 Sarah .............................. (play) tennis on Thursdays.
2 What .............................. you .............................. (do) at the moment?
3 I .............................. (not know) Ian well. What’s he like?
4 My friends .............................. (have) a party but I’m at home.
5 What .............................. this word .............................. (mean)?
6 You .............................. (carry) too many books in your bag. Take some out.
7 Something is wrong with my phone. It .............................. (not work) today.
8 He never .............................. (remember) my birthday!

2 Complete the sentences with a suitable verb. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
1 Something is wrong with Paul. He .............................. upset at the moment.
2 Take an umbrella. It .............................. today.
3 I .............................. him. He’s wearing a green jacket.
4 Please be quiet. I .............................. for an exam.
5 Why .............................. you .............................. so quietly? I can’t hear you.
6 .............................. they .............................. in the city or the countryside?
7 The cake .............................. amazing. I can’t wait to eat it.
8 The doctor is busy. He .............................. a patient at the moment.

3 Rewrite the sentences using the time expression or the correct form of the verb in brackets. Do not
change the meaning of the original sentence.
1 Mark hasn’t got a bike. (own)
................................................................................................................................................................
2 Why do you think it’s so funny? (laugh)
................................................................................................................................................................
3 Are you interested in science? (like)
................................................................................................................................................................
4 The children aren’t awake at the moment. (sleep)
................................................................................................................................................................
5 He’s a regular visitor to our city. (often)
................................................................................................................................................................
6 I think he’s lying. (believe)
................................................................................................................................................................

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4 Answer the questions with a suitable response.


1 What are you thinking about?
................................................................................................................................................................
2 What do you think of this?
................................................................................................................................................................
3 What are you tasting?
................................................................................................................................................................
4 What does she do?
................................................................................................................................................................
5 What are you doing now?
................................................................................................................................................................
6 What are you looking at?
................................................................................................................................................................
7 How does she look?
................................................................................................................................................................

5 Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
I 1. ............................. (watch) a documentary at the moment on YouTube. It says that scientists
2.
............................. (learn) more and more about animal emotions these days. Many people
3.
............................. (think) that animals 4. ............................. (not have) feelings the way humans do, but
according to experts, this isn’t true. One good example is elephants. They 5. ............................. (feel) sad
when another elephant 6. ............................. (die), and they often 7. ............................. (rescue) each other
even if it means endangering themselves. According to the experts, this 8. ............................. (mean) that
they care about each other. Look at this! It’s an elephant mother in Africa. She 9. ............................. (try)
to save her baby from lions, but she can’t. Wait - now the lions 10. ............................. (run) away because
a family of elephants 11. ............................. (come) to help her. This is really amazing!

6 Complete the sentences.


1 At the weekends, my friends and I ......................................................................................................... .
2 My parents usually ................................................................................................................................. .
3 It’s Saturday, so I ................................................................................................................................... .
4 I’m looking out of the window. Everyone ................................................................................................ .
5 When it’s my birthday, my friends ........................................................................................................... .

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