Ex1 Fill in the blanks with PRESENT CONTINUOUS or SIMPLE PRESENT:
1. The children ………………………….. (play) outside now.
2. She usually ………………………. (read) the newspaper in the morning.
3. I …………………………… (do) my homework now.
4. I ………………………… (eat) my dinner now.
5. ……………………………. (you / want) a pizza?
6. They …………………………….. (watch) TV now.
7. I ……………………………. (not / like) spaghetti.
8. The baby …………………………. (sleep) now.
9. My mother usually …………………. (cook) dinner in the evening.
10. He …………………….. (write) a letter to his pen-friend every month.
11. She ………………………. (not / like) football.
12. Mary ………………………….. (listen) to music now.
13. Tom usually ……………………(drink) coffee, but he …………………. (drink) tea now.
14. We ………………………. (go) to the disco tonight.
15. ………… (he / go) to work by bus everyday.
16. Look! Jane ………… (sing) again. She often ……….. (sing) this song.
17. My father ……………(have) a lot of work to do every weekend.
18. The girls … (not / talk) now. All of them ……… (watch) a film.
19. …… you….. (like) watching TV?
20. He ….. (usually / go) at 9:00 o’clock, but this morning he .. (leave) home late.
21. I …. (visit) my grandparents every Friday. My sister ……. (often / visit) them.
22. The boys …….. (swim) in the pool now but they …… (usually / swim) in the sea.
23. She …….(write) a letter to her pen-friend at the moment.
24. They .. (sometimes / have) lunch at work, but today they …. (have) at a restaurant.
25. She can’t talk to you. She ……………. (have) a shower.
Ex2 Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Right now I am looking at a picture of Barbara. She is not at home in the picture. She is at the park. She is sitting on a bench. She is eating her lunch. Some boys and girls are running on a patch in the park. A squirrel is sitting on the ground in front of Barbara. The squirrel is eating a nut. Barbara is watching the squirrel. She always watches squirrels when she eats her lunch in the park. Some ducks are swimming in the pond in the picture, and some birds are flying in the sky. A policeman is riding a horse. He rides a horse in the park every day. Near Barbara, a family is having a picnic. They go on a picnic every week.
a. Where is Barbara in the picture?
b. What is she doing?
c. What is the squirrel doing in the picture?
d. What does Barbara always do when she has lunch in the park?
e. What are the ducks doing?
f. How often does the policeman ride his horse?
g. How often does the family have a picnic at the park?
1. The children ………are playing………………….. (play) outside now.
2. She usually ………reads………………. (read) the newspaper in the morning.
3. I …………am doing………………… (do) my homework now.
4. I …………am eating……………… (eat) my dinner now.
5. ……Do you want………………………. (you / want) a pizza?
6. They ………are watching…………………….. (watch) TV now.
7. I ……………don't like………………. (not / like) spaghetti.
8. The baby ……are sleeping……………………. (sleep) now.
9. My mother usually ……cooks……………. (cook) dinner in the evening.
10. He ……………writes……….. (write) a letter to his pen-friend every month.
11. She …………doesn't like……………. (not / like) football.
12. Mary ………is listening………………….. (listen) to music now.
13. Tom usually ……drinks………………(drink) coffee, but he ………is drinking…………. (drink) tea now.
14. We ………are going………………. (go) to the disco tonight.
15. ……Does he go…… (he / go) to work by bus everyday.
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