Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into present simple or present continuous tense.

1. Listen! My mother (sing) __________ a song.

2. Every night, we (go) __________ to bed at 10 p.m

3. Giang (like) __________ music but I (like) __________ Math.

4. My father (read) __________ a newspaper in the morning

5. Trang usually (listen) _______ to the teacher in the class, but she (not listen) _______
now.

6. __________ they (go) to school by bus today?

7. In the autumn, I rarely (go) __________ sailing and (go) __________ to school.

8. At 12 a.m. every day, I (have __________ lunch and (go) __________ to bed.

9. On Monday, I (have) __________ math and Art.

10. On Friday, I (have) __________ English.

11. Now, he (look) __________ his cat. It (eat) __________a mouse in the garden.

12. Phong, An, Ha, Lan (be) __________ close friend.

13. __________ your mother (walk) __________ to market?

14. It (be) __________ 10.00. We (learn) __________ our lesson.

15. What ___________ you (do) ____________ now?

16. __________ your mother (walk) to work every day?

17. ____________ Hai (work) ____________ in the garden at the moment?

18. My brother (do) __________ his homework in his room now. He does it every day.

19. James and his brother (play) __________ soccer at the moment. They (play)

20. __________ it every afternoon.

21. Where __________ the old man (live) __________ now?

22. Mr. Smith often (teach) __________ class 4A,but this morning he (teach) __________
class 4B.
23. It's 7.30 now. She (study) _________ science in the classroom.

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into present simple or present continuous tense.

1. ____________ (she/play) tennis every week?

2. They __________ (go) to the cinema every Wednesday.

3. ____________ (she/be) a singer?

4. You ___________ (find) the weather here cold.

5. ____________ (they/be) on the bus?

6. Lucy ___________ (ride) her bicycle to work.

7. Why ___________ (he/be) in France?

8. It ____________ (not/be) cold today.

9. ____________ (we/make) too much noise at night?

10. Where ____________ (Harry/study)?

11. ____________ (it/be) foggy today?

12. We ____________ (not/be) late.

13. Where ____________ (you/be)?

14. He ____________ (not/be) an accountant.

15. ____________ (the dog/eat) chicken?

Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets into present simple or present continuous tense.

1.Where ___________ you (live) ____________?

2.I (live) ___________ in Hai Duong town.

3.What ___________ (be) he (do) ___________ now?

4.He (water) ___________ flowers in the garden.

5.What ___________ she (do) _________? - She (be) ___________ a teacher.

6. It is 9.00; my family (watch___________ TV.

7. In the summer, I usually (go) ___________ to the park with my friends, and in the
spring, we (have) ___________ Tet Holiday; I (be) ___________ happy because I
always (visit) ______________ my grandparents.

8. ___________ your father (go) ___________ to work by bus?

9. How ___________ your sister (go) ___________ to school?

10. What time ___________ they (get up) ___________?

11. What ___________ they (do) ___________ in the winter?

12. Her favourite subject (be) ___________ English.

13. Look! A man (call) ___________ you.

14. Keep silent! I (listen) ___________ to the radio.

15. ___________ you (play) ___________ badminton now?

16. My teacher (tell) ___________ Hoa about Math.

17. ___________ he (watch) ___________ TV at 7.00 every morning?

18. What ___________ she (do) ___________ at 7.00 a.m?

19. How old ___________ she (be)?

20. How ___________ she (be)?

21. My children (go) ___________ to school by bike.

22. We (go) ___________ to the supermarket to buy some food.

23. Mr. Hien (go) ___________ on business to Hanoi every month.

24. Who you ___________ (wait) for Nam?

25. - No, I ___________ (wait) for Mr. Hai.

26. Mrs. Smith (not live) ___________ in downtown. She (rent) ___________ in an
apartment in the suburb.

27. How ___________ your children (go) ___________ to school every day?

28. It's 9 o'clock in the morning. Lien (be) ___________ in her room. She (listen)
___________ to music.
 29. My father (go) ___________ to work by bike.Sometimes he (walk) ___________.

30. ___________ You (live) ___________ near a market? - It (be) ___________ noisy?

Exercise 4. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. The train (leave) ________ at 8 p.m.

2. Minh (go) ________ to a new school next term.

3. Does Tri (play) ________ football?

4. Where (do) ________ they work?

5. Does Minh (work) ________ at Bach Mai Hospital?

6. When I (get) ________ home, my mother (cook) ________ dinner.

Exercise 5. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. Where’s John? He ________ (listen) to a new CD in his room.

2. Don’t forget to take your umbrella with you to London. You know it always ________
(rain) in England.

4. Look! That boy ________ (run) after the bus. He wants to ________ (catch) it.

6. Shh! The boss ________ (come). We ________ (meet) him in an hour and nothing is
ready!

7. ________ you usually go away for Christmas or ________ you ________ (stay) at
home?

8. She ________ (hold) some roses. They ________ (smell) lovely.

9. Oh! Look at it! It ________ (snow) again. It’s always ________ (snow) in this country.

10. Mary ________ (swim) very well, but she ________ (not run) very fast.

11. ________ your students (play) ________ soccer every afternoon?

12.________ he ________ (play) sports?

13. We usually ________ (read) books, ________ (listen) to music or ________ (watch)
TV.

14. Sometimes, I ________ (play) badminton.

15.________ your mother ________ (walk) to the market?

Exercise 6. Arrange and rewrite the following words to make a meaningful sentence.

1. Minh/ wash / her hair/ now.

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2. Ha and Mai/ listen/ music/ to.
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3. rain/ It/ very hard.
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4. English/ learn/ I.
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5. your father/ watch/ TV?
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6. What/ they/ do?
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7. My company/ the weekend/ at/ work/ doesn’t.
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8. never/ He/ cigarettes/ smoke.
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9. usually/ at/ home/ go/ She/ 6 o’clock.
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10. live/ Hanoi/ you/ Do/ in?
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Exercise 7. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. We (have) ________ English lessons on Tuesday and Friday.

2. - Where is Phong?

- I think he (read) ________ in the library.

3. Chau usually (listen) ________ to the teacher in class, but she is not listening now; she
(look) ________ out of the window.

4. If the pupils do well at school, they (receive) ________ scholarships.

5. Who (play) ________ music upstairs? It’s really noisy.

6. It (start) ________ rainy on our way home, but luckily I had my umbrella in my bag.

7. I wasn't sure of my answer so I (guess) ________ I (be) ________ right!

8. I (do) ________ my Exercise now, but I can come and help you later.

Exercise 8. Complete the following paragraph.

It (0. be) ______ Sunday evening and my friends and I (1. be) ______ at Jane's birthday
party. Jane (2. wear) ______ a beautiful long dress and (3. stand) ______ next to her
boyfriend. Some guests (4. drink) ______ wine or beer in the corner of the room. Some of
her relatives (5. dance) ______ in the middle of the room. Most people (6. sit) ______ on
chairs, (7. enjoy) ______ foods and (8. chat) ______ with one another. We often (9. go)
______ to our friends' birthday parties. We always (10. dress) ______ well and (11. travel)
______ by taxi. Parties never (12. make) ______ us bored because we like them.

Exercise 9. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. I (be) ________ at school at the weekend.

2. She (not study) ________ on Friday.

3. My students (be not) ________ hard-working.

4. He (have) ________ a new haircut today.

5. I usually (have) ________ breakfast at 7.00.

6. She (live) ________ in a house.

Exercise 10. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. John (not read) ________ a book now.

2. What ______ you (do) ________ tonight?

3. Jack and Peter (work) ________ late today.

4. Silvia (not listen) ________ to music at the moment.

5. Maria (sit) ________ next to Paul right now.

6. How many other students ______ you (study) ________ with today?

7. He always (make) ________ noisy at night.

8. Where (be) ________ your husband?

9. She (wear) ________ earrings today.

10. The weather (get) ________ cold this season.

11. My children (be) ________ upstairs now. They (play) ________ games.

10. Look! The bus (come) ________.