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Present Simple or Present Continuous?
Fill in the blanks with the right tense.
1. Ted ____________ (take) a shower right now.
2. What ____________ (we / have) for dinner tonight? 3. My brother __________________ (have) a daughter and a son. 4. I __________________ (not / solve) some math problems at the moment. 5. My grandfather often _________________ (come) over for dinner at the weekends. 6. My school _________________ (begin) at nine every day. 7. What time ________________ (you / wake up) on weekdays? 8. What ________________ (you / do) tomorrow night? 9. I usually ____________ (not / work) on Sundays but today I _______________ (work). 10. She _______________ (not / sleep) now, she _______________ (study). 11. How often _________________ (you / review) your lessons? 12. I _________________ (not / go) on holiday this summer. 13. Can you speak slowly please, I ___________________ (not / understand) you. 14. She _________________ (work) as a secretary in a big company. 15. Miss Clara __________________ (take) a violin class every Wednesday. 16. It _______________ (be) usually so humid here in summer time. 17. Don’t forget to take your coat, it ___________________ (be) cold outside. 18. This flower __________________ (smell) so good. 19. That coat over there ___________________ (not / belong) to me. 20. Where _________________ (you / live)? 21. The kids ………………………….. (play) outside at the moment. 22. My father usually ………………………. (read) the newspaper in the evenings. 23. I …………………………… (write) an e-mail right now. 24. You ………………………… (eat) my sandwich now. 25. ……………………………. (you / want) a cup of coffee? 26. My friend and I …………………………….. (watch) TV now. 27. My son ……………………………. (not / like) spaghetti. 28. The baby …………………………. (sleep) now. 29. My father usually …………………. (wash) his car on Sundays. 30. He …………………….. (take) his wife out for a dinner every month. 31. She ………………………. (not / enjoy) watching football. 32. Margret and her sister ………………………….. (listen) to the radio now. 33. Terry usually ………………(work) on Saturdays, but he ………………. (work) today. 34. We ………………………. (go) to a concert tonight. 35. ………………………… (he / go) to work by bus every day? Past Simple or Past Continuous?
Choose the past simple or past continuous.
1. He _________________________ (sleep) when the doorbell
_________________________ (ring). 2. We _________________________ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30). 3. Yesterday I _________________________ (go) to the post office, _________________________ (buy) some fruit at the supermarket and _________________________ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon. 4. We _________________________ (watch) TV when we _________________________ (hear) a loud noise. 5. Julie _________________________ (be) in the garden when Laurence _________________________ (arrive). 6. A: What _________________________ (you / do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I _________________________ (clean) my house. 7. Last year I _________________________ (visit) Paris and Rome. 8. They _________________________ (have) dinner when the police _________________________ (come) to the door. 9. He _________________________ (work) in the garden when he _________________________ (find) the money. 10. Laura _________________________ (study) at 11pm last night. 11. I _________________________ (walk) along the road when I _________________________ (meet) an old friend. 12. It _________________________ (be) a day in December. Snow _________________________ (fall), children _________________________ (sing) carols and people _________________________ (do) their Christmas shopping. 13. My ex-boyfriend _________________________ (be) so annoying! He _________________________ (always / miss) the bus and _________________________ (arrive) late. 14. When I _________________________ (call) Julie, she _________________________ (work).