Present simple and present continuous
1. choose the coectalteratives.
‘My fiend tan3) ts beng ret with computes! He
(1) designs /'s designing his oun website ust nm 1
casually (2) Help /°m hetping hin butt Q) 8
‘s being gitedlificult because 1 (4) dont know /
“am aot knowing s much about how these things
(6) work /are working i him. We ually (6) do
‘are doing things together so that I can learn how it all
‘works, However, this week ie (7) works /'s working on
‘the tecnica things and I (8) choose /'m eoosing the
colours 0 we (9) dont work /area’t working together
1 (19, don't think /"m not thinking Ian (11)'s
‘sing very happy with me hough All the writing on
‘the we page (12) isis eng gren and be (13)
doesn't ike / ist liking geen!
Cows the conc aerate
hae’ seen ke for (5 st ight. O8
1 Testud gh fr / ace en years
‘not very poox
2. Tey ea fom Carmen lor slce she eto
sala?
3. Jat tasbeen nba for / tc fer ous
4 Wehaer eon lyfe ice 20
‘5 Joe hasn't heand from Paula for / since the last day
‘tiem
6 tetas Pam ad nt fr dos They hare ben
her fo leet
7 Shure hs been a ach fo /sloce myst
veh.
8 Syyuesharehadadgfr sine teens
sal
Complete the sentences with the verbs In
the box. Use the present simple or present
continuous.
St Spend speak hae wach wee
meet go write play take
My brother res his bke every day.
4 | usually friends after schocl.
2 Smilet Maria — 2 photo of us.
3 they lurch now?
4 We raver: ret to each other
at ecrocl.
5 you tent messeges
incass?’“Someumes:
6 Emma alnays ‘a ot of money
at the weekend.
7 Sssht w
8 Bish people often on
holiday to Spain.
9 Leo isn't here. He tems.
20° she engisn7” Yes,
‘she does!7 Comet the sentences. One iscorect,
1 amiving here since 2003,
‘have lived here since 2008,
1 How lng do you know about this?
2 Where have you been?
Isyour teacher already tell you about the art
competition?
3
4 Joe does pay forthe ches yt.
1am already waiting for half an hour.
1 dont wear miy new shoes yet
Complete the text with the correct form of
the verbs. Use the past simple or past
continuous.
| as looting (look) at some old family photos
yesterday when 1 (1) (ing) a
really funny one. | (2) (be) about.
‘our in the photo but I can remember exactly
‘what (3} (happen). We
(4) __ (have) e picnic on 2 beach in
Comwail. We (5) (ea
sandwiches when my dad (6)
(decide) to take a photo of us. Everyone
(7) (p20) for the photo when
suddenly a seagul (8) (take) my
dad's sandwich. That's why my mum
(9) —_____(seream) in the photo and all
‘the chiliren (10) (laugh)!
‘Complete the sentences with the correct,
form of the verbs. Use the past simple or the
present perfect.
My family nave (move) to La Corufa last year.
ai (ct tke} pizza when | was
young,
2 they (do) their homework
yesterday?
2 she (send) 50 text
messages since Monday.
4 you (lve) here all your life?
5 We (not steep) well last
right.
ur new head teacher
(change) the school.
' (gow) alot inthe last two
years.
8 you trae) a ea te
today?
9 ail (str) smosing when he
wos 10.
40 We vor ard his year
Choose the corecateratves
‘drt wanD/ wasn't wanting to work on ry design
(project last night.
1 What were you doing / did you do wher the police
ive?
Did Alan pass / Was Alan passing his exams
inne?
‘They surfed / were surfing he internet when the
‘computer crashed
1, did't saow / wasn’t snowing here at all at
wines
We didn't sleep / weren't sleeping when you rang.
Wewere out
She Saw / was seeing the lazy student after the
Heston,
went / was going tothe cinema with Put lastnight
?Choose the correct alternatives.
‘The teachesG@llowed / had allowed the student to go
Dome afters heard his explanation.
1 Susie already failed / had already failed ber